| The Delgados – Favours Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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I think the person who commented the very literal interpretation of- the singer's partner was cheating, she attacked the person who partner was cheating with, she couldn't be with partner despite still feeling love and wanting to forgive, gets drunk- but for years I've always had a much less literal interpretation. I always thought of it as just general nonsense feelings of being unhappy in a relationship, though I thought this particular song was either about a same sex relationship or perhaps the singer was singing from a different perspective. I always thought "climbed on her back/ with an ambush attack" was more of a metaphor for the singer starting an argument for no reason. I thought "could not believe that she didn't chase me" was how some people expect they can walk away from their partner and the partner will still "chase," want to pursue romantically. I thought bits of the song ("down came the briefcase") were kind of nonsense, like her head is a swirl of feelings and she's just kind of looking at everything in the room to distract herself from her feelings. But, having read that other interpretation, it's more likely that and I had quite the very broad explanation of this when I first started listening to it in my teens! I still like my version though 😅 Absolutely a beautiful song. |
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