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| Snow Patrol – Chocolate Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Jimmer the great. I don't think I was picking and choosing. I don't think there is anything in the song that contradicts my argument. Just because I didn't quote every line does not make your opinion any stronger. If you really want to nitpick like that then some of your arguments are very weak. You say you have quoted every line but not all of them add to your argument and most of them would add to the drugs argument too. For example you say that "a name I've never chosen" means he doesn't like his name "maybe"(how does that contribute to your interpretation). Then you go on to say that the straw in the roof of his mouth is the straw that broke the camel's back? Why is it in the roof of his mouth then? You conveniently avoid this matter. Then you go on to say "goodness knows i saw it coming" means he knew it from the start. Yeah we all know what this phrase means but we are talking its context in this song. So if I or anyone else that agrees with my opinion had quoted every line but said we didn't know what they meant that would have meant we were presenting our case more strongly? |
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| Snow Patrol – Chocolate Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it makes more sense if he uses the word chocolate as a metaphor for drugs so as not to sound too crude. The "simple mistake" is when he first got addicted (which is "the hardest time"). You know what he probably didn't have a clear idea of what it's about. It might have been about drugs or an affair to him. At the end of the day he probably didn't think we would sit and analyse it. I know some lines don't make much sense in my songs, sometimes they just rhyme! |
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| Snow Patrol – Chocolate Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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he is sorry becsue we are made to feel guilt for taking drugs by society but he still enjoyed it. I think it's definitely about drugs and not an affair. Why is he "aware he's alive" if he has just had an affair. But that could be true if he has just taken drugs |
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| Snow Patrol – Chocolate Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think this song is about taking drugs but he called it Chocolate(something that we joke about as addictive,eg a chocoholic) because he couldn't call it "heroin". He says he's sorry but he still enjoyed it at the time. That would be the guilt he is feeling as we attach a stigma to drugs and we are taught they are wrong. Drugs are the only things he loves as this is what happens when you become an addict. he says "what have I done" meaning he regrets getting addicted but "it's too late" and he is a slave to drugs "I promise I'll do anything you ask" and his life revolves around them like what happens to most drug addicts ("you're the only thing that I love" but it still "scares" him) He feels "alive" as this is the first time he has taken them. He "lies to you" as addicts often cover up what they are doing. "he saw it coming" as he is trying to tell himself he can control it. He is on "his knees" as this is the image we always have of someone injecting. Not that I think he's a heroin addict though. favourite song of last few years. |
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