Do228
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- Dec 18, 2017
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I think the simple rhyming explanation is the most likely.
I'm not sure if I understand this right. Do you really mean to suggest that there is no meaning at all? I'm stunned that anyone could think that. There's close to a zero chance that that is the case. It's just not how serious songs are written.
I'm stunned that you're stunned. Plenty of "serious" songs (whatever that means) have essentially nonsensical lyrics. I sincerely hope that no learner here ever asks us to explain "I see a little silhouetto of a man, scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening, me" etc, or "Forty winks in the lobby, make mine a G&T". Never mind all the lyrics of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!
But that's exactly what it would be - an interpretation. To find out why a songwriter used a particular word and what they meant by it, you would have to ask the songwriter. All we can do is guess, particularly when it's grammatical but doesn't seem to fit with the surrounding lyrics.
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