James Blunt – Same Mistake – Single Review
After the relative pop success that was 1973, James Bland er, Blunt is back to his usual form. That is, caterwauling empty lyrics over a nice acoustic backing.
The problem is rarely with the music, it’s the tone of Blunt’s voice, the mundanity of these songs. They almost all seem to blend into one big lovelorn symphony. And from the moment a James Blunt song begins to the moment it ends, you find yourself wishing you were deaf for the duration.
The fact of the matter is, if you release this type of music too often, the meaning of the song is lost. You spend more time trying to work out what other James Blunt song it sounds like instead of enjoying it.
In the fantasy music industry that exists in my head, the clock is already ticking on James Blunt’s career. He’s got the talent, he just refuses to use it to write decent songs. Thumbs down.
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Ce serait quand même sympa de tenir compte de l’avis de fans parce que je suis sûre de detester certains de tes goûts musicaux.
The meaning of this song is evident in the factr that the lyrics are always cut from the entire enemy section. Don’t look at this song as a literal translation or one SO ambiguous that you discredit some of the lyrics that dont fit…
Saw the world turning in my sheets… that whole first section is the introduce his lover and the fact that a huge part of his world was there in the intimacy between them.
The next lines are the most heartbreaking of any song I’ve ever heard,
And so I sent some men to fight, and one came back at dead of night.
Said he’d seen my enemy. Said he looked just like me,
So I set out to cut myself and here I go.
**he is talking about sperm…he sent men to fight. one came back. One sperm was all it took and when it came back, the enemy was fatherhood and the baby looked like him. He then set out to cut himself is retrospectively looking at how he mutilated his heart and his relationship, likely by pushing for an abortion. That’s why he never wants to be in charge of the “choice” again.
Then he isn’t looking for a second chance because he understands how wrong he was. He no longer sees himself as decent and so he tells his lover not to trust his judgement.