KT Tunstall – Hopeless

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  General Comment:Toblerone00 has summed up what I was just about to type (:
  
  I feel that way sometimes. I really love acting and I'm trying to join up to a nearby operatic society but my mum is telling me don't.

  Flag BudgieFaceon January 10, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:I think this song is a paean to hopelessness. The fact that once she got down to the nadir there is nowhere for her to go but up. If she exhausts everyone's expectations for her then she can finally be what she really wants to be.

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  General Comment:Its about when you're young and trying to pursue something, and people, normally adults, tell you that you're hopeless.

  Flag toblerone00on May 18, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:I like this song. In a way, it reminds me of me.

  Flag Prowler Kidon April 17, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:I think the lyrics you posted are correct, Alpha 13. I really like this song, I can totally relate to it. I think it's about her always trying to please people by being something she isn't. She's hopeless because she seems to never learn from her mistakes and she tends to keep making them over and over. I think also she says she's a bit of a follower because she likes people to take care of her, "follower of anything to take me away from this hole in the ground" and "Clinging to a feeling like a fish on a line", symbolize this feeling of dependence on someone or something so she won't actually have to stand on her own.

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  General Comment:I got these lyrics off of the website. I edited them slightly to add some lines that aren't included. These sound the most accurate to me:
  
  Hopeless
  Everybody says it's just
  Another decay of the soul but I know I'm a
  Hopeless
  Follower of anything to take me away from this hole in the ground
  I found it's
  Hopeless
  Clinging to a feeling like a fish on a line
  It's sublime to finally be
  Hopeless
  No more saying that there's no more time
  
  I was trying far too hard
  To be what I thought I should be
  I was playing wild cards
  And seeing things that weren't in front of me
  Like a little tiger play fighting
  I was hurting myself
  Again and again
  
  Because I'm
  Hopeless
  Everybody says it's just
  Another decay of the soul but I know I'm a
  Hopeless
  Follower of anything to take me away from this hole in the ground
  I found it's
  Hopeless
  Clinging to a feeling like a fish on a line
  It's sublime to finally be
  Hopeless
  No more saying that there's no more time
  
  There is no more time
  
  Well
  I'm just discovering
  I'm living in a different body
  Got a little insight into
  Everything that's happening to me
  Like a little spider
  I'm climbing the insurmountable
  But I never hold myself accountable, no, no
  
  'Cause I'm hopeless
  Everybody says I'm hopeless
  Glad I got a bit of
  Hopelessness
  You can never bring me down
  Even though I got some solid ground
  Oh because I love it so
  And I think you should know
  
  That I'm
  Hopeless
  Everybody says it's just another decay of the soul
  But I know I'm a
  Hopeless
  Follower of anything to take me away from this hole in the ground
  I found it's
  Hopeless
  Clinging to a feeling like a fish on a line
  It's Sublime to finally be
  Hopeless
  
  No more saying that there's no more time

  Flag Alpha13on December 03, 2007   Link

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    thanks for posting the correct lyrics!! lol
    the ones that are at the top of the page are realllyyy off!
    
    this is my all time favorite song i think
    and ooohhhh so fun to play on the guitar....
    the jumpy melody made me fall in love with it from the very beginning :)

    Flag alwayssinging92on January 20, 2009  
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  General Comment:is "play fighting"
  
  instead of "playing far too long"
  
  its what i hear and i think it makes more sense

  Flag lilirozeon November 13, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I cant believe there isnt a real comment about this song and the content! Im not sure if she is talking about a boyfriend/lover or if the song isabout her, but anyway I think its about not learning. It doesnt matter if she gets hurt or not, she returns and dreams and acts. Shes "hopeless" because she never learns the lesson. I think everyone can relate to that.

  Flag Furtado Fan37on October 10, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:Wow, no one has commented this song yet..!
  
  Anyways, this song is really relaxing.

  Flag wallflowerson October 07, 2007   Link

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