#himi vs

Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan, one of my favorite songs.

The first half of the original song is about suicidal ideation brought on by a broken heart after being left at the alter and feeling forsaken by God. The latter half is about the author's grief over his father's physical death and his mother experiencing death of the spirit over the loss (of someone who was not kind to her) followed by death of the vessel and the author's greater grief over losing his mother twice; a sense of desertion, once again. It has the feeling of a little ditty shared by someone whose soul is tired. The juxtaposition.

The title is also the chorus, if you can call it that. It only stands alone once in the whole song, and it's almost like an afterthought. Every other utterance is sung with little more than a breath and no musical change between it and preceding verse, though it might be better to call it a pre-chorus. I love unconventional structures.

I also love covers...

mine starts to sound distant, not like it's fading; I don't have to strain to hear it, but instead of sitting right next to me, the reader sounds like they're down the hall and maybe around the corner.

I was tagged in the Last Song game by @minnichan! Thanx so much!

I woke up thinking about the lyrics to Kanye's We Major, but I was not in the mood for Kanye, so I listened to this. It's been in my head off and on for a month or so, and not in the earworm way. I just can't stop thinking about the lyrics in a modern context and wondering what the actual context was because innuendo is a thing.

It starts out talking about sex work, gets creepy with entitlement, and continues with you need a man. This commentary has been running through my head, so I'm taking this opportunity to get it out.

It's still my jam, but I can't hear it any other way now. Colored text = red flag index----------------

You've got the love / You've got the power / But you just don't understand We are basically at your mercy, but you have no idea what you're capable of

Girl, you've been charging by the hour / For your love Sex work is not the way to go

I'm tryin' to show how much I love you / Still believe in romance Pay attention to me!

You're taking way too many chances / With my love You better stop frontin' if you know what's good for you

I remember when you used to be / The talk of the town / All you get is lonely You were better before; you're pitiful now

Turn your love around / Don't you turn me down / I can show you how / Turn your love around Pick me, you better pick me, I'll show you what you've been missing

Without the woman I can make it / But I need the girl to stay I don't need a grown-ass woman, what I need is a young impressionable thing

Oh, don't you let the lady take it all away Don't be gay

When the woman needs a taste of yesterday / But you stay at home / All they get is lonely Women are longing for the days when they were considered property and you (some dude) are on your herbivore kick not fulfilling their desires [implied: I don't want to be the only creep, so let me guilt trip you into supporting my cause]

Turn your love around / Don't you turn me down / I can show you how / Turn your love around Don't be gay, don't be gay, I'll show you what a man can do for you

Oh, girl you know me / I'm alone until you show me / That you're still in love with me I'm an incel

We're gonna make it / We're gonna take it / Back where we belong Let's turn the clock back to those days when womenfolk were under a man's thumb

Turn your love around / Don't you turn me down / I can show you how / Turn your love around I am entitled to your attention; you just haven't found the right man

Turn your love around (This time the girl became a woman) Gay is not the way (Oops, my groomer tendencies are showing)

Don't you turn me down (Every woman needs a man) I'm warning you (Don't be gay)

I can show you how (I love the girl, I love the woman) You just haven't found the right man (Let me prove it to you)

Turn your love around Don't be gay

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