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Live your life, have your say, read your stars, day by day.
If I could have anything in the world for free, I wouldn't share it with anyone else but me.
Oh, live your life, go your way and I said, oh no.
Live your life, stake your claim, wash your clothes, change your name. Ooh, and I said oh, no, no.
If I could have anything in the world for free, I wouldn't share it with anyone else but me.
Ooh, ah, you're too twisted by half, but that's far enough.
So live your life, build a home and fill it full of flowers and a bottle of old cologne.
Yeah, if I could have anything in the world for free, I wouldn't share it with anyone else but me
except perhaps a certain someone, except perhaps a certain someone,
except perhaps a certain someone, just to be shown another way out.
You're too twisted by half, but that's far enough.
Oh, I'd be careful living in a block of flats and I never take the lift to the top, no I never take the lift to the top.
Ah, you're too twisted by half, but that's far enough.
Take a swim round, take a look down, I’ll never believe what we've found.
We figured it out, we figured it out, we lived in a house, in a cold room.
If I could have anything in the world for free, I wouldn't share it with anyone else but me.
Oh, live your life, go your way and I said, oh no.
Live your life, stake your claim, wash your clothes, change your name. Ooh, and I said oh, no, no.
Ooh, ah, you're too twisted by half, but that's far enough.
So live your life, build a home and fill it full of flowers and a bottle of old cologne.
except perhaps a certain someone, except perhaps a certain someone,
except perhaps a certain someone, just to be shown another way out.
Oh, I'd be careful living in a block of flats and I never take the lift to the top, no I never take the lift to the top.
Ah, you're too twisted by half, but that's far enough.
We figured it out, we figured it out, we lived in a house, in a cold room.
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A Certain Someone is one of the most confusing Sundays songs I've come across, but I'll attempt to explain my interpretation.
I'm probably way of base, but to me it's about initially striking out on your own. There's a certain amount of self-centeredness that comes with that mindset, wanting to prove yourself to the world, you peers, and finally your family. With independence comes a greater sense of ownership:
"If I could have anything in the world for free I wouldn't share it with anyone else but me"
However eventually, we all find that "A Certain Someone" who changes our perspective a bit:
"Yeah, if I could have anything in the world for free I wouldn't share it with anyone else but me Except perhaps a certain someone"
The lyric "You're too twisted by half, but that's far enough" is hard to discern, as it could mean a multitude of things. In my opinion, it's the clashing between two ideas, whether or not to stay aloof and single, or to settle down and be in a relationship.
The remaining lyrics seem to pertain to the potential out comes of being in a relationship. One is the ominous "Oh, I'd be careful living in a block of flats And I never take the lift to the top"
For me, I remember living in an apartment complex and having a lot of adult couples upstairs making noise and arguing all the time, and I would do my best to avoid.
The other outcome is just being surprised of things working out:
"I'll never believe what we've found We figured it out, we figured it out We lived in a house, in a cold room"
As I said above, it's a confusing song and could mean anything! Catchy tune nonetheless.
Yes, it is confusing. However, it seems to express a sort of arrogance, selfishness, mischief, hopelessness and cynicism that seems to describe a journey or a story of one character throughout the whole album! This song seems to be the one that stands out the most in that sense.
I can't quite figure out what that whole story would be. I would love to sit with Harriet and David at a pub in London to talk about all their lyrics.