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Cato as a Pun Lyrics
Cato, play with my head
I won't know the difference
If we're living in the novelist
Or statistician
Cato, mess with my concepts
My inner vision
Like a strobing light
Please confuse my every decision
I can't even pretend that you are my friend
What has happened to you and I?
And don't say that I have changed
Because, man, of course I have
Are you far too depressed now even to answer the phone?
I guess you just want to
Shave your head, have a drink, and be left alone
Is that too much to ask?
I won't know the difference
If we're living in the novelist
Or statistician
My inner vision
Like a strobing light
Please confuse my every decision
What has happened to you and I?
And don't say that I have changed
Because, man, of course I have
I guess you just want to
Shave your head, have a drink, and be left alone
Is that too much to ask?
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well this was actually the first song i ever heard off of HFAYTD? and i immediatly thought of Shakespears Julius Caesar. In JC, Cato was father of Portia the wife of Brutus, who in the end of the play kills herself from depression and lonliness. Portia killed herself by 'drinking fire' or swallowing hot coals so when the line; 'have a drink And be left alone' i referenced directly to that. I didnt even really like the play Julius Caesar, but i do love this song!
I think that actually the singer is talking to himself, seeing himself depressed and as a different person than the one he used to be. He notices how much he has changed and he doesn't like to see how he is now. Plus it makes sense considering the fact that the (more or less) whole album is about breakup psychological breakdown...
In concert last March, Bryan responded to the line about head-shaving with, "Is that too much for Britney Spears to ask?"
this song is brilliant
and don't say that I have changed 'cause man, of course I have
(yes, i know this post was useless)
haha I have the tendency of making this kind of posts
haha I have the tendency of making this kind of posts
Wow, this was early post. I haven't been able to hear the song until three days ago. It is my favorite song thus far on the new album. I think it is about a girl, calling her the great orator Cato, and talking like she is confusing him as Cato could, of course i could be completely wrong.
It's "statistician" not "statitition"
"...depressed now to..."not "not to"
I think that it's just about two friends who have drifted apart. Our narrator thinks it's too late to fix what might have gone wrong.
yeah, I totally agree with pumpkinhed.
Friends who no longer see eye-to-eye.
"Are you far too depressed now to even answer the phone?"
is actually
"Are you far too depressed now even to answer the phone?"
What an amazing song. I am so excited for Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
"Are you far too depressed now to even answer the phone?"
is actually
"Are you far too depressed now even to answer the phone?"
What an amazing song. I am so excited for Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?