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and this is another random lyric thought i've always had, pertaining to State of Grace. Lord has always stated that "love is a ruthless game, unless you play it good and right" is one of her favourite lyrics off red, and i've always wondered why, coz it's kinda basic. but then i rihalised that there are 3 distinctive ways of reading that lyric, being
- love is a ruthless game, unless you play it good and right --- the obvious reading of it, where unless you play it good and right it's an unpleasant mess
- love is a ruthless game, unless you play it good and right --- so if you play it "good and right" it is no longer a game per say, but more of a reality / truth, but not negating that it could still be ruthless, even if you play your part right and do the right thing (almost the difference between how she approaches the male counterpart in Dear John opposed to All Too Well, where in Dear John there is no endearment or longing, just distance and disrihpute, whereas in All Too Well, you can still feel how affected she is, and how it was ruthless on her, but she wasn't a chess piece)
- love is a ruthless game, unless you play it good and right --- so if you play it "good and right" it no longer becomes ruthless, but it's still a game in the end. which kinda contradicts the above, but states that whether you win it at or lose at it (and it then becomes ruthless), love in itself is a game/competition, where you have to constantly take risks and is high stakes, see "the stakes are high, the waters rough, but this love is ours", and "nothing safe is worth the drive, and i would follow you follow you home")
i know when you read all of that it appears like im reaching, but when you think about it, why would lord place such emphasis on those lyrics, even giving them their own space in the red booklet, if she hadnt herself acknowledged the triple-entendre, and even seen it as a private joke that many (if not most) of her fans wouldn't pick up on
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I love everything you said except for this.
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