Worst Chorus Lyric EVER!

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(nota bene : I have heard zero other DBS songs, so sue me if I talk shit too long)

Rae Yellamo -- Throw Summ0))) (bernard snowy), Thursday, 19 February 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link

I think it's pretty obvious that the utter banality of the chorus of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is intentional, and the narrator is full of shit? The verse lyrics have a very different tone from the chorus, they have a much more traditional and sentimental "breakup song" quality:

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

I see you - the only one who knew me
And now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now? It's plain to see we're over,
And I hate when things are over -
When so much is left undone

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

So basically it's about a couple breaking up because the other person feels their incompatible with each other, and the narrator is grasping at straws, trying to find anything to prove his partner wrong. And the futility of this effort is undermined by how banal and temptative the dialogue in the chorus is: As I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it. So these are quotes from their actual dialogue, and when you compare it to the much more dramatic statements made by the narrator in the verses, you can see how he's fooling himself. I think it's key that the line But I know you just don't care is there just before the chorus: in the verses, the narrator is trying to say that his partner's claim that they are incompatible and that's why theyre breaking up is not really true, that in reality s/he just doesn't care... But immediately after this statement we learn that his defense that they do have something in common consists of pointing out that they both maybe kinda liked "Breakfast at Tiffany's". So it's obvious the narrator is just fooling himself, his grandiose delusions in the verses being deflated by the realism of the chorus.

Tuomas, Thursday, 19 February 2015 08:32 (nine years ago) link

"how banal and tentative the dialogue in the chorus is"

Tuomas, Thursday, 19 February 2015 08:34 (nine years ago) link

three years pass...

Who wants honey?
As long as there's some money

flappy bird, Saturday, 21 April 2018 06:06 (six years ago) link

No way no way
Mahna mahna

Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 21 April 2018 08:35 (six years ago) link

And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.

^^^ I always thought the line was "we both kind of hated it", which makes for a far more interesting song - couple on the verge of breaking up realise the only thing they really have in common is that they both hate the film Breakfast At Tiffany's.

2018 has to be better (snoball), Saturday, 21 April 2018 10:33 (six years ago) link


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