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Originally Posted by lefty12357
I’ve always believed a song is never finished when released to the public. The writing continues in each listener’s head. Each listener creates imagery and meaning in their mind when they listen to the song. So you can end up with a million versions of the song living in a million different minds.
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That's so true, for a really good song. For something like an "Oops, I Did It Again"*, however, you don't have to think too hard.
...But even if Lilly
did mean Paris, I see it as an idealized, alternative-universe version of it. Not the real city. Parisian kids can't really fly.
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*(not a terrible song, one of Richard Thompson's "100 greatest songs of the millennium", just sayin that the lyrics aren't that complex)