Take your guess// Tom Rosenthal
I didn't walk how you said I should walk
I walk how I do walk, and that's fine
I didn't go how you said it would go
It went how it did go, and that's fine
[Whistling]
I look out the window some days
I see a million ways and that's fine
I didn't dance how I wanted to dance
I did a bit of prance and that's fine
Take your guess, spurious at best, can't you see its all just chaos
[Whistling]
I breathe in and then I breathe out
I've got a trillion doubts and that's fine
I took a road that wasn't but it was something
I chose and that's fine
Take your guess, spurious at best, can't you see its all just chaos
Take your guess, spurious at best, can't you see its all just chaos
I didn't go how you said it would go
It went how it did go, and that's fine
Take your guess, spurious at best
Can't you see its all just chaos
The phrase ''take your guess spurious at best, can't you see its all just chaos'' is repeated several times. The adjective ''spurious'', meaning false or fake, seems to be aimed at someone, suggesting this song is about an individual who may have treated the speaker poorly. Running with this theory, the phrase ''can't you see its all just chaos'' could be referring to their relationship, with the noun ''chaos'' describing the current situation. The speaker also says ''I've got a trillion doubts'' this could represent the speakers feeling of uncertainty about his relationship with the person this song is about. The words ''that's fine'' are repeated often in this text. The word ''fine'' is an interesting choice as feeling fine is to feel satisfied however it comes across as a snappy remark. the opposite of the true meaning of the word.
To summarise I think in this song the speaker is talking about a relationship, whether that is friendship or a romantic relationship, which has taken a bad turn with the other person in the relationship becoming controlling over the speaker.
This is a good analysis. I agree with your analysis of the word fine. Te word is often use rather than admitting true feelings and his may be what the singer is trying to do. He is trying to hide his feeling even within the song.
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DeleteYou have presented a good analysis of the explicit meanings intended by the producer, and have gone into good detail on this front. To improve, perhaps you could go into more detail in terms of the implicit meanings imparted upon by the text producer.
ReplyDeleteThe way he is repeating 'and that's fine' is showing that he could be a person that is comfortable with themselves and is fine with doing what he does even though the other person in the relationship is not okay with it.
ReplyDeleteThere's some good close analysis using terminology. Use even more and, more importantly, make sure the use is consistent/systematic after every quote to ensure you hit the top bands. How is the singer (or the persona that the singer is portraying) representing themselves e.g. as 'unwilling to be dictated to by a friend/parent/lover'? It's really important to identify that first and then look closely at how you can tell.
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