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| Ben Harper – In The Lord's Arms Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Yeah, I have actually always been convinced that this song is about Jesus... a lot more of Ben Harper's songs are than most people realize. However, I do think that it is a bit ambiguous, and a song is only what you really make of it, so think what you want. It does still make me think about people in my life that have died... |
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| Silverchair – If You Keep Losing Sleep Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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PS... one thing I do love about Silverchair is I feel like I've grown up WITH them, you know? By that I mean even musically, because I've moved beyond wanting to listen to the grunge-y type stuff (that I liked around Frogstomp and Freakshow) to a little more mature (Neon Ballroom remains to this day one of my top ten records to listen to - almost perfect from start to finish, really)... it's quite amazing really but I understand why people say that they liked them better before because, well, they were DIFFERENT, weren't they? but tell me who you know who is even remotely the same person they were twelve years ago...
ugh that was a rant, sorry, guys. |
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| Silverchair – If You Keep Losing Sleep Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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oh my god this song is WILD... I literally can't think of anything even remotely like it. I thought I hated it at first but upon further listening realized I fucking LOVE it. The lyrics are fantastic... and I mostly agree with Persuasion, since we are on songmeanings and no one needs to hear how much I love this song without also hearing what I think about the meaning, right? |
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| Foo Fighters – Another Round Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I get the feeling from this song that he's trying to get her to stick around? It's definitely about fighting with a lover. But yeah, I definitely get the whole "for better or for worse" thing... |
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| The Bravery – Time Won't Let Me Go Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Yeah, this song definitely seems to me like it's about someone who has lived their life vicariously through pop culture and spent their life glued to the tv or whatever and is now realizing what a waste it all was. That was a really long sentence but I think you get what I'm trying to say. |
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| The Long Winters – Carparts Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I wish I knew how to change these lyrics, but it's "you POURED one more highball" not "pulled." What the hell? "Pulled" doesn't even make any sense... oh well.
I saw that someone posted the correct lyrics, but how do you change them on the site? |
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| Modest Mouse – 3rd Planet Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I love this song. This is a fabulous discussion that everyone has been having about it as well... I think what I love about Modest Mouse so much is that there does seem to be this duality to their songs. They can definitely be ambiguous. I still haven't quite gotten this one yet because I do see the religious overtones for sure but I also see the whole death of a child thing there too. Maybe it's an aphorism? I don't know but the wonderful thing about music is they're putting it out there for us to take what we want from it, you know? |
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| Modest Mouse – Gravity Rides Everything Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This song is about death. Pure and simple... just like a LOT of their songs. Hah I read an article in Paste this month that said something about "Issac's Captain Deathtrip's fixation on death" and it cracked me up cause it's kinda true.
But anyway, the whole thing about this song being used for that Mitsubishi commercial (among others I guess but I haven't seen them)... come on, guys! I guess the band has said that they needed the money. What is it about musicians that everyone just expects them to starve? It's unfair to criticize someone for something like this, especially since we know next to nothing about their position. Quit being immature and realize that if it were you, you would have done the same thing, particularly if you were broke as well. So shut up about it, folks. |
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| Cobra Starship – Bring It (Snakes on a Plane) Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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oh my god. I saw this video last night, and I was like... "hey, that guy looks familiar. and sounds familiar." and I was so stoked when I realized it was Gabe from Midtown - they are really good actually, you guys should check out "no place feels like home."
Why does this song not suck? I mean, it has four insanely awesome artists but still... could have been way cheesier. but i am addicted. |
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| Veruca Salt – One Last Time Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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These lyrics are definitely wrong. It's "I never SUNK this low" not "sung this low" and also it's "one last ROUND to kick me when i'm down" not "one last bound" which doesn't even make sense. |
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| Matthew Good Band – Giant Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The way I kind of feel about mgb in general is, be cynical until proven otherwise. By that I mean, most of the time he's not just saying "oh i love this chick, i'm such a sad sack blah blah" even if maybe on the surface it might seem that way. Yeah, this is definitely not a love song. By "how uniform your beautiful is" he means, how ordinary, how run of the mill, how just like everyone else. As in, it's not special or unique so it's not worth much. Beautiful on the surface.
But otherwise this song is difficult for me. I definitely get the feeling it has something to do with ambition, but I'm not sure what else. |
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| Matthew Good Band – Born To Kill Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is about someone in a mental institution, I think. I remember Matt Good saying something about it once. I am pretty sure it's this song that he says that people commonly misinterpret. But come on, do you really think he would be that obvious to make the song about murder? That is really obtuse, especially if you are much of an MGB fan. |
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| Matthew Good Band – Jenni's Song Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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It seems to me that this is another one of those things that matt good tends to do where maybe there is some kernel of truth (or maybe not; you never know really)... but I think it is very telling and very odd that his wife is named jennifer... so is this about her? and how much of it is true?
because wouldn't you be kind of upset if your husband (or boyfriend at the time or whatever) took creative license to use your tragedy in a song.. and what is the context of all this anyway?
matt good is just such an enigma to me. he is endlessly fascinating i think and i'm not sure why, but it probably has something to do with the fact that a lot of his music touches and moves me in a way that not much else does... does anyone else feel this way about him? I'm not like obsessed or anything, it's not like i sit around thinking "wow i'd love to meet this person and be a part of his life" because i wouldn't... it would ruin the magic for me you know?
i don't know if that makes much sense to anyone but oh well. |
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| Ben Harper – Amen Omen Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think it's "between darkness and the dawn" not "door"...
first of all that makes more sense and second "dawn" rhymes with "gone" but "door" clearly doesn't. |
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| Ben Harper – In The Lord's Arms Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think the line is:
"I was told, I was WARNED" not "I was wrong"...
but this is one of my favorite songs ever... it almost makes me cry every time i hear it.
I can't decide if this is about someone close to him dying or Jesus... it could go either way, but maybe that's what he meant by it - maybe it's supposed to be ambiguous. |
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| Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think maybe the point was missed about the lottery bit. I think what he is saying is that he realises that love really is about work, and the give/take dynamic, not about just "love at first sight" it's always beautiful and perfect, you know? the odds on winning the lottery aren't so good but it does happen and i think maybe that is his acknowledgement of that, but that he would rather make it work, warts and all, than wait for that one-in-a-miilion, not very likely insane passion fairy tale love. Maybe I am reading too much into me but a song is only what the listener makes of it in the end anyway right?
Also, I saw the video and it almost made me cry. In one of those really happy smiley kind of ways. It was just so... pure. For those of you that haven't seen it and probably won't get to, it's just people (couples mostly) sitting on a couch listening to headphones and it's just so perfect because they really love each other. It's awesome. |
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| Ben Harper – She's Only Happy In The Sun Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This song just kills me. Absolutely kills me... I could listen to it over and over... the line "did you find what you were after, the pain and the laughter brought you to your knees" is just so incredible. It's so weird how this song is so vibrantly happy and so incredibly sad at the same time... has anyone else thought this? |
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| Elliott Smith – Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands Lyrics
| 22 years ago
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This song definitely has to be about drugs, no?
See:
"it's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head, to a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totally"
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"a sickened smoke illegal in every town"
I can't see any other possible explanation for it... |
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| Sean Na Na – The Princess And The Pony Lyrics
| 22 years ago
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isn't it, "remember to bring a flask and pour a shot for your dead HOMIE"? and the line about a "dirty glass of water"... it doesn't sound like "low pressure hell",but it doesn't sound like "...well" either, which would seem to make the most sense to me... also I don't think he's saying "long sleeve grip" but that's what it sounds like... someone clear this shit up for me! |
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| Matthew Good Band – Push Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Have you guys noticed how matt good seems to have a preoccupation with the television and he seems to blame it for many many societal problems? Like the girl that commits suicide while her mother is watching some game show in "Prime Time Deliverance"? |
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| Matthew Good Band – Heather's Like A Sunday Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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where does this song come from??? I know all the songs from all of their albums... (raygun, last of the ghetto astronauts, lo-fi b-sides, loser anthems, beautiful midnight, underdogs, audio of beings)... and this song isn't on any of them... so where is it? i wanna hear it!! |
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| Finger Eleven – Temporary Arms Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I do think it is pretty complicated, but Finger Eleven actually addressed that issue... they call "My Carousel" the most technically complicated song they've ever done... it's their band, so hey...
Anyway... I |
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| Finger Eleven – Glimpse Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Er.... I thought it was "DO we all get..." not "Will.." but I just listened to it better, and nevermind. those lyrics are right. The CD got stolen from me, so I couldn't look at the lyrics in the liner notes. =( |
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| Finger Eleven – For The Ocean Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I think I read somewhere, or maybe I heard Scott Anderson say in an interview sometime, that it IS about heroin addiction... That's what I thought when I heard it, and I know I've heard them say that's what it's about at some point. |
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| Finger Eleven – Famous Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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The lyric "All I got from you my dear friend I don't ever want"... it's actually "All I got from you my dear friend I don't EVEN want." |
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| Finger Eleven – Cookin' In The Kitchen Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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It's actually a song off of their album as the Rainbow Butt Monkeys (which is like, the worst name in the world, I know) called Letters to Chutney... same band (except for the drummer, who was replaced by current drummer Rich Beddoe), slightly different (funk) sound. Good luck finding it. You can order it from CDNow, maybe some other places... you won't be able to find it in the store. |
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| Finger Eleven – Circles Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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So, shouldn't about half of these songs be listed under Rainbow Butt Monkeys? I mean, I know it's the same band and whatnot, but you know, they did change some. So I think whoever posted these lyrics is doing Finger Eleven a bit of disservice, because this is pretty much not what they have sounded like for a long time. |
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| Finger Eleven – Awake And Dreaming Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Scott Anderson's voice makes me pant. =)
All joking aside, I think Finger Eleven is just incredible. I almost cried when Tip got stolen from me, because where I live it's not that easy to find copies of their first album, only The Greyest of Blue Skies (which is also one of the few albums that I genuinely am in awe of every song; Tip too).
They're just... you can tell that they're actually FEELING what they're writing about.
*drool* |
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| Our Lady Peace – Innocent Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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oh and also, WOULD YOU LISTEN TO THE DAMN SONG??!!? It's very very clearly "Judith". I KNOW it says Tina in the liner notes, but sometimes (OH MY GOD!!) mistakes happen. They might have turned in their lyrics (because bands have to do that if they want them to be in the liner notes) before they happened to do the final mix on the song or something and maybe they changed it... it happens. Example: The Offspring. not a very good example, but on their self-titled, there are about seven lyrics that are not the same in the liner notes as the way they actually sing them.
it happens. |
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| Our Lady Peace – Innocent Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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So has anyone commented on how much Bob Rock fucking sucks? I love OLP and will continue to be nothing but a supportive fan, and I do think Gravity has a few shining moments ("Do You Like It", notably), but overall, I was disappointed in the direction they chose to take on this album. I was in awe of Spiritual Machines for months after it came out (granted, "Life" was a pretty low moment, though), and I was hoping and praying that they would continue in the same direction. It's okay, though. Bob Rock is NOT the right producer for them. I have a feeling Columbia Records had something to do with this... Maybe they were disappointed with Spiritual Machines' lack of success, even in Canada, where OLP is just HUGE? My advice: ditch sucky producers and Columbia... (heh) look at poor Mariah Carey!
(That last comment was facetious; duh, Mariah sucks, but she wasn't ALWAYS a BIG HUGE stinking pile of shit. Just a little one. Wonder if Tommy Mottola's gonna do that to Thalia too? She's also really awful. But that would be sad.) |
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| Matthew Good Band – Apparitions Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Yeah, but that was in Canada.... If whoever wanted to know what song it was they wanted lived there, that's different. But the only album MGB has EVER released in America is Beautiful Midnight, with "Going All The Way", "I Miss New Wave", and "Let's Get It On" replaced by Underdogs hits "Apparitions", "Everything Is Automatic", and "Deep Six", if I'm thinking correctly. The ONLY hit MGB has ever had in the U.S. was "Hello Time Bomb". But if the person with the question lived in Canada, it could be one of 2945703753 songs, because they've had a ton of big songs there. |
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| The Distillers – The Young Crazed Peeling Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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WE'RE ALL MEDIA WHORES! If anyone says, "hey, I want to be in a band but I don't want anyone to hear us or whatever because MTV is just SO wrong [which, yeah, it's definitely gone downhill]", they're lying. Everyone would cream their pants to fucking watch their video on TV, especially if it's shit that YOU'RE doing because you want to play it how you want to play it, and you're not changing... I hate all this talk of 'selling out' because it's extraordinarily overused.
And the thing is, some bands change a little because they're GROWING UP. Not necessarily to make money or whatever.
I am not the same person I was five years ago, or even one year ago, so why would you expect bands to not change? Change is life, dude.
By the way, the Distillers STILL rock my fucking ass off. So there. |
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| Ash – Candy Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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why does this song seem so damn contradictory to me??? does anyone else feel this way? Evidence:
"Candy, we'll never be apart"
but later...
"Don't you know it's alright to be alone/you can make it on your own"... I'm confused. |
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| Matthew Good Band – Hello Time Bomb Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Straight from the horse's mouth: this song is about sex. Matt Good said once, something along the lines of "this song's about me sitting in a chair wanting to get laid." weird, huh? |
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| Matthew Good Band – Giant Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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by the way... the cheerleaders at the beginning... they're saying (and I find this funny, which is the only reason I add it, other than I feel that it is a part of the song that got left out), "K-I-C-K A-S-S, that's the way we spell success!" |
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| Matthew Good Band – Everything Is Automatic Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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ahhh... no matter how much mgb i hear (and i've heard it all), this still remains one of my very favourites... second only to "going all the way" ("let's cut our losses" - the way he sings those couple of lines just kills me) or maybe "the fine art of falling apart" (it's just beautiful). I honestly feel that everyone should hear matt good sing at least once, but hopefully more because... wow. I don't know what it is, but that voice... |
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| Matthew Good Band – Apparitions Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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The song you're thinking of is probably "Hello Time Bomb"... that was a far bigger hit in America than "Load Me Up", and, to date, the ONLY MGB song I've heard on American radio... although I've seen other videos here. |
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| Lifer – Not Like You Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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argh, doesn't that line "what if I was everything you wanted? would you still point and laugh at me? I cried once but never again, not again..." just get to anyone else? this song's pretty obvious, I'm not gonna bore anyone with obvious song commentary. But I |
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| Stroke 9 – Tear Me In Two Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Ahhh I loooooove this song... I understand it, I think, and that's maybe why I love it so much. Have you ever met someone that just gets you so completely that you feel like you're under a microscope all the time? It's really difficult, but at the same time you love that someone can see so deeply into your soul, they can see right through you, but it's really scary and you feel kind of... naked. It's vulnerability, I think, and it's a gorgeous song. |
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| AFI – Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Porphyria is NOT the same thing as vampirism. The reason a lot of people get it confused is because a long time ago, people who had the disease were stigmatized as vampires... you get the idea. |
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| Low – Medicine Magazines Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Oh, man, this song just KILLS me. the "ever-aching heart" thing. ouch. Low's kind of confusing to me... they have some of the most gorgeous lyrics I've ever heard, and executed so beautifully... I think this is just about someone hurting in general... Alan and Mimi have something behind it, I'm sure, but I think the beauty of Low is that they leave you to decipher the lyrics for your own meaning... |
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| The Cure – Just Like Heaven Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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God, I CAN'T DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE! It's really literal, folks. Robert Smith DID have a girlfriend that drowned! You won't hear him talk about it much, but he's said that much in interviews many many times. Sometimes I wonder about people... I know most songs are quite metaphorical, but take this one for what it is. And calling it superficial is just... mean. It's really quite sad and just because it was a hit gives you no reason to call it 'superficial' and such. |
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