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Guest Posted 21 years ago

Wt is this talking about?

I haven't ever really found a place that I call home
I never stick around quite long enough to make it
I apologize that once again I'm not in love
But it's not as if I mind
that your heart ain't exactly breaking

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

I've always thought
that I would love to live by the sea
To travel the world alone
and live more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
As there's really nothing left here to stop me

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well how can I say I'm alive
  

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' Its rare that lyrics produce literary ripples worthy of any note, and the primary motive for a song/music is to be a good mood enhancer and thereby sell lots of those saucer sized plastic discs. But a song must have some meaningful expression, I hear you say, and in most cases they do. In this song its difficult for the listener to establish if she's singing directly to her lover or to the audience, but understanding the chorus is the main key to deciphering the whole song: 'But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy,' ect; She expresses her point as a simile, comparing renting accommodation all one's life and never owning / choosing the right property - to - love.

  • ' Its rare that lyrics produce literary ripples worthy of any note, and the primary motive for a song/music is to be a good mood enhancer and thereby sell lots of those saucer sized plastic discs.
  • But a song must have some meaningful expression, I hear you say, and in most cases they do.
  • In this song its difficult for the listener to establish if she's singing directly to her lover or to the audience, but understanding the chorus is the main key to deciphering the whole song: 'But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy,' ect; She expresses her point as a simile, comparing renting accommodation all one's life and never owning / choosing the right property - to - love.
  • Choose your lover and stick with them.
  • If you don't, you can hardly complain.
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Its a song by 'Dido,' and perhaps a tad unfair to say, 'what's it about.'

Its rare that lyrics produce literary ripples worthy of any note, and the primary motive for a song/music is to be a good mood enhancer and thereby sell lots of those saucer sized plastic discs.

But a song must have some meaningful expression, I hear you say, and in most cases they do.

In this s

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