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Lyrics analysisBy Fearghal McGlinchey

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(Instrumental)

Oh we came down like a Georgia rainBlue like you should cargo againSmiled at my friendly adviceOh baby I came back for you just one more time

(Instrumental)

Oh I walk those streets with neon lightsWhere lovers kissed and all them brothers fightOh I walked straight on my Third Eye BlindOh baby ima gunna gunna make you mine

Ooooooo, oooooooooo, oooooooooOoooooo, oooooooooo, oooooooooOoooooo, oooooooooo, oooooooooOoooooo, oooooooooo, ooooooooo

(Instrumental)

Almost packed it all in last nightGave up giving all and stole my fightTurn the radio on at nightIt was Sam Cook singing on a Saturday night

Ooooooo, oooooooooo, oooooooooOoooooo, oooooooooo, oooooooooOoooooo, oooooooooo, oooooooooOh baby ima gunna gunna make you mine

(Instrumental)

Georgia is a state in America where it rains a lot. As he refers himself to the Georgia rain with someone else eg. a girl, this could mean that they have broken up as it says they came down.

The colour blue is often symbolised as a sad colour. The word cargo could mean that the person should leave or go away as cargo is always part of a plane that travels. This line could mean that you are sad so you should leave.

Saying it was friendly advice to a girl who he is going through a hard time with signifies that he cares about her and wants the best for her.

He calls her baby meaning he still feels the same way about her and that point is then reinforced when he says he’s going to have one last shot to try to make it work with her.

The instrumental after the last line is significant because the girl would have to think about her decision when he comes back for her, she needs time.

Neon lights are often situated in busy upbeat areas, but mostly used at night time. Night time links in with darkness and loneliness. Saying he ‘walks the streets’ tells us that maybe he doesn’t know where he’s going. There's a juxtaposition here between loneliness and upbeat vibes.

This signifies that there are mixed emotions where ever he is, which he has as well regarding his situation. Kissing is a very close interaction where as fighting is the opposite, meaning there is juxtaposition here as well.

To have a ‘Third Eye’ means that you can see in to other peoples minds, it gives perception beyond ordinary sight. Saying its blind means that he is losing this sight of this perception, after losing the girl. It says he walked straight on, this could signify that maybe he doesn’t care and he's just going to carry on or maybe he's walking on to see if he can find it again.

He calls her baby meaning he still feels the same way about her and that point is then reinforced he wants her back saying he’ll do anything to have her back again. Saying the word ‘gunna’ twice could mean that he’s going to try twice as hard as he normally does to have her back.

These 4 lines of the same lyric could mean that he’s taking time to think, thinking about how he needs the girl, what plan of action of take.

This line signifies that he almost gave up trying to get her back last night. The word ‘packed’ could mean that he was close to packing his bags and leaving, but he ended up staying.

This line means that he decided to keep trying but not as hard as he was, maybe he’s been trying for too long now and doesn’t see it working but doesn’t want to give up fully. The phrase ‘stoke my fight’, maybe another man is trying to get the girl as well, and it is working much better on the girl than his fight for her was.

This signifies that he is very lonely because he has nothing better to do than listen to the radio at night. It also tells us that he does not have a life because he must not have to get up for anything in the morning as he is staying up late, maybe he gave everything up when he was chasing the girl. The radio is quite an old source of technology maybe meaning that he feels old because he’s been trying to get her back for a while now.

This signifies that now he doesn’t have the girl anymore, he’s had to pay attention to irrelevant things because she was all he ever thought about when they were together. It also means that maybe he threw away all of his friends for her because he has nothing to do on a Saturday night.

The 3 lines of the same lyric again tells us that he is thinking and taking his time to figure out on what he wants for himself. This is the final line of the

song, telling us his decision which is that he’s still going to try his best to get the girl back because it seems he cant live without her.