I'm confused as to how many people are in this story, and who's doing what...
Ok, we have the narrator.
We have a "someone" who sings the name of the person the narrator refers to as "you".
That's 3 so far, yes?
We have a stranger who sees the narrator crumble because "someone" sings "your" name.
FIne, 4.
WHO is the narrator asking to hold their heart and WHO is begging? Is the narrator's heart begging to be buried beside...um..."you"?
Then the devil pops around. 5. The devil helps the narrator forget "you". Mkay...
THEN the narrator asks from "you" to take away the misery. Is that the same "you", or is he now directly talking to the devil?
And then the chorus... it's almost as if the narrator switches and the "you" mentioned before is replying. Or is the devil replying??
Ugh, anyone care to help me untangle this?
By the way, this is one of the most beautiful, erotic, soothing, tantalizing, sad, relieving, revealing, addictive, tricky, sneaky,
irresistible songs my ears have ever heard. All in 4:35. Damn.
The narrator is only speaking to the one person for the most part, in the chorus the you becomes more broad and general. "the devil" he is speaking about is him personifying the way our society works, you know "oh ive got a pill for that", etc. were in the business of finding magical cures/solutions for everything.. usually they dont solve the problem but merely act as a distraction.
The narrator is only speaking to the one person for the most part, in the chorus the you becomes more broad and general. "the devil" he is speaking about is him personifying the way our society works, you know "oh ive got a pill for that", etc. were in the business of finding magical cures/solutions for everything.. usually they dont solve the problem but merely act as a distraction.
I enjoy how you broke it down real remedial at first, I had to read through it a few times to get it.
So 13.. the unlucky number. I relate, I'm a good pretender but an actor out of work.
Thanks for posting this.
I enjoy how you broke it down real remedial at first, I had to read through it a few times to get it.
So 13.. the unlucky number. I relate, I'm a good pretender but an actor out of work.
Thanks for posting this.
I'm confused as to how many people are in this story, and who's doing what...
Ok, we have the narrator. We have a "someone" who sings the name of the person the narrator refers to as "you". That's 3 so far, yes? We have a stranger who sees the narrator crumble because "someone" sings "your" name. FIne, 4.
WHO is the narrator asking to hold their heart and WHO is begging? Is the narrator's heart begging to be buried beside...um..."you"?
Then the devil pops around. 5. The devil helps the narrator forget "you". Mkay...
THEN the narrator asks from "you" to take away the misery. Is that the same "you", or is he now directly talking to the devil?
And then the chorus... it's almost as if the narrator switches and the "you" mentioned before is replying. Or is the devil replying??
Ugh, anyone care to help me untangle this?
By the way, this is one of the most beautiful, erotic, soothing, tantalizing, sad, relieving, revealing, addictive, tricky, sneaky, irresistible songs my ears have ever heard. All in 4:35. Damn.
The narrator is only speaking to the one person for the most part, in the chorus the you becomes more broad and general. "the devil" he is speaking about is him personifying the way our society works, you know "oh ive got a pill for that", etc. were in the business of finding magical cures/solutions for everything.. usually they dont solve the problem but merely act as a distraction.
The narrator is only speaking to the one person for the most part, in the chorus the you becomes more broad and general. "the devil" he is speaking about is him personifying the way our society works, you know "oh ive got a pill for that", etc. were in the business of finding magical cures/solutions for everything.. usually they dont solve the problem but merely act as a distraction.
I enjoy how you broke it down real remedial at first, I had to read through it a few times to get it. So 13.. the unlucky number. I relate, I'm a good pretender but an actor out of work. Thanks for posting this.
I enjoy how you broke it down real remedial at first, I had to read through it a few times to get it. So 13.. the unlucky number. I relate, I'm a good pretender but an actor out of work. Thanks for posting this.