I’ve been listening to this song for YEARS and this is the first time I’ve looked up the lyrics and I’m so puzzled by:
“In which everybody's willing to choose swine over pearls”
I’ve always heard (and sung) “wine over pearls”. Thinking someone who chooses wine lacks foresight, hedonistic — wanting the immediate payoff, and the person who chooses pearls is looking either artistically, or with forethought — as an investment. Desire versus practicality.
But when I played it at the highest volume I can hear “swine” and not necessarily just the s-sound carrying over from “choose”.
I’ve been listening to this song for YEARS and this is the first time I’ve looked up the lyrics and I’m so puzzled by:
“In which everybody's willing to choose swine over pearls”
I’ve always heard (and sung) “wine over pearls”. Thinking someone who chooses wine lacks foresight, hedonistic — wanting the immediate payoff, and the person who chooses pearls is looking either artistically, or with forethought — as an investment. Desire versus practicality.
But when I played it at the highest volume I can hear “swine” and not necessarily just the s-sound carrying over from “choose”.
Why would anyone ever choose swine?