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This verse and the next focus on the narrator recounting all the different roles he’s filled in this relationship that he’s recalling. The list he is building here culminates in the following verse with the lines “But i’ll never be/Anything you ever want me to be”

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He’s at a location that reminds him of a previous heartache, but he vows to not go on a depressive deluge.

PROPOSED SUGGESTION: i think this is the point in which the relationship started its decline.

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Bona Drag is a compilation album by Morrissey released on October 15, 1990. The album features an array of Morrissey’s most popular songs from his early solo career, most of which had not been released on any previous album. The album name meaning nice outfit is an example of the subculture slang Polari explored further on the album’s first track “Piccadilly Palare”. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on 06/12/2000.

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An idiom: To be “under the gun” is based on the idea of pointing a gun at someone to make them do something. In this case, the speaker seems to be under this kind of pressure to improve or reform himself as a husband and father after earlier failures.

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A combination that can lead to some hefty liver damage.

Beyond the wellness implications, though, this line suggests the speaker has what numbs your pain. Tylenol numbs physical pain and beer numbs emotional pain.

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The famous Nirvana record: a grunge classic.

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The beautifully dark elements of this album come into play as Kalopsia begins. Its start is very slow and interesting, and provides a nice break from the nonstop rocking up to that point.
“Kalopsia” is also a defined delusion: it’s when people think what they’re seeing is more beautiful than it actually is. The song was written to Josh’s daughters and is about escaping dark days.

The inspiration for the song came from Josh Homme’s friend and fellow lyricist Arctic Monkey’s Alex Turner, with whom he occasionally exchanges words or phrases for lyric ideas. During the making of the album, Homme asked Turner to send him a word to which he replied with a text message containing the word “Kalopsia” and its definition. In an interview from 2013 Homme stated:

He kinda just didn’t know how much he’d hit the nail on the head for where I was at at the time.

In an acoustic session on WDR 1Live in 2017 Homme further explained the meaning behind the song :

The hardest thing to do is tell someone you love them, because you have to put yourself out there. And when you really love somebody you basically say:“Whatever you have to do to me, you have to do. And I’m willing to let that happen.” So this song is partially about letting that happen and on the other side saying it’s okay.

Despite not being released as a single, the visual artist Boneface created a short animation for the song.

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Nearly six years after Queens of the Stone Age’s last studio album Era Vulgaris (2007) the California desert rock group were back with what many are considering their best album yet.

Drearier than ever, lead guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme described where he was at in life and how everything could be a lot different after a freak accident that left him bedridden for months.

During the recording of …Like Clockwork, drummer Joey Castillo left the band resulting in Dave Grohl picking up the sticks for the remaining songs and then Jon Theodore taking up the kit.

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Rivers said about “Holiday” and “In the Garage”:

[Holiday was] written in a sudden burst of confidence and optimism right after we got a record deal. Those positive emotions have since dissipated – along with our cash advances – but I still like the songs."

Lyrically, “Holiday” follows the singer’s desire to take a carefree, unplanned vacation, probably inspired, as mentioned above, by the band being signed and getting an advance. This would not be Weezer’s only foray into daydreaming about escaping on a holiday – their later hit “Island in the Sun” details a similar wish for escape.

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