This is something that I've been musing over for a while. I've posted about music before, so my interest in it is fairly established. I have to say that many songs have lyrics that just don't make sense to me.
Just some examples
Ariana Grande, Break Free
"This is part when I say I don't want ya.
I'm stronger than I've been before.
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more."
Is it breaking free if you "can't resist" it? Seriously. "I can't resist" is normally associated with compulsions, addictions, or other circumstances when you are powerless to act or give in to weakness. I have a hard time reconciling "I'm stronger than I've been before" and "This is the part when I break free" with "I can't resist it no more." Seems like you're just trading one type of bondage for another.
Maroon 5, Maps
"I like to think that we had it all
We drew a map to a better place
But on that road I took a fall
Oh baby why did you run away?
I was there for you
In your darkest times.
I was there for you
In your darkest nights.
But I wonder where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my needs
And you said you had my back
So I wonder where were you?
When all the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
(repeat)"
In addition to be very repetitive I wonder what the intentions of this person are. His friend, I assume a girl-friend (or ex girl-friend), benefited from his help but then when he was caught in a lurch totally abandons him. Yet he is seek her out. Is it because he is looking for help? Perhaps he wants to make sure she's okay. He might be looking for revenge. Or, he could just be obsessed - since a later line proclaims, "I hear your voice in my sleep at night / Hard to resist temptation / 'Cause something strange has come over me / And now I can't get over you / No, I just can't get over you " Can you say "Unhealthy Relationship"? You're looking at the wrong map, Buddy. You need the one that takes you to counseling.
Magic!, Rude
"Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?
Say yes, say yes ' cause I need to know.
You say I'll never get your blessing 'til the day I die
Tough luck, my friend, but the answer is 'No'
Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway.
Marry that girl
Marry her anyway
Marry that girl
Yeah, no matter what you say
Marry that girl
And we'll be a family
Why you gotta be so
Rude"
There was a parody version of this done this summer that I really like, but moving on. I can't help but think that by the time a guy is ready to ask a girl's father for her hand that the answer shouldn't be a surprise. You're planning on marrying her and you claim that "we'll be a family" and you didn't take the effort to placate your future father-in-law so that family gatherings wouldn't be awkward? You just assumed that he's going to say yes - you haven't taken any efforts to give him a reason to say yes? You're telling him to say yes, but you still "need to know." And now you just assume that the girl who wants you to have daddy's blessing is going to run off with you and ignore it? I think you're going to be standing at that alter by yourself, Dude. Also, you asked for his daughter "for the rest of my life." You better hope that the father doesn't shorten your life for blatantly disrespecting his wishes. And you call him rude!
Just some examples
Ariana Grande, Break Free
"This is part when I say I don't want ya.
I'm stronger than I've been before.
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more."
Is it breaking free if you "can't resist" it? Seriously. "I can't resist" is normally associated with compulsions, addictions, or other circumstances when you are powerless to act or give in to weakness. I have a hard time reconciling "I'm stronger than I've been before" and "This is the part when I break free" with "I can't resist it no more." Seems like you're just trading one type of bondage for another.
Maroon 5, Maps
"I like to think that we had it all
We drew a map to a better place
But on that road I took a fall
Oh baby why did you run away?
I was there for you
In your darkest times.
I was there for you
In your darkest nights.
But I wonder where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my needs
And you said you had my back
So I wonder where were you?
When all the roads you took came back to me
So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
(repeat)"
In addition to be very repetitive I wonder what the intentions of this person are. His friend, I assume a girl-friend (or ex girl-friend), benefited from his help but then when he was caught in a lurch totally abandons him. Yet he is seek her out. Is it because he is looking for help? Perhaps he wants to make sure she's okay. He might be looking for revenge. Or, he could just be obsessed - since a later line proclaims, "I hear your voice in my sleep at night / Hard to resist temptation / 'Cause something strange has come over me / And now I can't get over you / No, I just can't get over you " Can you say "Unhealthy Relationship"? You're looking at the wrong map, Buddy. You need the one that takes you to counseling.
Magic!, Rude
"Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?
Say yes, say yes ' cause I need to know.
You say I'll never get your blessing 'til the day I die
Tough luck, my friend, but the answer is 'No'
Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway.
Marry that girl
Marry her anyway
Marry that girl
Yeah, no matter what you say
Marry that girl
And we'll be a family
Why you gotta be so
Rude"
There was a parody version of this done this summer that I really like, but moving on. I can't help but think that by the time a guy is ready to ask a girl's father for her hand that the answer shouldn't be a surprise. You're planning on marrying her and you claim that "we'll be a family" and you didn't take the effort to placate your future father-in-law so that family gatherings wouldn't be awkward? You just assumed that he's going to say yes - you haven't taken any efforts to give him a reason to say yes? You're telling him to say yes, but you still "need to know." And now you just assume that the girl who wants you to have daddy's blessing is going to run off with you and ignore it? I think you're going to be standing at that alter by yourself, Dude. Also, you asked for his daughter "for the rest of my life." You better hope that the father doesn't shorten your life for blatantly disrespecting his wishes. And you call him rude!
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