July 2, 2007

It never ends, okay?

Here is another thing that's been bugging me for quite some time. Switching point of view in a song. Do you know what I mean? Like, a lot of songs are written in a kind of first/second person hybrid, where the singer directly addresses the lyrics to somebody else. Songs are also written about people, so that the singer uses the third person pronouns to refer to that person. Frequently, though, the singer will switch from either from the first/second to the third or vice versa, and it makes me insane.

So you know who does this a lot? Kelly m-f-in' Clarkson. Dammit, woman. Why do you have to make this hard for me?

Take "Never Again," her latest single, for example. Most of it is direct addressed to that guy who burned her. But there comes a part when she's singing about the girl he left her for when she switches, and her "you" becomes "he," and this bimbo now becomes "you." Maybe if I give you the lyrics you will be able to understand, because that explanation made no sense.

"If she really knows the truth,
she deserves you [the dude].
A trophy wife--oh, how cute
Ignorance is bliss.
But when your [the bimbo's] day comes
and he's [the dude] through with you [the bimbo]
And he'll be through with you
You'll die together but alone."

Do you see? It's all convoluted. Like, who are you talking to? And why do you get to switch it in the middle of the song? It sounds like Kelly's man has left her for another man for a second until you realize that she's now singing to the bimbo. I don't like it.

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