Utterly random rant.
I know I've ranted about Florence + The Machine before but this is really bugging me today for some reason so I really want to get this off my chest. Don't mind me.
Dodgy singing and the music press' ridiculous fawning aside, I just can't get past the lyric for "Rabbit Heart.:"
"This is a gift // It comes with a price."
No. NO. NO No, no, no, no. NO!
That line makes no sense, no sense whatsoever. No, it's not antithesis, it's not an oxymoron IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY GODDAMN SENSE ON ANY LEVEL. If something has a price, by definition, it cannot be a gift. End of. If something comes with a price then that automatically makes it a transaction, which must be bilateral at least, but gifts must be unilateral, free of obligation on the part of the receiver.
Ah, I hear you say but what about when you give someone a present but then you can take it back if the receiver behaves inappropriately, like taking back an engagement ring. NO. These are not gifts because they are given on condition of a contingent, future event happening, if said event (such as marriage) does not take place, the item can be taken back. It's not a gift.
No, don't try to tell me it's deep and symbolic, NO. It's a completely unintelligible sentence. "This gift has a price," is like saying, "This bachelor has been married for five years." Fucking analytic truths, how do they work?
And don't start with the King Midas references, that was a curse, not a gift.
God, it irritates me.
Dodgy singing and the music press' ridiculous fawning aside, I just can't get past the lyric for "Rabbit Heart.:"
"This is a gift // It comes with a price."
No. NO. NO No, no, no, no. NO!
That line makes no sense, no sense whatsoever. No, it's not antithesis, it's not an oxymoron IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY GODDAMN SENSE ON ANY LEVEL. If something has a price, by definition, it cannot be a gift. End of. If something comes with a price then that automatically makes it a transaction, which must be bilateral at least, but gifts must be unilateral, free of obligation on the part of the receiver.
Ah, I hear you say but what about when you give someone a present but then you can take it back if the receiver behaves inappropriately, like taking back an engagement ring. NO. These are not gifts because they are given on condition of a contingent, future event happening, if said event (such as marriage) does not take place, the item can be taken back. It's not a gift.
No, don't try to tell me it's deep and symbolic, NO. It's a completely unintelligible sentence. "This gift has a price," is like saying, "This bachelor has been married for five years." Fucking analytic truths, how do they work?
And don't start with the King Midas references, that was a curse, not a gift.
God, it irritates me.