Enough of the politcal crap!!
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UPDATED: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 05:58
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"more than words" is, esentially, the story of a guy trying to get a girl to sleep with him.
"...but if you only knew / How easy / it would be to / show me how you feel / More than words / is all you have to do / to make it real / Then you wouldn't / have to say / that you love me / Cos I'd already know"
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Quote:That's an interesting take on it. What I'd always gotten from that song is a man trying to say that just saying "I love you" doesn't make everything alright again. ("Then you couldn't make things new/Just by saying I Love You"); however, I will concede that different people get different things from the same song.
Originally posted by liz:
"more than words" is, esentially, the story of a guy trying to get a girl to sleep with him.
More Than Words by Extreme
Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
Cos I'd already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you
More than words
Now I've tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
Cos I'd already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you
More than words
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Knibblet:
I don't listen to the song, "More Than Words".
Quote:
Originally posted by BadgersHat:
... and WHAT, pray tell, is wrong with the song "More than Words"?
My mother taught me to have respect for myself and taught me that any boy who told me that I should 'prove my love' didn't deserve my love.
The lyrics to "More Than Words" are of a male of the species telling a female that she should stop telling him that she loves him and instead, *prove* she loves him. I can only assume this proof would come in the form of her feet being at 10 & 2.
I do not appreciate the disrespectful message of the song and hope that young girls don't fall for the bull in it.
Lyrics to "More Than Words":
Saying 'I Love you' is not the words
I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you not to say
But if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do
To make it real then you wouldn't have to say
That you love me 'cuz I'd already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you
More than words
Now that I've tried to talk to you
And make you understand all you have to do
is close your eyes and just reach out your hands
And touch me hold me close
Don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say
That you love me 'cause I already know
"Just keep walkin, preacher man."
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Okay, this is me being relatively new to the posting world, but what is "Troll Country"?
As for the political threads, I ignore them, but if people want to talk politics, I'm all for it. I just don't chose to be a participant (ain't it great to have the freedom to do either?). I think I'd have a problem with it if threads were labeled "Thoughts on Our Mrs. Reynolds" and then had a post that was all about politics, but since those threads are clearly labeled (and thus avoidable), I'm not sure what the problem is.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Knibblet:Quote:
Originally posted by Knibblet:
I don't listen to the song, "More Than Words".
Quote:My mother taught me to have respect for myself and taught me that any boy who told me that I should 'prove my love' didn't deserve my love.
Originally posted by BadgersHat:
... and WHAT, pray tell, is wrong with the song "More than Words"?
The lyrics to "More Than Words" are of a male of the species telling a female that she should stop telling him that she loves him and instead, *prove* she loves him. I can only assume this proof would come in the form of her feet being at 10 & 2.
I do not appreciate the disrespectful message of the song and hope that young girls don't fall for the bull in it.
Absolutely agreed, Knibblet. That's why I truly despise Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night"
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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Bears repeating:
Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I generally avoid the political threads for many reasons, not the least of which is that I do not like to read, discuss, or argue political beliefs or leanings. I have come to respect and admire several people on this board, and would not want any conflict of political interests or beliefs to jeopardize those friendships.
While I do not care for all the political threads cropping up, or the inevitable America bashing that always follows, I do still read them from time to time, to check links and articles people post to keep myself informed from multiple sources of info.
As far as whether they "belong" here or not, I don't think that is for us to decide. This is an open forum. If you do not wish to participate, don't.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
I feel that getting into political (and of course also, religious...but we've done that here too) discussions run the danger of breaking apart this community for no good reason.
We have formed a community of people who wish to enjoy our obsession w/the Whedonverse, most importantly: Firefly, and to damage the friendships and fellow-feeling with bitter RL arguments seems to me to be counter-productive to our purpose here. I have avoided the threads because I could quickly see that I would learn to despise many of the people who find it necessary to beat up others with their opinions.
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Actually, Gary Cherone wrote "More Than Words" from his girlfriend's point of view--it's supposed to be HER singing the song to HIM...
--Jefé The Hat
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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne
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Ah, there IS someone else who thinks it's about using more than the words to make things right.
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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As if we needed more proof that men have no understanding of women and no idea what women are thinking?
:)
Quote:
Originally posted by BadgersHat:
Actually, Gary Cherone wrote "More Than Words" from his girlfriend's point of view--it's supposed to be HER singing the song to HIM...
"Just keep walkin, preacher man."
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Hi all,
a very good rl friend of mine is in the opposing political spectrum. We like a lot of the same things, including Firefly, but we can fight for hours about politics.
She taught me a very important lesson: You don't have to agree to somebody in all points to be friends. And if you are really good friends, you can even talk about these controversial topics and still be friends afterwards.
I think as long as people are respectful and polite, any discussion - and may it be over their favourite chocolate pie recipe - should be allowed, as long as it is clearly labeled. But the last decision should be Haken's - its his board, his work, his hardware we are using, so if he feels we should stick to Firefly topics, I'm fine with that.
Merl
My days of taking you not seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
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