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Englishlearner2008 Posted 18 years ago
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Please help me understand this
0 Can somebody help me understand part of the lyric of the song "white flag" by Dido, I am not sure with its meaning. 02 br
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00 "I know you think that I shouldn't still love you, 02 br
00 I'll tell you that. 02 br
00 But if I didn't say 01 b 00 it, 02 b 02 br
00 well I'd still have felt 01 b 00 it 02 br
02 b 00 where's the sense in that?...." 02 br
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00 I think the first "it" mean that "I shouldn't still love you", but I am not sure what the second "it " means, if it means "that I shouldn't still love you ", then it would be like " I didn't say that I shouldn't still love you, well I'd still have felt that I shouldn't still love you". And that doesn't seem to make sense. Forgive my stupidity. Please tell meaning . 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance 0-
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00 "I know you think that I shouldn't still love you, 02 br
00 I'll tell you that. 02 br
00 But if I didn't say 01 b 00 it, 02 b 02 br
00 well I'd still have felt 01 b 00 it 02 br
02 b 00 where's the sense in that?...." 02 br
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00 I think the first "it" mean that "I shouldn't still love you", but I am not sure what the second "it " means, if it means "that I shouldn't still love you ", then it would be like " I didn't say that I shouldn't still love you, well I'd still have felt that I shouldn't still love you". And that doesn't seem to make sense. Forgive my stupidity. Please tell meaning . 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 Even if she didn't tell him that she loves him, she would still feel her love for him. 02 br 02 br 00 Songs are open to creative interpretation though, so you can't always take things literally. In this song, it seems pretty straight forward (clear), but just keep that in mind if you try to dissect more complex songs.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Even if she didn't tell him that she loves him, she would still feel her love for him.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Songs are open to creative interpretation though, so you can't always take things literally.
- In this song, it seems pretty straight forward (clear), but just keep that in mind if you try to dissect more complex songs.
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0 I think the first "it" is referring to the words "I love you." The second "it" is referring to her love. 02 br
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00 Even if she didn't tell him that she loves him, she would still feel her love for him. So what's the sense in not just telling him? 02 br
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00 Songs are open to creative interpretation though, so you can't always take things literally. In th
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00 Even if she didn't tell him that she loves him, she would still feel her love for him. So what's the sense in not just telling him? 02 br
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00 Songs are open to creative interpretation though, so you can't always take things literally. In th
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