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| David Gray – The One I Love Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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oh and btw it is "gonna close my eyes, girl, and watch you go..." not two "gonna's" and it's definitely "repo" not "reaper" man...album cover lyrics |
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| David Gray – The One I Love Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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agreed that it's a soldier (an American soldier, more specifically)...agreed that it's the Vietnam war because the twist and shout and turtle dove both fit the time period...the repo man I think could be literal and figurative, but mostly i think it's literal since during that time period the woman he's singing to that he's in love with probably couldn't support herself and pay for their belongings bc of the repression of women that still existed so prevelantly during that time period...also they were probably lower class to begin with bc upper-class young men went to college and largely as a group avoided the draft and the military..also the way he dreams of the "big hotel" and dancing as he dies makes him seem like a lower class guy as well..if he was upper-class, he'd call it the ritz or whatever...he'd call it by name...you know? just my opinion...and yes, EricWill it's definitely a girl not his country, but you're not completely off...I think "the stars above" are the stars in the flag and they represent his country (America) bc he wants her to know that he loves her more than he loves his country, and that he died trying to give her a better life with finer things (things that they probably couldn't afford...hence the "repo man")...he's saying he died fighting a war for his country, but he was doing it out (fighting) out of his love for her, not his country...that's my opinion anyway.. |
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