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Lyrics that make you say ‘eh?’

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CastorTroyWantsHisFaceBack · 07/04/2019 12:52

Lounging on my Sunday afternoon and listening to an amazon playlist.

Toni Braxton - he wasn’t man enough for me comes on.

The lyrics make no sense

What are you thinking?
Did you know about us back then?
Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?
I'm not thinking 'bout him
But you married him
Do you know I made him leave?
Do you know he begged to stay with me?
He wasn't man enough for me

If she’s not thinking about him, why is she singing to his poor wife that he begged to stay when she dumped him?

Have you any songs that make you say ‘eh? You’re just talking shite now love’?

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WordsFailMeAgain · 07/04/2019 17:30

@MamaBear8686 I love the song too! I just start getting overinvested thinking, look love you moved away in your new apartment etc but you’re ringing him up and how do you know he’s drunk? Are you stalking his snapchat? Why haven’t you blocked him?! Etc...HmmGrin

Mrsjayy · 07/04/2019 17:35

@mrsjayy but hopefully you won’t confuse them with mountains

😁

Mrsjayy · 07/04/2019 17:38

The chimney on her is a reference to the wicked with of the east (or is it west) with the house crushes her SO they are siinging about a woman they hate and wonderiing what she looks like...

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Mrsjayy · 07/04/2019 17:39

Witch* i remember all of that from one of those countdown programmes

Makegoodchoices · 07/04/2019 17:40

Little Mix again:
“But I got the, I got the, I got the power
You make rain
But I'll make it, I'll make it, I'll make it shower”

I feel that they aren’t making the case for ‘their power’ very well with that line!

Bedsidedrawer · 07/04/2019 17:47

Hit me Baby one more time

Hmm

That whole video is 'in plain sight' misogynistic, rape culture shite too.

Ohyesiam · 07/04/2019 17:49

DreamInDreamer
It’s about primrose hill

MockerstheFeManist · 07/04/2019 17:52

An Old Favourite:

....No, Alanis Morrissette! It Is Not Ironic! It is just a bleeding coincidence!!!

Kapoww · 07/04/2019 17:52

Hotel California - I think the spirit refers to the person singing and their enthusiasm, not the wine being a spirit.
Person: Please bring me my wine.
Captain: We haven’t had that spirit here since 1959!

ThatLibraryMiss · 07/04/2019 18:06

huggybear and oldndwornout, anything at all by Squeeze. They just didn't get the hang of that rhyming malarkey, did they? Slumber and summer, happen and Clapham, older and soldier, family and sandy. Better to go the 10,000 Maniacs route of just not trying to rhyme at all.

Loulzze · 07/04/2019 18:09

"Do you ever feel.. Like a plastic bag"
Katy Perry

Ironfloor269 · 07/04/2019 18:13

@palominoo - it's 'are we human or are we denser?'

iklboo · 07/04/2019 18:16
  • @palominoo - it's 'are we human or are we denser?'*

No, it's not.

huggybear · 07/04/2019 18:16

@ironfloor269 no it's not

huggybear · 07/04/2019 18:17

Totally @thatlibrarymiss 😂

Badwifey · 07/04/2019 18:18

I think the "chimney on her" is a reference to the death of the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz... but I stand open to correction.

bingandflop · 07/04/2019 18:19

Mockers, I thought the whole point of the song was that what is actually ironic is that none of the things she mentions are ironic

VanGoghsDog · 07/04/2019 18:21

"sometimes the sun goes round the moon", no, it never does.

"If I was....(a better man)", no, it's 'if I were'!

"I never want to see a ghost, it's the thing I fear most, I'd rather have a piece of toast and watch the evening news". Hmm

VanGoghsDog · 07/04/2019 18:25

"clap along if you feel like a room without a roof", I've never felt like that.

riotlady · 07/04/2019 18:26

I don’t understand the lyrics to Happy
“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof”
??? Isn’t that a bad thing?

riotlady · 07/04/2019 18:26

@VanGoghsDog snap!

Eliza1419 · 07/04/2019 18:27

Little Mix "I always say what I'm feeling. I was born without a zip on my mouth"... erm just like the rest of us then..

MockerstheFeManist · 07/04/2019 18:28

clap along if you feel like a room without a roof

....This!

If I was a room without a roof, I would be far from happy. I would be panicking over my contents insurance for one thing.

Bobmcbob · 07/04/2019 18:29

Yes to the new Jess Glynn song. So completely anti any of her other songs where it’s all about being yourself and you being enough just as you are (unless of course you don’t have anyone else 🙄🙄🙄)

LegoMonkeys · 07/04/2019 18:33

I am still baffled by Shakiras small and humble breasts
MrsJayy - the Spanish version, which I assume she wrote first, only mentions small breasts. I've always assumed she just chucked 'humble' in so there were enough words to fill the line! It is very strange though!

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