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I'd like to ask you all something.

First, listen to this song:

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Now, *before* looking at anyone else's answers, what do you think this song is about?

(note: here is a spoiler-text translator)

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brin_bellway

I'm getting two interpretations:

1. N frpbaq-trarengvba phyg zrzore tbg xvpxrq bhg (be creuncf lbh-pna'g-sver-zr-V-dhvg), cebonoyl sbe univat tnl frk. Gurve svefg-trarengvba zbgure gevrf irel uneq abg gb guvax nobhg jurgure wbvavat gur phyg va gur svefg cynpr jnf n onq vqrn, fvapr fur srryf yvxr fur'f va jnl gbb qrrc gb onpx bhg abj.

2. Gur "zbgure" unq na nobegvba va ure lbhgu naq ertergf vg.

(I might change my mind if I actually knew what that spoken-word bridge was saying, but the lyric sites I checked don't seem to know either.)

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*abqf*. V jnf nfxvat orpnhfr gur jevgre unf tbar ba gur erpbeq fnlvat gung ur'f naablrq ol nyy gur crbcyr jub ernq 2 naq ernyyl qbrfa'g frr vg. 1 unqa'g bppheerq gb zr ohg zber trareny "orvat va n fhophygher vf pbzcyvpngrq" jnf gur ernq V unq pbzr hc jvgu tvira gur rkcyvpvg erwrpgvba bs 2.

(Nyfb tvira gur bgure jbex sbe gur ren, V guvax gur ibyhzr bs eryvtvbhf vzntrel vf nyzbfg vapvqragny gb nal fbat-fcrpvsvp ernq? Ohg gung'f abg pbagrkg lbh pbhyq or rkcrpgrq gb unir.)

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