Thoughts

Friday, March 18, 2005

Irony or Coincident?

Ironic is really controversial! :p It's interesting in fact.. I had mixed feeling while listening to it the first time..
She says :
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day!
First reaction, would you laugh or cry for that old man?!
I personally felt bad for him and my sister was laughing! <<>It´s like rain on your wedding day <<< (Now that is pure bad luck!)
It´s a free ride when you´ve already paid <<< (This is dump!) It´s the good advice that you just didn´t take <<< (That's just being hardheaded!)

Now hear this, Poor Mr. Play-It-Safe! so much for his safety! :p
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
Well isn´t this nice ..! <<< (Think he gotta play it safe next time! :p ) This is nice: A traffic jam when you´re already late << (That's not ironic, it's irritating! :s )
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break << (huh!)
It´s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife << This is sooo true in sooo many ways, this happens to me lots, but not with spoons only but with many things in everyday life :)
It´s meeting the man of my dreams..
And then meeting his beautiful wife! << (Ouch! ! isn't life ironic!? )

Moral of this song :D :
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything´s okay and everything´s going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything´s gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face..

Now, the controversial part is that some people say that there is no sense of irony in this song but the evens are coincidents and pure bad luck only.. and this song is ironic for not really being ironic! heh, got it? :p, anyways, and others say - including me!- that it is ironic because there's a clash between what is expected and what really happens in the end, which is obviously the opposite of out expectaions! isn't this ironic?

Here's one last thing, isn't it ironic that i'm spending this valuable time analyzing this song while i can be doing something more interesting and productive?! : .. Well, well, well, that's the result of tedium and boredom!

Posted by Faith :: 4:17 AM :: 0 comments