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On the back of my last tweet: here's the Top 10 J Hus Lyrics That You Could Write An Essay On, Easy
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10. "Out here it's windy y'kna"
Never has the weather been so poignantly and metaphorically threatening.
Never has the weather been so poignantly and metaphorically threatening.
9. "She ask me what I do I say I play for the gunners"
His whole persona is the playful fatal soldier. Exhibit A.
His whole persona is the playful fatal soldier. Exhibit A.
8. "Only god can judge me but my friend's a lifer"
Do you know how deep a comparison of fate vs free will this is, in the context of an oppressive system of social control within a wider context of theistic belief systems?
Do you know how deep a comparison of fate vs free will this is, in the context of an oppressive system of social control within a wider context of theistic belief systems?
7. "Don't you wanna see the interior?"
When a poet is as provacative as they are insecure. RARE.
When a poet is as provacative as they are insecure. RARE.
6. "It's a big conspiracy, nah, nah nah, it's not true"
That triple negative was never not an accident, no way.
That triple negative was never not an accident, no way.
5. "It's crazy how this real life is so enticing"
[Insert essay on the conflict between archaic theistic belief systems and ideological survival in contemporary secular capitalism]
[Insert essay on the conflict between archaic theistic belief systems and ideological survival in contemporary secular capitalism]
4. "We coming like Rambo, who's really on stuff? Homeless Columbo, sitting by the bus stop"
Adjacent mirrors from different corners of the 20th century pop culture universe
Adjacent mirrors from different corners of the 20th century pop culture universe
3. "I'm looking at her neck and I saw a choker"
If you have a spare eternity, I suggest you play connotation bingo with this line.
If you have a spare eternity, I suggest you play connotation bingo with this line.
2. "I'm not a stealer, I'm a taker"
Intertextuality
Insecurity
Bravado
Cultural cross-pollination
Debate on ethics of ownership
Etc
Intertextuality
Insecurity
Bravado
Cultural cross-pollination
Debate on ethics of ownership
Etc
1. "I'm blinded by love while I'm winking at you"
All I'm saying is that if Lord Bryon had written this, you wouldn't have been able to get an English lit degree without analysing it to death and back.
All I'm saying is that if Lord Bryon had written this, you wouldn't have been able to get an English lit degree without analysing it to death and back.
