Lyric discussion by bridge4 

Cover art for Obsolete lyrics by Regina Spektor

This song sounds to me like she is depicting Alzheimer, or any kind of degenerative memory / brain disease. Can not thing of any other thing that fits better. The mind grew dark, talking to self, the incompleteness and how no one reads it.

But somehow it seems to also apply to so many desperate scene in life..

How could a song of this sad and cruel topic be this hauntingly beautiful and surreal, that part I can't understand. Can't think of much artist have this caliber nowday.

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