| Nouvelle Vague – In a Manner of Speaking Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Past form for to tell in this case is questioning if interactions (like talking) of addressing and addressed person still happen, suspecting they do not ("...That I could never forget the way You >told< me everything by saying nothing"). Yet verses after, the addressing person switches back to present ("...But the way that i feel about you..."). Assuming the feelings of the addressing person towards the addressed person still exist even though their relationship - of whatever kind - has ended. The addressed person has simply said all the beautiful things - can also be put as "sweet-talking" - never giving them meaning (which opens one layer of the line: "You told me everything by saying nothing") by any relevant nor related actions ("In a manner of speaking Semantics won't do..."). The addressing person is aware of her feelings being wasted therefore bittersweetly concludes as the consequence to distance her/himself by mirroring the addressed persons behaviour and "manner" for typical self-protecting reasons (And the way that we feel Might have to be sacrified So in a manner of speaking I just want to say That just like you I should find a way To tell you everything By saying nothing). - all rhetorically happening in her/his mind. The addressing person is also aware that she/he cannot switch off love that easily so she/he still in some way ironically craves for the only thing she/he could get from the addressed person: words that say and with no feelings mean nothing and yet mean or meant everything to her/him praying down the meaningless because rhetorical words of her desperation (O give me the words Give me the words That tell me nothing O give me the words Give me the words Give me the words). |
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