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Meantolearn Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

All out of love 1

"I'm lying alone with my head on the phone
Thinking of you till it hurts
I know you hurt too but what else can we do
Tormented and torn apart"

"With my head on the phone"
1. What does the quote mean? Does it mean the writer's talking on the phone?

"Thinking of you till it hurts"
2. Does 'it' refer to 'my head'? Or It's just a subject and doesn't have any meaning?

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Hi meantolearn If I were you, I wouldn't go too crazy with these lyrics. It's quite possible that the choice of words in some cases had much more to do with rhyme than with making sense. 1.

— Yankee

  • Hi meantolearn If I were you, I wouldn't go too crazy with these lyrics.
  • It's quite possible that the choice of words in some cases had much more to do with rhyme than with making sense.
  • 1.
  • I do not understand that the writer is currently having a phone conversation.
  • I uderstand just what it says: The person is alone, the person is lying down, and the person's head is lying on the telephone.
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Hi meantolearn

If I were you, I wouldn't go too crazy with these lyrics. It's quite possible that the choice of words in some cases had much more to do with rhyme than with making sense.

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I do not understand that the writer is currently having a phone conversation. I uderstand just what it says: The person is alone, the person is lying down, and the person's
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1. In a way, it's up to you to imagine what's going on that's in keeping with the rest of the lyric. Maybe he's talking to her on the phone, maybe he's wondering if he should call her, maybe he's wishing she would call him, maybe they've just finished talking, maybe it just makes him feel closer to her... whatever. Perhaps the word "alone" and the later line "what would you say if I called
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1) No, he's not talking on the phone. His head is resting on the phone. The image is of someone who just had a negative conversation, maybe a disagreement, a fight or very bad news.
2) It hurts - is a common expression when we feel really bad, disappointed, maybe even crying. "It" means my whole self, my whole being.
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Thanks all for the great comments.

MTL
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"With my head on the phone"

"Thinking of you till it hurts"

1. The man is holding the phone on the head, hesitate to call.
2. it means "heart", thinking of her so hard that his heart hurts. he was dumped.
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