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Contemplation on song lyrics I didn't know

 I do not do pop music, or really any contemporary music. 

There is just too much of it to keep straight, and it is focused on young people. 

I recently watched/read the lyrics of "The Fate of Ophelia," which is interesting for its reference to the tragic young female. Ophelia is a stand-in for everything that can go wrong with in a young woman's life, especially at the hands of men who can manipulate her. She is manipulated by Hamlet, her own father Polonius, and the king. The woman who should help her does not (Gertrude has so little agency in the play, by my reading)* and her brother takes her for granted until it's too late and he can show off his grief. 

Taylor Swift decries Ophelia's fate but makes it clear she has no part in it. 

I watched a documentary last night on the temperament trait of Sensitivity (it's on Prime video and called Sensitive). I am not one of the 20% of the population with this trait, for good or bad. But I can be touched by art. One of the interviewees is Alanis Morrissette, whom I do not know. This song interested me. 

That I would be good, even if I did nothingThat I would be good, even if I got the thumbs downThat I would be good if I got and stayed sickThat I would be good even if I gained ten pounds
That I would be fine even if I went bankruptThat I would be good if I lost my hair and my youthThat I would be great if I was no longer queenThat I would be grand if I was not all knowing
That I would be loved even when I numb myselfThat I would be good even when I am overwhelmedThat I would be loved even when I was fumingThat I would be good even if I was clingy
That I would be good even if I lost sanityThat I would be goodWhether with or without you

I didn't think much of the tune but her performance of it is heart-breaking. It turns tragic in the third verse.


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