It's these expressions I never give that keep me searching
English translation: expressions of my being / existence
| 08:15 Jul 8, 2011 |
| English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Music / Please re-phrase or explain as this phrase doesn't make sense to me. What expressions? | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 01:58 | ||||
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peer agreement (net): +5| it's these expressions i never give that keep me searching expressions of my being / existence Explanation: First of all, don't always expect song lyrics to make total sense in 'normal' EN; for a start, a lot of them are written by people under the influence of various substances not noted as propitious to clarity of thought. Also, words are often used just for the sound of them, without there necessarily being a structured sense, sometimes just a stream oif consciousness. My understanding here would be that the 3 things listed above: 'to live', 'to give', and 'to find a heart of gold' are seen as 'expressions' of the writer's 'self' (their being or existence, if you like). OK, of those, 'to live' is a pretty fundamental one.. but then you can 'live' on various different levels... So I think s/he's saying "I'd like to have done all these things, but haven't" — sounds like they are a bit of a 'shut-down' person to me! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 heure (2011-07-08 09:36:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Manley_Hopkins And I hate that arrogance that says: "If you're too stupid to understand the profundity of my words, too bad for you" |
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