The Stills – Love and Death

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  General Comment:I always thought this song was about the singer being hrt because of someone he loved and that making him want to die hence the "Don't bother counting on me, loving me..." and I also thought the lyrics was "jus act like I'm gone."

  Flag beebeebrianaon September 13, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:i think the song is about this guy that is depressed about his present relationship, this makes him think about dead, because when your not living well you become afraid of dying.
  
  All he thinks about is love this fucked up relationship, and he´s afraid to die cause he thinks he´s wasting time, therefore hes afraid to die...
  
  i think... great song.

  Flag Blacksapon May 03, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:xx_sunshine has it closest, I reckon. Hit the nail right on the head.
  'And I'm just so bored of wasting my time
  Love and death are always on my mind'
  They're such huge, arguably unfathomable subjects, how can you even think about anything else when you get stuck in a rut thinking about them?
  And then you go around in circles because you analyze yourself analyzing love and death, and round and round it goes. How I feel at the moment, not good.

  Flag wualipon January 07, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:Avoiding death? No way.
  What I got from this, even the way he's singing it, he's ready to die. It sounds to me like he's only just going through empty motions right now, waiting for the right time to kill himself. And this one girl who he once loved is making it really hard for him, because she's the only thing that's standing between him and suicide. And when it comes to that, he can't decide which he wants more.

  Flag karaokepartybuson December 15, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:When I hear it, I think he by wasting time, he means doing the day-to-day bullshit like working or going to school when at the same time you're trying to have a fulfilling life and worrying about finding love and avoiding death.

  Flag gimmeanicknameon November 04, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I love how ironic and contradictory these guys are, they make one statement and then directly contradict it with the next line
  
  "is all we really need
  there's nothing that i'd need"
  
  Not in a bad way but in a sort of sarcastic and slightly uncertain way

  Flag revolutionaryon January 15, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:I love how ironic and contradictory these guys are, they make one statement and then directly contradict it with the next line
  
  "is all we really need
  there's nothing that i'd need"
  
  Not in a bad way but in a sort of sarcastic and slightly uncertain way

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  General Comment:I think it's about being in a bad relationship and just wanting the person to forget you coz there dragging you down...

  Flag spring90on January 07, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:This song reminds me of a project I had to do on "Romeo and Juliet" for English class. We had to create a collage that would illustrate the themes "love" and "death" throughout the play.
  
  Love and death are both two extremes... and when they're both constantly on your mind, they plague you down until you get tired of the same ol worries and questions that you're asking yourself. How do you take your mind off of issues that are so intense? You get fed up with it, and you start feeling whirls of emotions for the two different themes that are combined, like they are becoming the same subject.

  Flag xx_sunshineon July 05, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:I agree, this song is amazing, I listen to it over and over.

  Flag sunrise in tibeton March 17, 2005   Link

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