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Jonestown_Juice t1_ja8dmnq wrote

The lyrics, yes. It's certainly up for interpretation but these lyrics stand out to me:

>Oh just burn down the house!
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>Burn down the street!
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>Turn everything red and the dream is complete
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>With the sound of your world
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>Going up in the fire
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>It's a perfect day to throw back your head
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>And kiss it all goodbye!

The way I interpret the lyrics is someone trying to convince someone to just forget about their troubles and be happy. But the subject of the song says it's too late for all of that and, instead, they're going to take the route described above. "Turn everything red and the dream is complete".

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MiffyCurtains t1_ja8g8pr wrote

To be honest, I wasn't looking much past the unambiguous "Let's get happy!"

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Jonestown_Juice t1_ja9fkac wrote

Right.

Well that's what the OP is asking for. Songs that seem happy on the surface but are actually depressing.

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