James Blake – Why Don't You Call Me

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  General Comment:This song seems to be about something on the brink of emotional emission. What they are on the brink of finally admitting is subjective and meant to be framed in your own subjective mind. "What don't you call me what we both know I am.." Homosexual, indifferent, apathetic, inattentive, distrusting, uncaring, etc. A million descriptions fit the bill, so which one do you know are but are just coming to the realization of admission?

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  General Comment:Maybe it's not that complex. Maybe he just wants another person to admit that he/she loves him (too). Why don't you call me yours?
  
  Still, it might mean something deeper: this is just too obvious.

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  General Comment:I don't think this is about an argument with a girlfriend. "Why don't you call me what we both know I am," implies that he's in an argument, yes, but that the arguments have started hitting below the belt, and that the antagonist is skirting around a topic that the singer has never made explicit, but is unashamed of.
  
  I personally interpret this song as the narrator being gay, and having an argument with a family member or close friend. And the antagonist is getting dangerously close to calling the narrator a faggot. (What we both know I am.)

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    I don't think faggot is the word. I believe he is saying pussy at the end of the song.

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  General Comment:I think this is actually a genius song.
  
  I think he is talking about him and his girlfriend being in a fight and she has to pause and he says "why don't you call me what we both know I am" He is singing about being a fight . and the roar part in the song? I think it is them fighting. Absolutely genius.

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