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I love how disorientated the sound is like it sound like a dysfunctional relationship that's toxic for both and they are lashing out wishing to escape while not ready to somehow
Found this song in an aromantic playlist! The chorus especially resonates: "sure there are things I could do, if I was half prepared to, prove to each other that romance is boring". Maybe TECHNICALLY aro people could agree to a romantic relationship, but while some enjoy them, for a lot of us trying just ends up proving that we were never interested at all. Also, it is such a great song!! It gets stuck in my head so much!
Never in a million years did I expect this song to go the way it did. Pleases my punk soul. Yes, Wilbur made a cover of it, but he made it go in a different direction. You can't compare two drastically different arts.
hey wilbur stans! shut it and appreciate the song! this band creates masterpiece after masterpiece and just because wilbur's cover was different doesn't mean the original was bad! (edit: this comment is still blowing up, and i think my original comment was a bit harsh. back in the peak of minecraft youtube, people were more critical of this song because they were wilbur “stans.” modern fans of lovejoy are not the main target of this comment, and i think people have generally grown a lot.)
Ok no one said the music is bad first i didnt get it but maybe they're saying: "thank's Wilbur" because they glad they diecorvered this song* because of him 😂 problably not but whatev
Most of the comments are thanking this guy for bringing them to the music and comparing the differences between the cover and the real song. There is so need to be angry that some people found a song through a cover. You're not doing anything by saying 'just appreciate the music' because they are.
fr man, even when the cover was released no one acted like this, and just appreciated him making the cover, and within the past like 8 months i come back to this song and it’s aids in the comments
I think the part where the woman takes something out of the trash and tries to eat it is particularly artistic and thought-provoking. She clearly threw it out, but still desired to have it. The man yelled at her for trying to have it. This is clearly a metaphor for her dreams of love and their relationship. For bonus complexity points, there's also the undertone of perhaps the LITERAL toxicity of him yelling at her for eating something, pointing to an encouraged eating disorder. I also spent a while thinking about the child. I think it's the woman in the past, a child who decorated herself with hopes for love in the future (the makeup box is literally heart-shaped). When she kills her husband, the child comes and stands above her, like a hero. This is symbolic of how her TRUE hopes for love prevailed in the end and she broke free of what clearly went against her ideals. Another possible interpretation is that the child is actually the couple's child, and she kills the man with thoughts of her child in her mind. The child represents what her hopes for love in the future were, since she dreamed of having a family. The child is a hero because the child represents what remains of her hope. She killed her husband because her hope for real love remained alive.
Darling I'm with St. Bernard's and we're Scouring the Alps and the Andes And if they die then it is on my head They follow paw prints in the snow to my throne To my bed You're pouting in your sleep I'm waking still yawning We're proving to each other That romance is boring Still there are things I could do If I was half prepared to Prove to each other that romance is boring Start as you mean to continue Complacent and self-involved You're trying not to be nervous If you were trying at all I will wake I will bake phallic cake Take your diffidence Make it my clubhouse But my straits swim in lies Ventricle cauterized It's the way of living that I espouse You're pouting in your sleep I'm waking still yawning We're proving to each other That romance is boring Still there are things I could do If I was half prepared to Prove to each other that romance is boring We are two ships that pass in the night You and I we are nothing alike I am a pleasure cruise You a direct to trawl Return less empty Nothing at all You're pouting in your sleep I'm waking still yawning We're proving to each other That romance is boring Still there are things I could do If I was half prepared to Prove to each other that romance is boring
I see a lot of people saying that this song is meant to show how you can get bored in a relationship but I think they meant it more as we don't have romance, it was boring anyway. In the genius annotation they did they compared the song to saying that iPads were shit just because you can't afford one. It's like the narrator was expecting a more exciting relationship but didn't get one, saying romance was boring anyway.
Hey I know a lot of people came from wilbur and like his rendition better but please don't say it in such a rude way. This was the original, he put the effort into making it and personally I like it better than wilburs version. Just be respectful.
it’s so annoying that so many people are here because of wilbur instead of the song,, obviously not saying that los camp don’t deserve the attention because they deserve it so so so much, but not when it’s just negative attention.
I love this song sm I’ve had it on repeat for the last few days! Also can people stop comparing it to Wilbur? I love Wilbur and I found the song from him but it’s kind of disrespectful idk
wilbur’s cover and the og both have merit wilbur’s is: romantic, appealing to the mainstream los campesinos’: sound fits the lyric, punk also sounds really good conclusion: people have different tastes, and so there are different artists and covers to appeal to them
i think that wilbur's is slightly more relaxing. the guitar makes it feel very familiar and at home. this is what i would classify as "a bop". it's much more agressive and makes me want to headbang until the end of time
I like this and Wilbur's. Wilbur made it more of a heartbreak not meant to be relationship while this shows an actual broken relationship with all the pain of being trapped in fake romance. While in Wilbur's it seems to come to a more calming end and this ends as insane as it started
I think it’s only that way because Wilbur has a more quiet voice and couldn’t reach this level or wouldn’t at night by the sea, not because it was intentional
I love the song! But that cross above the tv... so imaginative, so provocative, especially in the 80's when the video was shot, never gets old when you want to look edgy like Madonna!
Mfs coming over here after seeing the Wilbur cover and saying Wilbur did it better r pissing me off. Can't compare shit when they're basically two different genres and not to mention it's incredibly rude to come here only to shit on the band and not say anything except for "WiLbUr DiD iT bEtTeR iMo"
i think whats funny is ive been in a lot of toxic friendships, even though it wasn't love it felt like it to me, I got attached easily and then toyed with again and again and again, everytime I think ill change I don't and it gets worse, so whats funny is that I can relate to this song somehow
This and the whole album was amazing! i just can't believe you guys decided to make three perfect tracks and put them in succession : I Just Sighed, A Heat Rash and The Sea Is. also since i just listened to the whole thing again it made me appreciate songs like Who Fell Asleep In and the last two tracks on top of every other track here (even the little transition into I Just Sighed) still waiting for a 2022 release
Dude I fucking love this I totally thought it would be way different (because of Wilbur's cover) I'm so glad I discovered this version though it's such a different vibe and I love it
@RinniePoop just as "songs about your girlfriend", I think it came out this year on february 13th, but still remaining the "HA-HA" and the spit on the face to Valentine's day
All the comments I see are saying there's Wilbur stans not shutting up, but I see no Wilbur stans saying "the cover is better" or "love it but the cover is better" bro shush and enjoy the song
