Love Is a Bore
Love's Absurdity Unveiled: Barbra Streisand's Poetic Take on the Boredom of Love
Lyrics
Here is a verse unlike any verse
Introducing a verse that stands out from typical verses.
To a song that you've never heard
Referring to a song never previously heard.
It deals with the subject that I and the authors agree
Discussing a subject deemed absurd by the singer and the authors.
Is at best absurd
Implies the absurdity of the subject.
Love is a bore
Declares that love is uninteresting or tedious.
Love is a ball game without a score
Compares love to a game without a score, implying futility.
Love is a sail boat without a sail
Describes love as aimless or directionless, like a sailboat without a sail.
The lock on the candy store
Suggests the inaccessibility or unattainability of something desirable.
Asparagus without the hollandaise
Associates love with a missing essential component, like asparagus without hollandaise sauce.
Plus all the petty laughs
Refers to insignificant, trivial laughter found in works by Tennessee Williams.
In Tennessee Williams' plays
Implies that the singer used to enjoy love but now finds it burdensome.
I used to love it but now it's a drag
Compares love to a flagpole lacking a flag, lacking a defining symbol.
Love is a flag pole without a flag
Compares love to something missing its main purpose or content.
Love is the mailman without the mail
Describes love as empty, lacking substance or meaning.
A comic without a gag
Compares love to a comedy without humor or punchlines.
A soap-opera plot and lots, lots more
Associates love with melodrama and suggests an abundance of negatives.
But mainly I mean love is a bore
Emphasizes the primary sentiment that love is tedious and uninteresting.
It's I'll-call-you-tomorrow
Highlights the disappointment of unfulfilled promises in love.
It's a phone that never rings
Describes love as a lack of communication or one-sided effort.
It's a sack full of sorrow
Associates love with a feeling of deep sadness or regret.
Or a ride on angel's wings
Contrasts love as both a burden and an uplifting experience.
So just remember the next time you saw
Suggests the paradoxical nature of love - an exit without an escape.
Love is an exit without a door
Implies the inability to escape from love's complexities or difficulties.
But if you're in love you'll ignore
Suggests that when in love, people overlook negative aspects.
All the things that I've said here before
Encourages the listener to disregard the previous negative statements about love.
And you'll pray that your love
Implying hope and reliance on love despite its flaws.
Whatever he does
Regardless of actions, hoping for a return to the mundane aspects of love.
Will come back and be the bore that he was
Desiring a return to the predictable, unexciting aspects of love.
Before!
Emphasizes the wish for love to return to its uninteresting state.
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