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Steve Goldberg's avatar

A top-5 TMBG tune for me. If I was cleverer I would have said that as a palindrome. Your breakdown/analysis is perfect and even taught me something about the mother/son dynamics in the lyrics. I spent too much time trying to memorize the words to pay any attention to what they were saying. Fun piece!

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Chase Roper's avatar

This one really did take some time to memorize those words for sure. Glad you like this one!

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grayson | gemini zines's avatar

one of my absolute TMBG faves both for the emotional aspects and also because i, too, was an AP english kid

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Chase Roper's avatar

AP English kids - ACTIVATE

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NickS (WA)'s avatar

I appreciate the analysis-- I enjoy the song but hadn't thought about the meaning, and your explanation makes much better sense of it than I had before.

Worth mentioning one other palindrome song -- Weird Al's "Bob" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4

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Chase Roper's avatar

Bob is a great song!

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