Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I was sick in my mouth because of the fear of the scent of an ex-girlfriend
And no more conversations about what Breakfast Club character you'd be
I'd be the one that dies (no one dies)
Well then what's the point?
You should have built have a statue, and so I did of you
And you were ungrateful, and slightly offended at the dimensions of it
You said you looked less like the Venus de Milo, and more like your mother in a straightjacket
I think it's great that you're doing fine now, but enough is enough
And I've had enough
Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house
You should have built a wall
You should have built a wall
And I'm not Bonnie Tyler, and I'm not Toni Braxton
And this song is not gonna save your relationship
Oh no... shit!
And this sentimental movie marathon has taught us one thing
It's the opposite of true love is as follows:
Reality!
You should have built a wall, not a bridge
(Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house)
You should have built a wall, not a bridge
Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house
Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house.
And no more conversations about what Breakfast Club character you'd be
I'd be the one that dies (no one dies)
Well then what's the point?
You should have built have a statue, and so I did of you
And you were ungrateful, and slightly offended at the dimensions of it
You said you looked less like the Venus de Milo, and more like your mother in a straightjacket
I think it's great that you're doing fine now, but enough is enough
And I've had enough
Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house
You should have built a wall
You should have built a wall
And I'm not Bonnie Tyler, and I'm not Toni Braxton
And this song is not gonna save your relationship
Oh no... shit!
And this sentimental movie marathon has taught us one thing
It's the opposite of true love is as follows:
Reality!
You should have built a wall, not a bridge
(Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house)
You should have built a wall, not a bridge
Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house
Since we became accelerated readers, we never leave the house.
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We Are All Accelerated Readers Lyrics as written by Ellen Waddell Aleksandra Berditchevskaia
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I happened to have heard this after things didnt go very well in a relationship, and sorta just encouraged me to go back to my ways of being alone and reading novels of true love, quite litterally, though I'm a slow reader
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You should have built have a statue, and so I did of you And you were ungrateful, and slightly offended at the dimensions of it You said you looked less like the Venus de Milo, and more like your mother in a straightjacket
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the first two lines i have up are probably existential references then the bottom is romanticizing a woman whom in turn did not like it ("You said you looked less like the Venus de Milo, and more like your mother in a straightjacket") the woman takes offense because it is romanticized in the opposite fashion. mother in a straightjacket=the modern corporate slave
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