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Thursday, May 10, 2007
/ 7:47 PM

Oh, I've thought of why the lyrics are like that! The feel of the song made me think that maybe the lyrics are meant to express a person struggling even though he/she is in love.. "With or without you / I can't live".. Normally, wouldn't it be just "without you, I can't live"? That's normally what would be sang to a lover.. But the lyrics of this U2 song are quite surprising.. They have a "with you... I can't live".. Which would insult one's lover a great deal, if one were to say this to him/her.. Hah.. So I wondered why the lyrics are like that.. Then now I realize it may be that the lyrics want to point out the pain of being in love.. Obviously, love is not all wonderful, not painless.. So, with the lyrics going "With or without you / I can't live", I thought that they may be telling of how both having love as well as losing it is painful.. Meaning, we already know that losing someone one loves is painful.. But what about the times when you were still spending time with that someone? Are those times not occasionally painful too? You have quarrels between couples and such.. There are struggles to hold the relationship (maybe now strained) together.. But the lyrics also say that, without the loved one, one cannot live either.. And that makes it wholly meaningful.. Coz from what I understand.. The lyrics express that it's a struggle to have to love the person.. BUT, to lose the person would be unbearable too.. Hence, "With or without you / I can't live".. And I think this line packs so much more meaning than just "without you, I can't live".. If you continue loving someone although it may get difficult along the way, that makes the love somewhat saddening, but perhaps stronger, and yet more beautiful.. Enjoy the song!

(Blogger got some problem.. I have a paragraph which is supposed to be my previous post.. About how I thought the lyrics had been "I -can- live", but it turned out to be "can't".. On my blog, the paragraphs appear to be thrown together la.. Well nevermind, I've said it here now ^^)


/ believe in wonderland,
with you in my mind
it's not that hard to believe
i'm in wonderland
and that's where I am
only a place to where we know
and never escape into reality
plunge into a fantasy

just about my love



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