This posts were from the original Classic Civ students’s projects in 2015. We apologize in advance – many of the links to media files (audio, video, and images) are now broken.
Parallels between Semonides, "On Women" (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by My Fair Lady Soundtrack: Composed by Frederick Loewe and Alan Lerner
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Dangers of loving a woman.
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Well after all, Pickering, I’m an ordinary man,
Who desires nothing more than an ordinary chance,
to live exactly as he likes, and do precisely what he wants…
An average man am I, of no eccentric whim,
Who likes to live his life, free of strife,
doing whatever he thinks is best, for him,
Well… just an ordinary man…
BUT, Let a woman in your life and your serenity is through,
she’ll redecorate your home, from the cellar to the dome,
and then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you…
Let a woman in your life, and you’re up against a wall,
make a plan and you will find,
that she has something else in mind,
and so rather than do either you do something else
that neither likes at all You want to talk of Keats and Milton,
she only wants to talk of love,
You go to see a play or ballet, and spend it searching
for her glove, Let a woman in your life
and you invite eternal strife,
Let them buy their wedding bands for those anxious little hands…
I’d be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling
than to ever let a woman in my life, I’m a very gentle man,
even tempered and good natured
who you never hear complain,
Who has the milk of human kindness
by the quart in every vein,
A patient man am I, down to my fingertips,
the sort who never could, ever would,
let an insulting remark escape his lips
Very gentle man…
But, Let a woman in your life,
and patience hasn’t got a chance,
she will beg you for advice, your reply will be concise,
and she will listen very nicely, and then go out
and do exactly what she wants!!!
You are a man of grace and polish,
who never spoke above a hush,
all at once you’re using language that would make
a sailor blush, Let a woman in your life,
and you’re plunging in a knife,
Let the others of my sex, tie the knot around their necks,
I prefer a new edition of the Spanish Inquisition
than to ever let a woman in my life I’m a quiet living man,
who prefers to spend the evening in the silence of his room,
who likes an atmosphere as restful as
an undiscovered tomb,
A pensive man am I, of philosophical joys,
who likes to meditate, contemplate,
far for humanities mad inhuman noise,
Quiet living man….
But, let a woman in your life, and your sabbatical is through,
in a line that never ends comes an army of her friends,
come to jabber and to chatter
and to tell her what the matter is with YOU!,
she’ll have a booming boisterous family,
who will descend on you en mass,
she’ll have a large wagnarian mother,
with a voice that shatters glass,
Let a woman in your life,
Let a woman in your life,
Let a woman in your life I shall never let a woman in my life.
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I’m an Ordinary Man
Parallels between Theognis 1311-1316 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by John Mayer
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John Mayer’s song relates to many of Theognis’s poems, acknowledging that you may leave them, but they’ll move on to someone else.
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It’s really over, you made your stand
You got me crying, as was your plan
But when my loneliness is through, I’m gonna find another you
You take your sweaters
You take your time
You might have your reasons but you will never have my rhymes
I’m gonna sing my way away from blue
I’m gonna find another you
When I was your lover
No one else would do
If I’m forced to find another, I hope she looks like you
Yeah and she’s nicer too
So go on baby
Make your little get away
My pride will keep me company
And you just gave yours all away
Now I’m gonna dress myself for two
Once for me and once for someone new
I’m gonna do somethings you wouldn’t let me do
Oh I’m gonna find another you
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I’m Gonna Find Another You
Parallels between Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by T-Pain
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In this song T-Pain references a beautiful girl he sees at first sight and calls her a goddess, much like how in the hymn to Aphrodite she uses her beauty to seduce mortal men.
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[Intro]
Goddamn Lil Mama
U know u thick as hell u know what I’m sayin
Matter fact
After the club u know what I’m talkin bout
Me and my niggas gone be together u know what I’m sayin
I ain’t gon worry bout them really though
I’m just lookin at u
Yea u know
U got them big ass hips god damn!
[Verse 1]
Got the body of a goddess
Got eyes butter pecan brown I see you girl
Droppin Low
She Comin Down from the ceiling
To tha floo
Yea She Know what she doin
Yea yea yea
She doin that right thang
Yea yea yea yea ea
I Need to get her over to my crib and do that night thang
Cause I’m N Luv wit a stripper
[Chorus x2]
She poppin she rollin she rollin
She climbin that pole and
I’m N Luv with a stripper
She trippin she playin she playin
I’m not goin nowhere girl I’m stayin
I’m N Luv with a stripper
[Verse 2 (T-Pain)]
Out of all the girls she be the hottest
Like n the way she break it down I see u girl
Spinnin wide
And She lookin at me
Right in my eyes
Yea She got my attention
Yea yea yea
Did I forget to mention
I Need to get her over to my crib and do that night thang
Cause I’m N Luv Wit a Stripper
[Verse 3 (Mike Jones)]
She’s every man’s dream
She’s God’s gift to Earth
Women they love ’em too
That’s what you call a women’s worth
See I love all the strippers
Because they show me love
They know I never pay as free whenever I hit the club
But I can’t even lie
The girls are here so fly
She slidin’ up and down that pole got me mesmerized
Mike Jones don’t ever trick
But god damn she thick
I can’t lie, I must admit
I’m in love with a stripper
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 4]
She can pop it she can lock it
Teddy Penderass down I’m bout to see this sexy girl
In My bed
She don’t know what she is doin
To my head
Yea She turnin tricks on me
Yea Yea Yea
She dont even know me
Yea yea yea ea
I’d have got her over to my crib to do that night thing
Cause I’m N Luv Wit a Stripper
[Chorus x4]
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I’m N Luv (Wit A Stripper)
Parallels between Pliny the Younger, Letters 7.5 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by The Beatles
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Both of these show how a person in love is missing their lover, and how much pain it causes.
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I’m so tired, I haven’t slept a wink
I’m so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder, should I get up and fix myself a drink?
No no no
I’m so tired, I don’t know what to do
I’m so tired, my mind is set on you
I wonder, should I call you? But I know what you would do
You’d say I’m putting you on, but it’s no joke
It’s doing me harm, you know I can’t sleep
I can’t stop my brain, you know it’s three weeks
I’m going insane
You know I’d give you everything I’ve got
For a little peace of mind
I’m so tired, I’m feeling so upset
Although I’m so tired, I’ll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid git
You’d say I’m putting you on, but it’s no joke
It’s doing me harm, you know I can’t sleep
I can’t stop my brain, you know it’s three weeks
I’m going insane
You know I’d give you everything I’ve got
For a little peace of mind
I’ll give you everything I’ve got
For a little peace of mind
I’ll give you everything I’ve got
For a little peace of mind
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I’m So Tired
Parallels between Odessy (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Lupe Fiasco
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In this song, Lupe Fiasco tells the story of a kid looking for a place to ride his skateboard. A home. It is a long journey filled with perils but he eventually finds his place alongside a group of good friends and a girl who shares his love for skateboarding. This reminded me of Odysseus’ journey and how he finally reached home. The main purpose of his return home was to reunite with Penelope, just like how the character in “Kick, Push” finds that what he needs most his his girlfriend and his friends.
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First got it when he was six didn’t know any tricks
Matter fact first time he got on it he slipped
Landed on his hip and busted his lip
For a week he had to talk with a lisp like this
Now we can end the story right here
But shorty didn’t quit it was something in the air
Yea he said it was something so appealing
He couldn’t fight the feeling something about it
He knew he couldn’t doubt it couldn’t understand it brand it
Since the first kick flip he landed
Labeled a misfit a bandit cucump cucump cucump
His neighbors couldn’t stand it
So he was banished to the park started in the morning
Wouldn’t stop till after dark
Yea when they said its getting late in here so I’m sorry young man there’s no skating here
So he kick push kick push kick push kick push coast
And away he rolled jus’ a rebel to the world with no place to go
So he kick push kick push kick push kick push coast
So come and skate with me just a rebel looking for a place to be
So lets kick and push and coast
My man got a little older became a better a roller
Yea no helmet hell he’ll end up killing himself
Is what his momma said but he was feeling himself
Got a little more swagger in his style
Met his girlfriend she was clapping in the crowd
Love is what was happening to him now
He said I would marry but I’m engaged to the aerials and varials
And I don’t think this board is strong enough to carry two
She said bow I weigh a hundred and twenty pounds
Now let me make one thing clear I don’t need to ride yours I got mine right here
So she took him to a spot he didn’t know about
Something odd in a apartment parking lot she said I don’t normally take dates in here
Security came and said I’m sorry there’s no skating here
So they kick push kick push kick push kick push coast
And away they roll jus lovers in the twine with no place to go
So they kick push kick push kick push kick push coast
So come and skate with me jus a rebel looking for a place to be
So lets kick and push and coast
Before he knew he had a crew
There wasn’t no punk in they spitfire shirts and SB dunks
They would push till they could skate no more
Office building lobbies wasn’t safe no more
And it wasn’t like they wasn’t getting chased no more
Just the freedom was better than breathing they said
And the skate route they used to escape out
When things got crazy they needed to break out
They head to any place with stairs any good grinds the world was theirs
And they four wheels will take them there until the cops came and said there’s no skating here
So they kick push kick push kick push kick push coast
And away they roll jus’ rebels without a cause with no place to go
So they kick push kick push kick push kick push coast
So come roll with me jus’ a rebel looking for a place to be
So just kick and push and coast
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Kick, Push
Parallels between Catullus 2 (sparrow poem) (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Eric Clapton
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In Catullus 2 (lines 9-10), the poet wishes he could relieve his frustration the way the beloved does via the bird. Similarly, in “Layla”, the singer begs for relief, but the girl belongs to another.
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What’ll you do when you get lonely
And nobody’s waiting by your side?
You’ve been running and hiding much too long.
You know it’s just your foolish pride.
[Chorus:]
Layla, you’ve got me on my knees.
Layla, I’m begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won’t you ease my worried mind.
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
[Chorus]
Let’s make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don’t say we’ll never find a way
And tell me all my love’s in vain.
[Chorus 2x]
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Layla
Parallels between Ovid, The Art of Love, Book I, lines 262-265, notion of "love as a hunt" (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Guided By Voices
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A song about love as a hunt but also the idea that love must be learned.
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You were a child reaching out brave and true
For big thins in the next room
And I couldn’t step into such open sky
Where on the crest of uncertainty you loom
I’m learning to hunt for you
Say that you’ll never run too far away
Even with all the answers out there
Where it’s brighter but no one will care
Half as much as I care about you
I’m learning to hunt for you
(back inside ordinary)
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Learning to Hunt
Parallels between Horace poem 3.9 and love poetry in general (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Hinder
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In general this song is referencing rivals and an affair. One line “I guess we never really moved on” links to Horace’s poem 3.9 where the exes are trying to one up each other about their new lovers but at the end say that they would go back to each other without hesitation.
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Honey why you calling me so late?
It’s kinda hard to talk right now.
Honey why are you crying? Is everything okay?
I gotta whisper ’cause I can’t be too loud
Well, my girl’s in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It’s really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
It’s funny that you’re calling me tonight
And, yes, I’ve dreamt of you too
And does he know you’re talking to me
Will it start a fight
No I don’t think she has a clue
Well my girl’s in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It’s really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
It’s really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
Honey why you calling me so late?
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Lips of an Angel
Parallels between Aeneid book 2 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by BT
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This song is about the perils and rewards of love. It quite literally matches up with Dido’s experience with love.
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(Yeah)
(Love can save us all)
It’s so beautiful
Though the seasons have changed
Is it something I said
Nothing left to be said
Its a beautiful day
Although the seasons have changed
There’s nothing left to be said
Beautiful Beautiful day
Although the seasons have changed
Bitter sweet or faded
Breaking beautiful ways
And yet the truth is unchanged
No one left to fault or blame
I feel the beautiful days will cry the tears of my pain
If you’re breathing, your heart can break
Love can kill you
Or love can save us all
Love can kill you
Or love can save us all
Its a beautiful day
Although the seasons have changed
There’s nothing left to be said
Such a beautiful day
And yet the seasons have changed
Is it something i said
Breaking beautiful ways
And though the truth is unchanged
theres nothing left to be said
I feel the beautiful days will cry the tears of my pain
If you’re breathing, your heart can break
Love can kill you
Or love can save us all
(Love can kill you
or Love can save us all)
Love can kill you
Or love can save us all
Love can you
Or love can save us all
Love can save us all
Love can save us all
Yeah
Love can kill you
Or love can save us all
..Or love can save us all
..Or love can save us all
..Yeah
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Love Can Kill You
Parallels between Euripedes' Medea (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Nazareth
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This song is about how painful love can be, which is seen in many of the poems we’ve read throughout this course, but especially so in Medea, because this pain drove her to kill her own children.
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Love hurts, love scars, love wounds
And mars, any heart
Not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud
Holds a lot of rain
Love hurts……ooh, ooh love hurts
I’m young, I know, but even so
I know a thing or two
And I learned from you
I really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a flame
It burns you when it’s hot
Love hurts……ooh, ooh love hurts
Some fools think of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
They’re not foolin’ me
[1] I know it isn’t true, I know it isn’t true
Love is just a lie
Made to make you blue
Love hurts……ooh, ooh love hurts
ooh, ooh love hurts
[lead:]
[repeat 1]
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Love Hurts
Parallels between Eryximachus's Speech is Plato's Symposium (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by The Darkness
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I see how “The Darkness” talking about how love is nothing more than a feeling like being happy or sad can easily relate to Eryximachus and how he viewed love very medicinally and how everything that we experience can be boiled down to science and medicine.
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The first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met
And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get
I felt light-headed at the touch of this stranger’s hand
An assault my defences systematically failed to withstand
‘Cos you came at a time
When the pursuit of one true love in which to fall
Was the be all and end all
Love is only a feeling
(Drifting away)
When I’m in your arms I start believing
(It’s here to stay)
But love is only a feeling
Anyway
The state of elation that this unison of hearts achieved
I had seen, I had touched, I had tasted and I truly believed
That the light of my life
Would tear a hole right through each cloud that scudded by
Just to beam on you and I
Love is only a feeling
(Drifting away)
When I’m in your arms I start believing
(It’s here to stay)
But love is only a feeling
Anyway, anyway
Love is only a feeling
(Drifting away)
And we’ve got to stop ourselves believing
(It’s here to stay)
‘Cos love is only a feeling
Anyway.
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Love Is Only a Feeling
Parallels between Aeneid (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Eminem feat. Rihanna
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The chorus “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn But that’s alright because I like the way it hurts” reminds me of when Dido commits suicide. The rest of the song also contains imagery that we’ve seen associated with love including: “High off of love, drunk from my hate” and “it’s a steel knife in my windpipe”
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On the first page of our story
The future seemed so bright
Then this thing turned out so evil
I don’t know why I’m still surprised
Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes
But you’ll always be my hero
Even though you’ve lost your mind
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
But that’s all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
Oh, I love the way you lie
Now there’s gravel in our voices
Glass is shattered from the fight
In this tug of war you’ll always win
Even when I’m right
‘Cause you feed me fables from your hand
With violent words and empty threats
And it’s sick that all these battles
Are what keeps me satisfied
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
But that’s all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
Oh, I love the way you lie
So maybe I’m a masochist
I try to run but I don’t wanna ever leave
‘Til the walls are goin’ up
In smoke with all our memories
It’s morning, you wake, a sun ray hits your face
Smeared makeup as we lay in the wake of destruction
Hush baby, speak softly, tell me you’re awfully sorry
That you pushed me into the coffee table last night
So I can push you off me
Try and touch me so I can scream at you not to touch me
Run out the room and I’ll follow you like a lost puppy
Baby, without you I’m nothing, I’m so lost, hug me
Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you’ll always love me
Then after that, shove me, in the aftermath of the
Destructive path that we’re on, two psychopaths but we
Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other’s backs
That we’ll have each other’s backs, ’cause we’re that lucky
Together, we move mountains, let’s not make mountains out of molehills,
You hit me twice, yeah, but who’s countin’?
I may have hit you three times, I’m startin’ to lose count
But together, we’ll live forever, we found the youth fountain
Our love is crazy, we’re nuts, but I refuse counsellin’
This house is too huge, if you move out I’ll burn all two thousand
Square feet of it to the ground, ain’t shit you can do about it
‘Cause with you I’m in my fuckin’ mind, without you I’m out it
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
But that’s all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
Oh, I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie [3x]
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Love The Way You Lie
Parallels between Meleager G-P 41-56 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Rihanna feat. Eminem
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In Meleager’s poems he is hopelessly in love with Heliodora, and while it causes him much pain he continues to love her because he can’t help it (and he might in an odd way enjoy the pain and chase that comes from loving her). In Love the Way You Lie, both singers sing of being hurt by the other, yet they continue being together because they love each other and because they “like the way it hurts”.
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[Refrain – Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But it’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
[Eminem]
I can’t tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there’s a steel knife
In my windpipe
I can’t breathe
But I still fight
While I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right
It’s like I’m in flight
High of a love
Drunk from the hate
It’s like I’m huffing paint
And I love it the more that I suffer
I suffocate
And right before I’m about to drown
She resuscitates me
She fucking hates me
And I love it
Wait
Where you going
I’m leaving you
No you ain’t
Come back
We’re running right back
Here we go again
It’s so insane
‘Cause when it’s going good
It’s going great
I’m Superman
With the wind at his back
She’s Lois Lane
But when it’s bad
It’s awful
I feel so ashamed
I snap
Who’s that dude
I don’t even know his name
I laid hands on her
I’ll never stoop so low again
I guess I don’t know my own strength
[Refrain – Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
[Eminem]
You ever love somebody so much
You can barely breathe
When you’re with them
You meet
And neither one of you
Even know what hit ’em
Got that warm fuzzy feeling
Yeah them chills
Used to get ’em
Now you’re getting fucking sick
Of looking at ’em
You swore you’ve never hit ’em
Never do nothing to hurt ’em
Now you’re in each other’s face
Spewing venom
And these words
When you spit ’em
You push
Pull each other’s hair
Scratch, claw, bit ’em
Throw ’em down
Pin ’em
So lost in the moments
When you’re in ’em
It’s the rage that took over
It controls you both
So they say it’s best
To go your separate ways
Guess that they don’t know ya
‘Cause today
That was yesterday
Yesterday is over
It’s a different day
Sound like broken records
Playin’ over
But you promised her
Next time you’ll show restraint
You don’t get another chance
Life is no Nintendo game
But you lied again
Now you get to watch her leave
Out the window
Guess that’s why they call it window pane
[Refrain – Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
[Eminem]
Now I know we said things
Did things
That we didn’t mean
And we fall back
Into the same patterns
Same routine
But your temper’s just as bad
As mine is
You’re the same as me
But when it comes to love
You’re just as blinded
Baby please come back
It wasn’t you
Baby it was me
Maybe our relationship
Isn’t as crazy as it seems
Maybe that’s what happens
When a tornado meets a volcano
All I know is
I love you too much
To walk away though
Come inside
Pick up your bags off the sidewalk
Don’t you hear sincerity
In my voice when I talk
Told you this is my fault
Look me in the eyeball
Next time I’m pissed
I’ll aim my fist
At the dry wall
Next time
There will be no next time
I apologize
Even though I know it’s lies
I’m tired of the games
I just want her back
I know I’m a liar
If she ever tries to fucking leave again
I’m ‘ma tie her to the bed
And set the house on fire
[Refrain – Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie.
Listen to the song:
Love the Way You Lie
Parallels between Lucretius' In the Nature of Things pp. 131 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by The Afters
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This song is about how love changes people and, in particular, makes them beautiful. This is the same as the warning that Lucretius gives about trying to avoid love because it affects our judgment of beauty.
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Time is slipping away
Days go by, fade away
With one eye opened, one closed
I think you know
Love will make you beautiful
Love will make you beautiful
Thoughts swirl, spinning around
Weary, falling down
When out of the darkness a hand
Reach out
Hold fast
[Chorus]
Love will make you beautiful
Love will make you beautiful
Turn round this time
Love is there to find
Lift your head and see
Open uo your eyes
Love will make you beautiful
Love will make you beautiful
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Love Will Make You Beautiful
Parallels between Ovid Poem 3.14 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by The Cardigans
ltc-admin, 2015-03-13 12:47
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Ovid’s poem is about how the girl that he loves is clearly sleeping with other men. He can see that her hair is tangled, she has bite marks on her neck, and her bed is messy. He says that he would rather be a fool than have to know that she is cheating on him. Similar to the song by the cardigans, which says “love me love me, say that you love me” and is then followed by the line “fool me fool me, go on and fool me”, which suggests that even if the person they love doesn’t love them back, they should at least pretend like they do, and fool the person to make them feel better.
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Dear, I fear we’re facing a problem
You love me no longer, I know
And maybe there is nothing
That I can do to make you do
Mama tells me I shouldn’t bother
That I ought to stick to another man
A man that surely deserves me
But I think you do!
So I cry, I pray and I beg
Love me love me
Say that you love me
Fool me fool me
Go on and fool me
Love me love me
Pretend that you love me
Leave me leave me
Just say that you need me
Love me love me
Say that you love me
Leave me leave me
Just say that you need me
I can’t care ’bout anything but you
Lately I have desperately pondered,
Spent my nights awake and I wonder
What I could have done in another way
To make you stay
Reason will not lead to solution
I will end up lost in confusion
I don’t care if you really care
As long as you don’t go
So I cry, I pray, and I beg
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Fool me, fool me
Go on and fool me
Love me, love me
Pretend that you love me
Leave me, leave me
Just say that you need me
So I cry, and I pray for you to
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Leave me, leave me
Just say that you need me
I can’t care ’bout anything but you
Anything but you
Love me, love me (Say that you love me)
Fool me, fool me (Go on and fool me)
Love me, love me (I know that you need me)
I can’t care ’bout anything but you
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Lovefool