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You'll say we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still I know you just don't care
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
I see you the only one who knew me
But now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now it's plain to see we're over
And I hate when things are over
When so much is left undone
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
You'll say we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still I know you just don't care
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
No common ground to start
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still I know you just don't care
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
I see you the only one who knew me
But now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now it's plain to see we're over
And I hate when things are over
When so much is left undone
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
You'll say we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still I know you just don't care
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got
Lyrics submitted by Kalamazoo42
Track duration: 04:18
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the superficial meaning of the song is that at least they have something in common and the deeper meaning is that the guy is reminding the girl that she is his best friend and that he loves her very much and she should not leave him. so romantic...
"She said I think I, remember the film and, as I recall I think, we both kind of liked it."
She THINKS she remembers the film, and as she recalls.. they both KIND OF liked it..
To him, watching Breakfast at Tiffany's with her is like this great memory of their relationship. Something they have in common. And she hardly remembers it.
Quote:
"I see you the only one who knew me
But now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong"
My interpretation is, that the guy thought the girl knew him and liked him for who he was, but know realizes this may have been wrong to think, as she is seeing more and more that perhaps they are not right for each other.
Quote:
"And I hate when things are over
When so much is left undone"
To me, this means, he hates to think the relationship is over now, when he feels that the two had the ability to work through things and go on together for a while longer.
Amazing song, catchy lyrics and beat. I think of this song when I look back on my most recent failed relationship. We were together quite a while, but were a weird couple to begin with, two totally different people. After a while, we got each other, and were good, but at the end, things drifted apart and we were that odd couple again.
"You'll say we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us"
The other person keeps claiming it can't work, but according to the singer
"I know you just don't care"
According to the lyrics it seems like the relationship use to be very good
"I see you the only one who knew me"
And the chorus:
"And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's
She said I think I remember the film
As I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Then I said well then that's one thing we got"
as silly as the chorus is it seems to me like he is willing to work on the relationship because he knows it will work so he attempts something as silly and feeble as a bond over a movie.
I think it is also a jab at the other person, since they claim they have nothing in common he pulls up one quick reference and suddenly they have something. And it certainly can't be the only thing. It's as if the other person believes they have nothing in common, but it's more than likely because they don't want to try.
"And I know you just don't care"
If one tries understanding this refrain emotionally instead of intellectually, however, the reason for his repeated digression into so seemingly unrelated a subject becomes clear: he's absolutely heartbroken over losing his girlfriend, and he's obsessing over some small but significant detail of that relationship in an effort to distract himself from the agony of that loss.
It seems to me that "Breakfast at Tiffany's" means something special to the guy, maybe the day they saw the movie was one of their happiest days in his memory. So when she says she wants to break up, he says "what about Breakfast at Tiffany's?", meaning "remember how happy we were?". But her answer (I *think* I remember the film) makes it very clear that for her it did not feel special at all, in fact this probably makes clear that she never felt about him the way he felt about her at all, and now she's just making up lame excuses to leave him ("the world has come between us", indeed). So in the last line of the refrain I think he's just struggling to say something, anything (even if it doesn't make a lot of sense) just to hide how much it hurts him to just have discovered this fact.
Of course, there are those who will say I am reading way too much into this...