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Can't Be Sure Lyrics
Give me a story and give me a bed
Give me possessions
Oh, love, luck and money, they go to my head
Like wildfire
It's good to have something to live for your point
Live for tomorrow
Live for a job and a perfect behind
High time
A-ah
England, my country, the home of the free
Such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry?
And did you know desire's a terrible thing?
The worst that I could find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing?
But I rely on mine
A-ah
England, my country, the home of the free
Such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry?
And did you know desire's a terrible thing?
The worst that I could find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing?
But I rely on mine
Did you know desire's a terrible thing?
It makes the world go blind
But if desire, desire's a terrible thing
You know, that I really don't mind
And it's my life
And it's my life
And though I can't be sure what I want any more
It will come to me later
Well, it's my life
And it's my life
And though I can't be sure if I want any more
It will come to me later... ah
Yeah!
Give me possessions
Oh, love, luck and money, they go to my head
Like wildfire
Live for tomorrow
Live for a job and a perfect behind
High time
Such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry?
The worst that I could find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing?
But I rely on mine
Such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry?
The worst that I could find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing?
But I rely on mine
It makes the world go blind
But if desire, desire's a terrible thing
You know, that I really don't mind
And it's my life
And though I can't be sure what I want any more
It will come to me later
And it's my life
And though I can't be sure if I want any more
It will come to me later... ah
Yeah!
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There are some things that we cannot change (for example, England’s weather, and humans relying on their own desires), so there is no point in complaining. We should just live life as it comes. “Though I can’t be sure what I want anymore, it will come to me later.” This song also reminds me to live simply. “Give me a story and give me a bed.”
By the way, the line that reads, “It's good to have something to live for your point” should say “It’s good to have something to live for, you’ll find.”
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Up to this point, I interpreted this song as someone saying to her how she shouldn't be a slave to desire and should learn to be positive but she responds with irony and says it's all about what she wants and no one should meddle in and it's her own life and it's up to her and she is not sure but she has faith she will be fine.
Up to this point, I interpreted this song as someone saying to her how she shouldn't be a slave to desire and should learn to be positive but she responds with irony and says it's all about what she wants and no one should meddle in and it's her own life and it's up to her and she is not sure but she has faith she will be fine.
But your interpretation makes more sense, like it's an internal dialogue, not a conflict with someone else.
But your interpretation makes more sense, like it's an internal dialogue, not a conflict with someone else.
Be happy with what you got ...... innit?
Like a lot of songs on this album, a lovely wistful ode on the tribulations of growing up and deciding what you want to be.
This song is the epitome of a quiet rainy day in England. There's a waifery sadness lingering but you're still happy in an unassuming, not so in your face kind of way. You're just simply content and full of that casual wisdom we're all capable of having, yet we rarely recognise. Look how wonderful England is, even in this miserable weather. Take the good with the bad. And appreciate the simple pleasures of life. But still sit with that underlying uneasiness because it is also a part of life.
100% the ultimate sappy song.
Why cry?
i like these lyrics. they make me smile
Like a lot of songs on this album, a lovely wistful ode on the tribulations of growing up and deciding what you want to be.
"a perfect behind" = "a perfect arse", really?
@Eleftherios Atma Yes. A perfect "arse".
@Eleftherios Atma Yes. A perfect "arse".