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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  4496 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Simple question tonight: favorite lyric?

Great choice with Do You Realize, that's definitely one of the best songs in terms of lyrics. It's so sad but Coyne delivers it in such a way that I, well, wouldn't realize it without focusing on the lyrics.





thenewgreen  ·  4496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I disagree about it being "sad". I think it's actually a "call to arms", a directive to go out there and tell the people you care about that you "realize" how wonderful they are. That they "have the most beautiful face"

Edit: who am I kidding... It's hard not to get a bit sad when you hear the lyric do you realize that everyone you know someday will die

Hell, I said it was to be the song at my funeral, when I play DJ for the last time -a great old music post by briandmyers, check it out

ButterflyEffect  ·  4495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, you have a very good point. That's something that I had never thought about before, and it puts the song in a bit of a different light. I would still argue it's a sad song at the same time though.