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Originally posted by Ace Reject
You don't know what colorful means when it comes to lyrics? It's not about 'ponies and rainbows,'(please don't reduce my thoughts his way, I haven't done that to you) - there is no use of metaphor or simile, no figurative language. No seeing Bush as a person, but as a figure of hate. There is no dimension or shading to the lyric; it reads as an angry, simplistic screed set to music because it is.
There's a reason Try is the best single she's released in almost a decade. Pink (and Christina) should leave lyrics to actual lyricists and songwriters, as they lack the ability to transform journal entires into actual lyrics. Again, Joni Mitchell they are not.
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I am not reducing ur thoughts. But again i explained that already. It is not supposed to have metaphors or figurative language. Leave that to Gaga.
She expressed her raw anger with Bush - why would she make it shadey?
It was an angry letter to Bush turned into a song, that was supposed to be a single but she refused coz she wants to keep its integrity as a serious thing instead of a "using Bush to get attention" thing.
P!nk in many reviews is called a brilliant lyricist.
I am sorry but Try Try Try Try Try is very basic lyrically, it can never be compared to her own songs like JLAP, Family Portrait, GITA, Eventually, Chaos and Piss, Crystal Ball and many others