| Tame Impala – Mind Mischief Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Sorry but the video has no relevance on the lyrics, the video is a beautiful interpretation of the song. The best thing about music and lyrics, which way to often these days is confused as music, is that we can all have an interpretation which is as correct as each of us choose to believe. For me the song (not just the lyrics) has a very innocent feel and an adolescent story about a young boy in the throws of puberty, who is besotted with the popular, pretty girl in the class (or girls school next door). It is narrated backwards from the present to the past. His feelings of inadequacy and insecurity leaves him scolding himself and vowing to learn from the relationship which meant more to him than to her. He is less aggrieved by the unrequited love than he is in falling for what he thinks is love. And as soon as it begins it is over and his mind has only played tricks on itself. The last verse is testament to the introspectiveness of the song. "Oh, I was just so sure of everything Ooh, that's what you get for dreaming aloud Oh, the day that words are clearer to me" |
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