Lyrics
When I think of you
Reflecting on thoughts about someone
It feels like I
Describing the emotional impact of thinking about the person
Am living in
Feeling as if living in the year 1975
1975
Suggesting a nostalgic or retro context
Now that it's over
Acknowledging the end of something
I wanna live in the times
Expressing a desire to live in a past era
When they put cocaine in Coca-Cola
Referencing a historical period when cocaine was in Coca-Cola
You better face the facts
Encouraging acceptance of reality
You're never gonna be a famous rock 'n' roller
Managing expectations about achieving fame in the music industry
Now that it's over
Reiterating the end of a situation
Face the facts
Repeating the need to confront reality
I'm never gonna get you back, love
Acceptance of not regaining lost love
Face the facts
Reiterating the acknowledgment of lost love
I'm never gonna get you back, love
Emphasizing the irreversible nature of the situation
Face the facts
Continuing to face the reality of the situation
I'm never gonna get you back, love
Repeating acceptance of the lost love
Face the facts
Emphasizing the acknowledgment of reality
I'm never gonna get you back
Acceptance of the impossibility of reconciliation
Sometimes you just screw up and you can't take it back
Acknowledging personal mistakes and their irreversibility
I gotta the face the facts
Reiterating the need to confront the facts
I'm never gonna see her face again
Expressing the permanent loss of seeing the person's face
I'm never gonna dance like James Brown
Accepting the inability to dance like James Brown
I'm never gonna be black
Acknowledging one's identity and limitations
And I'm never gonna get you back, hey
Reaffirming the impossibility of regaining the person
Face the facts
Repeating the need to face reality
I'm never gonna get you back, love
Reiterating the acceptance of not regaining lost love
Face the facts
Continuing to confront the reality of the situation
I'm never gonna get you
Reaffirming the acknowledgment of the impossibility of reunion
Face the facts
Continuing to face the irreversible passage of time
We're never gonna turn time back, ooh
Acceptance that time cannot be turned back
Face the facts
Emphasizing the inability to reverse time
You could go forward but you can't go back, ooh
Highlighting the forward direction of time with limitations
Face the facts
Repeating the need to confront reality
Woo, f-f-face, I got to face the facts
Expressing the necessity to face the facts
Never gonna turn time back
Acknowledging the impossibility of turning back time
Face the facts
Reiterating the forward direction of time with limitations
You could go forward but you can't go back
Emphasizing the inability to reverse the course of time
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