The banal words and dodgy rhymes perfectly evoke life, going back and forth to work and watching tele, before her lover came and changed it all.
And "I must have read a while/The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style" is a nice dig at the "all men are rapists" author.
But the best bit is that she never says she is in love, or that love is wonderful and world changing. Nor that it is also sad, and disappointing, and rarely lasts. She never tells us that it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. She never even tells us that this is a love song. It's all unsaid. Philip Larkin would have approved.
A truly great song - in my opinion Abba's best.
The banal words and dodgy rhymes perfectly evoke life, going back and forth to work and watching tele, before her lover came and changed it all.
And "I must have read a while/The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style" is a nice dig at the "all men are rapists" author.
But the best bit is that she never says she is in love, or that love is wonderful and world changing. Nor that it is also sad, and disappointing, and rarely lasts. She never tells us that it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. She never even tells us that this is a love song. It's all unsaid. Philip Larkin would have approved.