Passion Pit – Carried Away

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  General Comment:This seems to be a song about people who are acquaintances or distant friends who have strong differences of opinion and yet are trying to remain civi with one another in spite of this. Verse one refers to a distant friend. Perhaps they know the same people, see each other at the same gatherings, etc. The songwriter refers to them as a "friend". The writer of the song appears to see the friend as someone of greater means or a higher class status since the songwriter downplays his money as being in copper (pennies) and not being as proper.
  
  Verse 2 seems to refer to someone else. Someone they just met, a foreigner from Europe. They may be very opinionated, proud, and judgemental even at first meeting. The songwriter doesn't want to get to know them any further but still wants to get along even if just for their short time together until they can go their separate ways.
  
  The conflict is that the songwriter gets "carried away" sometimes and says things out loud that can stir others up even more. They hace a tendency to make a bad situation worse and they are conscious enough of this to try and avoid it if they can.

  Flag Tearlockon March 28, 2013   Link

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  General Comment:Could it be possible that instead of "always let it get in my way," it is, "always let it get in my head?"
  
  just a thought

  Flag alexerrron March 13, 2013   Link

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  My Interpretation:I think this song is about problems with a work friend that is a higher rank than you and you don't really want to be friends with them.
  Here are some examples that support this:
  "No I'm not as proper
  My money's in copper"
  "Higher education making sense"
  "Listen, I don't really know you
  And I don't think I want to
  But I think I can fake it if you can
  Let's agree there's no need, no more talk of money
  Let's just keep pretending to be friends, oh oh oh"

  Flag ausimexon January 10, 2013   Link

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    I have to say that I agree with you. I don't think it's about a romantic relationship at all--I feel the same exact way about a few of my friends, usually friends of friends or a friend in my group that everyone else loves but I'm only friends with them because if I wasn't, everything would be awkward and it's just better to pretend to be friends even though we don't like one another if you get me.

    Flag daisychain26on January 26, 2013  
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  My Interpretation:At first, I thought this was just a simple love song -- the chorus and the first couple verses really make it seem that way. But after that, the lines get a bit more complex -- "Listen I don't really know you / and I don't think I want to / but I think I can fake it if you can". This line shows that this could be about a relationship gone wrong; either that or a relationship that is only really used for sex. But the next verse "And let's agree there's no need / no more talk of money / let's just keep pretending to be friends" makes everything even more complex. It's as if they're putting on a show for people. They want people to know that they are together, but they loathe each other and don't want to be together.

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  General Comment:Ahh! Where'd they go?

  Flag kumokasumion July 28, 2012   Link

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    I don't think it was saved corretly. Mind to put them up again og save them in a comment so someone else can try? :)

    Flag Phaxnon August 09, 2012  

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