Live Blogs Auditory Consumption 2: Getting High on James Blunt

Cliche2011-05-11 19:44:47

And now it's time for the main event! Don't get me wrong, I love this song, just not in the way Blunt intended. Oh, there's so many things wrong with the lyrics, where do I start? I've got a plan.

http://bcove.me/0c3z7pxd

The uncensored version.

My life is brilliant.

And it's about to be ruined in a stanza.

My life is brilliant. My love is pure.

Come on. You know you want to FUCK the SHIT out of her.

I saw an angel. Of that I'm sure.

Chick was a dime.

She smiled at-me-on-the-subway. She was with-another-man.

And now you can get back to your brilliant life. Oh wait, then the song would be over. Damn.

But I won't lose no sleep on that 'cause I've got a plan.

Yeah sure, stripping is a great plan to get chicks.

You're beautiful! You're beautiful! You're beautiful, it's true.

...you don't even know what kind of person she is.

I saw your face In a crowded place.

And she saw a whole bunch of other faces.

And I don't know what to do Cause I'll never be with you.

I thought you said you had a plan.

Yes she caught my eye As we walked on by. She could see from mah face that I was fucking*

Way to make a great first impression, boy.

And I don't think that I'll see her again but We shared a moment that will last to the end.

You will. She'll move on in less than an hour.

You're beautiful! You're beautiful! You're beautiful, it's true.

Goddamnit, we got the point the first time.

I saw your face In a crowded place. And I don't know what to do Cause I'll never be with you.

Loads of other chicks out there. Pick up one of those with that lovely chest of yours.

La la la la. La la la la. La la la la la....

You're beautiful! You're beautiful! You're beautiful, it's true.

Imagine hearing this every time you go to the grocery store.

There must be an angel With a smile on her face

Wait, there's another angel?

who-thought-up-that-I-should-be-with-you.

And she put as much thought into that idea as you did in those lyrics.

But it's time to face the truth.

That she's really just a drug-induced hallucination?

I will never be with you.

And there goes his brilliant, potential-filled life over some total stranger. What a great plan.

And yet this is still better than Baby. God help us...in the future.

Comments

Willbyr Since: Dec, 1969

Jan 31st 2012 at 12:55:21 PM

At the risk of ruining an amusing tear-down, Blunt's said that the song is literally about him seeing an ex on the subway with her new man...something about them living a lifetime in those few seconds of eye contact or something to that effect...and then he commits suicide in the video, which turns the "I've got a plan" and the last two lines even darker than it was before.