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by Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy on September 12th, 2008
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by Sixty B - Commander Topcoat on September 12th, 2008
Yes, this has most definitely happened to me. Other times, the real meaning has actually made me like a song that I didn't before. Then, of course, there's the song you think you love and then you look up the lyrics and feel kinda used. :)
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on September 13th, 2008
I avoid all that stuff, which is why DVD's with all their "info" is lost on me. I don't cut open the drum to see where the noise comes from..I just enjoy the sound. I don't want to have my head filled with all the details of who said what, who meant what, what choices they had and rejected..too much information. I just want to enjoy the product and believe what I want to believe and be left alone. Facts are not always conducive to enjoying something more..facts destroy illusion! :)
by Firestorm on September 12th, 2008
Depends. For years, I thought Kate Bush's "Runnin Up That Hill" was about wanting to trade places with a dying friend to end their pain, but according to Mrs. Bush herself, it's about inequality between men and women. I was surprised, but not disappointed.
Oh, and for those who don't know by now, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police is not a love song...it's about stalking someone. Sorry.
by marhaen on September 12th, 2008
no.that is their story not my story. them and mine are different sight of view.
by Go know thyself is THE RED QUEEN on September 12th, 2008
Im usually pretty good at decyphering lyrics and poetry and the intent in others words. I think that its a kind of un spoken little club where some of us are members from practically birth.
Poets are a kind of breed and we always know one another inherently and can usually figure out one anothers intent through the common language of words.
They are after all, all we've got as a means of expression and a poet simply MUST express, with just as much urgency as they MUST breathe.
by Old School on September 12th, 2008
Occasionally.
I was always fond of this song and didn't really think about its 'meaning' much. Then I saw one of those VH1 shows about 'one-hit wonders' where they talked about the onanism (look it up...;-D...) implied by the lyrics.
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Thanks, guys! I could have lived without that knowledge...:-P....
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by Tel UK- Licensed to fish! on September 12th, 2008
No, just stay with my first thoughts.
by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on October 28th, 2008
Yes, especially if it's say, a love song that always makes you cry, then later you discover it's a sarcastic song meant to be funny.
by MrJosh on October 28th, 2008
Yep, its happened to me. I really liked it when Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam was asked what a song meant and he replied that its up to the listener. He didn't want to tell his own meaning.
by Keeping it real on September 13th, 2008
No, I like my version better.
by Shadow is Gone on September 13th, 2008
Yes, I was really surprised and disenchanted when I found out the meaning behind "Ring Around the Rosie."
by cpl_of_freaks on November 11th, 2009
yes, and I hate it when that happens. Tesla - What you Give was written about his dogs
by AliasTJ on July 21st, 2009
One time, YES! If Tomorrow Never Comes by Garth Brooks
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Exactly! In cases like that (feeling used), I tend to just think my version is better, and that the original songwriter is wrong about the meaning of their own song. It's ok to live in denial about little things like that, right? :)
by Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy on September 12th, 2008
Oh, I have definitely done the same thing. It's the only way to cope with this type of discovery!
by Sixty B - Commander Topcoat on September 12th, 2008