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"If your girlfriend didn't have the surgery, maybe she could see what I see"?
What does this line mean from Lay down????? Help me Org
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Maybe it's a reference back to I Love U In Me, "when she's making love it's like surgery". Or he could be be thinking of bringing back Dr. Fink, with surgery as a metaphor for making music. Or maybe I have no earthly idea what that lyric is in reference to. "So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..." | |
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It's my impression that he is referring to a boob job-in other words you cant see past your boobs or cant see beyond your way of thinking, or most likely both? (This theory is reinforced by his hand movements while performing the song.)
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lopez edit [Edited 5/5/11 22:28pm] 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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It's a reference to "The Holy River"
'One eye starin' at nothin' at all Other one tryin' to focus through all your tears'
Looks like someone came out on the wrong side of a surgical procedure and now she has bad vision. | |
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I'm still trying to figure that line out...lol but maybe it was laser eye surgery. | |
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Yeah I was wondering the same thing about this line, the last time I was playing this song. Yeah, who knows what he was talking about---maybe it's a metaphor for being real instead of fake or something... Trolls be gone! | |
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True. | |
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He's just repeating something Larry said about Bria... "Aren't you even curious? Don't you want to see the dragon behind the door?" | |
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Maybe her boobs ended up 2 big and r obstructing her vision | |
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kewlschool has just answered you. This Post is produced, arranged, composed and performed by WetDream | |
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this is what I think of too Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul | |
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kewlschool said: It's my impression that he is referring to a boob job-in other words you cant see past your boobs or cant see beyond your way of thinking, or most likely both? (This theory is reinforced by his hand movements while performing the song.)
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lopez edit [Edited 5/5/11 22:28pm] Ah, so i'm not the only one who noticed the hand gesture he made at this part during the lopez performance of laydown. ![]() That confirmed it for me. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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gender reassignment surgery? "So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..." | |
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For me, its exactly as kewlschool and seventeendaze have mentioned - its a typical Prince double entendre. The joke being that the phrase points to "your" girlfriend who's had plastic surgery and now can't physically see past her breasts (a funny image in itself), whilst metaphorically impyling that, by being fake and "not seeing past yourself", you don't see the world as Prince does - in fact, you're missing something!
I love it as a lyric and it seems to have got people thinking about it, which is a good thing. It also fits in with the attitude of the song, which is largely a tongue-in-cheek, self-aggrandising stance based on Prince's time and achievments as a musician (as opposed to a lot of the posturing in music which come from no basis at all!). ...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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What she'd be missing is Prince's different but still fictional, (and thereby fake) view of the world. Prince may not have literal breasts obscuring his view, but he most certainly has metaphorical breasts of his own design keeping him in Fantasy Land. How is HIS fake worldview different than HER fake worldview? Is it just because he pays LIP SERVICE to concepts like faith, hope and charity? Prince's accomplishments as a musician in NO WAY qualify above ANYONE ELSE to make spiritual, financial, political or moral pronouncements.
His hubris cloaked in false humility is sickening.
He makes funky music and he's easy on the eyes to some. That's all. Enjoy his music, but follow his nonsensical philosophical ideas at your own peril. | |
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Actually, I think he's talking about the underside of her breasts on down, which would be all a man of his stature could see. | |
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You seem to be taking this far too seriously and are assuming that I am doing the same! I just interpreted the lyric - a musician bragging is hardly likely to change my world-view!
And, by the way, you're in the very category you are admonishing in that post. You berate Prince for judging the value of someone else's reality, whilst doing exactly the same to his. Nice one!
Take your own advice and "enjoy his music" ...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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You misunderstand. I'm not taking it seriously at all. I'm having a blast. Where else can one speak of metaphorical breasts and upset someone. Maybe they call it trolling? I don't know. I think it's great fun to bother people who actually take this garbage seriously while pretending to be intense about a subject that warrants no serious thought.
I enjoy nothing but his music. The legend, the myth, etc... hold nothing for me. I'm post modern, baby. | |
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Who's upset? For someone who is supposed to be taking this lightly, you don't half make a drama!
Do they call that trolling too? ...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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It's about Bria. Her implants are so big that she can no longer see her penis. Resulting in her loss of the ability to pee standing up, as she can no longer 'aim' and ends up missing urinals & even toilet bowls entirely. | |
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This is my favorite explanation | |
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Its about the cockeyed woman he was singing about, see she cant see what PRince sees because when she tried to get eye surgery it made her eyes go cock eyed and as a result, he asked her for the salt she gave him the pepper, therefore she cant see what Prince sees | |
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I kinda thought it was a JW reference - you know, the whole refusal to accept blood transfusions?? So look into the mirror, do u recognise some1? Is it who u always hoped u would become, when u were young? | |
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