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Thread started 06/15/16 4:33pm

Astasheiks

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"Better Off Dead If I Could Be Alone"

Aren't Those Some Striking Lyrics from Prince in "Let It Go".

"All my life this heart's been under lock and key
My curtains were drawn there wasn't nobody home
Trigger here, Trigger there, everybody's high except for me
Better off dead if I couldn't be alone"

Strange eye crysball

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Reply #1 posted 06/15/16 5:14pm

Jon1967

Reflecting on a past emotional state .. not of a man running an empire n loving life .. ie PP n touring the planet
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Reply #2 posted 06/15/16 5:18pm

morningsong

I'd say after seeing a few interviews now that I've missed over the past few years. What Morris said a long time ago, Prince is the same as he was when he was a kid is making a lot sense now, in context.

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Reply #3 posted 06/15/16 11:47pm

redpumps

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Wow the lyric's ... I never listened to the song.... and I think i never will....

but P just had that way of singing things that seemed to.... at some point ... come to past..

Wish He had sung......... I'm still Here ..........

Blessing ....

honeybabe...

let it ... flow .........

Thanks for the thread ....

Smiling Makes Joy Come Alive........and Joy can never die .........yes
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Reply #4 posted 06/16/16 7:08am

leadline

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just a lyric, nothing to read into

"You always get the dream that you deserve, from what you value the most" -Prince 2013
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Reply #5 posted 06/16/16 7:58am

Astasheiks

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I hear ya then, jon1967 and leadline. However, he was alone when he died. neutral

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Reply #6 posted 06/16/16 8:16am

leadline

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Astasheiks said:

I hear ya then, jon1967 and leadline. However, he was alone when he died. neutral


He is just saying above all else, he wanted to be left alone, and he would rather be gone if he couldn't be, however now he has to let that go, and let people in, and go with the flow.

It's a song of a personal awakening where he realizes it's ok to let people in, it's ok to show everyone who you are, etc. It has absolutely no correlation, relation, comparison or parallel with what happened to him in April.


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"You always get the dream that you deserve, from what you value the most" -Prince 2013
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Reply #7 posted 06/16/16 11:03am

Jon1967

Ya he wanted to be alone at the bank after we bought all the stuff he was sellin again n again. Leave me aoone but love the other me. But dont talk about that taffy me symbol either. You know what just leave me alone and buy my shit and listen to my music or I'll sue you n anything that comes close to infringing upon my ability to make a buck but heres a cd in a magazine u can have. Kookoo kookoo .. oops cantgtalk about that either
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Reply #8 posted 06/16/16 11:04am

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leadline said:

Astasheiks said:

I hear ya then, jon1967 and leadline. However, he was alone when he died. neutral


He is just saying above all else, he wanted to be left alone, and he would rather be gone if he couldn't be, however now he has to let that go, and let people in, and go with the flow.

It's a song of a personal awakening where he realizes it's ok to let people in, it's ok to show everyone who you are, etc. It has absolutely no correlation, relation, comparison or parallel with what happened to him in April.


[Edited 6/16/16 8:17am]

yeahthat

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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