Clone Lyrics

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Cover art for Clone lyrics by Metric

"It’s too late in the day to take you on all the rides" this is a metaphor for the disappointment you feel when you cant go on all the rides at an amusement park; the rides represent the hope her loved ones have for her in turning her life around, and coming back to the person she used to be. Yet she's saying its too late for that. She cannot be who she was before. "I was afraid to tell you that" she didnt want to tell her family upfront that their hopes were of no use, and that it was too late.

"Back to that photograph, can you clone me?" The photo represents her old self, the one that those that are close to her want her to be again. Since she cant be that person again, a clone of her old self could fix the problem. "I look like everyone you know now" could hint at what her 'wrong' decision was: she's become like everyone else, generic

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