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Aug 14, 2016
Aug 14, 2016
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[Chorus]
Round and round like a horse on a carousel
We go
Will I catch up to love I can never tell
I know
Chasing after you is like a fairy tale
But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
Round and round like a horse on a carousel
We go
Will I catch up to love I can never tell
I know
Chasing after you is like a fairy tale
But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
This verse (and the entire song) is a metaphor about how love is basically a carousel. You go and round and round, chasing after the one you love and then stop because you find out how they "ripped your heart to pieces" or how they "threw you away".
Aug 14, 2016
Aug 14, 2016
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sees)
Hey girl (hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl)
Hey girl, open your walls, play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect
Hey girl (hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl)
Hey girl, open your walls, play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect
''We'll be a perfect family'' describes how Melanie is desperate for a normal, loving family. She doesn't want to tell the people around her about her problems because they think that her family is already perfect.
Aug 14, 2016
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curtains.
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the
The entire verse is describing how her family is dysfunctional. She tries to hide this and is forced to pose and smile, like nothing happened. She is begging them to 'don't let them look through the curtains' as they will see what really goes on in this perfect family.
Aug 14, 2016
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places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll
Throw on your dress and put on your doll
"Put on your doll faces" can be seen as many things. It could be saying that they are covering up who they really are, trying to look perfect for the picture.
It could also be saying that they are hiding their depression or bad habits (e.g how the son smokes cannabis). For the people around them, who think
they are perfect.
It could also be saying that they are hiding their depression or bad habits (e.g how the son smokes cannabis). For the people around them, who think
they are perfect.
Aug 14, 2016
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Am I allowed to look at her like that?
Could it be wrong when she's just so nice to look at
Could it be wrong when she's just so nice to look at
Dodie is wondering if people will accept her for being Bisexual. She is questioning whether it's okay for her to look at the one she admires as if she is a crush. Doddleoddle is describing how it could be wrong, even though she's pretty and eye-candy.
Aug 14, 2016
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Cause she tastes like Birthday Cake and Storytime and Fall
But to her I taste of nothing at all
But to her I taste of nothing at all
Dodie is saying how this girl reminds her of everything she admires/adores. She then describes to the listener about how the girl thinks Dodie tastes of nothing, like she's plain and nothing special to her.