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00What does the expression 01i00to put the old horse down02i00 mean ??02br
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00It's taken from thix text :02br
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00I need some sleep.02br
00You can’t go on like this.02br
00I try counting sheep,02br
00But there’s one I always miss.02br
00Everyone says, "I’m getting down too low"02br
00Everyone says, "You just gotta let it go"02br
00You just gotta let it go02br
00You just gotta let it go02br
00I need some sleep02br
00time to put the old horse down02br
00I’m in too deep02br
00and the wheels keep spinning round02br
00Everyone says, "I’m getting down too low"02br
00Everyone says, "You just gotta let it go"02br
00You just gotta let it go02br
00You just gotta let it go02br
00You just gotta let it go02br
00You just gotta let it go02br
00You just gotta let it go0-
  

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02br 02br 01font 00I need some sleep02br 00time to put the old horse down02br 00I’m in too deep02br 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 01font 00I need some sleep02br 00time to put the old horse down02br 00I’m in too deep02br 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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01font00To put a horse down means to kill it, eg00 If it has a badly broken leg.02font02br
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01font00On the other hand, some people say00 'I put the baby down', 02font00meaning 'I put the baby in bed to sleep'.02br
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From the context- may it mean "to finish with all of this"? (he is very tired with this love ...)

hugs

marta
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Hi, perhaps in this context, "to put the old horse down", means someting like "give something up".

Stop doing something with the purpose of resting physically and mentally.

Best wishes.

Pelayo (Spain)
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Horse is also a slang term for Heroin. I'd assumed that this text was drug related
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Clive, found your post while trying to figure out the meaning of the sentence in the Eels lyrics Emotion: smile good to know that you were there t
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good to know that you were there too !!!
Not exactly sure if its good. Wish I wasn't looking for this answer now, I used to think this song was really about sleeping...
All the best to those who need some sleep too.
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When somebody says thas has to put a horse down they're meaning that have to kill it for mercy.
When a horse is suffering so much and it's gonna die for sure the most human is "put it down" to avoid it more suffering.
If we check the lyrics of the song, we can notice that it's about someone who is very depressed and people advise him that just have to let it go.
Its a very connotative
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