Sting's,
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
If you wanna keep something precious, gotta lock it up and throw away the key
If you lock something precious up and throw away the key - how will you get it unlocked when you want to access it? Who would choose to throw away the key? Most people would just keep the key out of reach away from others where no one can find or access it. Some people lock up items in a safe with a combination lock that doesn't even have a key. If you lock something up in a safe deposit box at your bank and then you lose (or clumsily throw away as he is saying) the key - your bank will charge you a HUGE fee to get the lock drilled out and replaced!
Submitted by: David Pratter
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
Usually when somebody says they thought something "would never end," it refers to something unpleasant. As in, "my professor's lecture was really boring today. I thought it would never end." Only James Taylor uses the expression to refer to something pleasant. Why would you be in a hurry for a sunny day to end?
Submitted by: Michael S.
Blue blue is the sun
Brown brown is the sky
Uhm...last time I checked, those things aren't those respective colors. Makes me wonder what these guys were thinking when they wrote this.
Submitted by: Teddison
I bring you apples from the vine.
Apples grow on trees, not on vines.
Submitted by: S. Tim Wood
It was 19 hundred and 29 (run, come see)
I remember the day very well.
The oldest member of the Seekers was born in 1940, so it would have been impossible for any of them to have witnessed the event mentioned in the song.
Submitted by: S. Tim Wood
No one's gonna say, "At least I didn't try."
Why would anybody say that?? You would either say "At least I tried" or "I didn't try."
Submitted by: Michael S.
Yeah...one, two, three, five!
(Near the end of the song.) I thought Roger Hodgson knew how to count. Why did he skip four? This isn't such a logical song if he counts illogically!
Submitted by: Liza Lott
U2's,
"The Hands That Built America"
From the stony fields
To hanging steel from skies
I know that Bono was trying to speak in metaphor but how the hell does one hang steel from the sky? There's no way that would work
Submitted by: Dayna
Pigs are sheep and cats are dogs
No. Pigs and sheep are two different kinds of animals. So are cats and dogs.
Submitted by: Mr. Critic
Alicia Keys',
"Girl On Fire (2010s - please use 'country')"
She's got both feet on the ground, and she's burning it down.
Burning what down? It seems like "it" refers to the ground here. But how do you burn down the ground?
Submitted by: Michael S.
