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Originally Posted by Spamlet
The last one but it's also one of the most shining, surprising examples of Damo's true genius (I remember very early on when first hearing that title, and GWDY, presumed they would be jokey, unmemorable larks). Few songwriters could do so much with just one minute. Beautiful, sweet, touching, full of sadness, bracingly honest self-examination and aching regret. A quick sketch scrawled by da Vinci in which just a handful of lines depict an entire universe of humanity.
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Man, such true words.
Something else I like about this one, actually, is how he uses the line "what I give to you is what I'm going through" - it's the same line from Volcano, but it's just totally different given the context. Funny how the tone can change everything.