Fake Plastic Trees
Unveiling the Artificial Realities: A Song's Reflection on Love and Decay
Lyrics
Her green plastic watering can
Describes a green plastic watering can
For her fake Chinese rubber plant
Refers to a fake Chinese rubber plant she owns
In the fake plastic earth
Highlights the fake environment in which the plant is placed
That she bought from a rubber man
She purchased the fake earth from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
She lives in a place where everything seems artificial
To get rid of itself
Implies the desire for the environment to change or improve
It wears her out, it wears her out
Describes how the situation exhausts her
It wears her out, it wears her out
Reiterates the exhaustion she feels from her circumstances
She lives with a broken man
She lives with a broken or damaged man
A cracked polystyrene man
Depicts the man as fragile and easily breakable
Who just crumbles and burns
He's someone who falls apart and is unable to cope
He used to do surgery
He used to perform surgeries, potentially cosmetic, in the past
For girls in the eighties
Performed surgeries for girls in the 1980s
But gravity always wins
Suggests that despite his efforts, he couldn't fight against inevitable forces
It wears him out, it wears him out
Repeats the theme of exhaustion, focusing on him this time
It wears him out, it wears
Reiterates how drained he is by the situation
She looks like the real thing
She appears genuine but is actually artificial
She tastes like the real thing
She seems and tastes real, but it's a facade
My fake plastic love
Refers to a love that feels fake or insincere
But I can't help the feeling
Expresses a feeling of being trapped despite wanting to escape
I could blow through the ceiling
Feeling of immense pressure and potential explosive emotions
If I just turn and run
Considering running away as a way to relieve pressure
And it wears me out, it wears me out
Expresses how the situation exhausts the speaker
It wears me out, it wears me out
Reiterates the draining effect it has on the speaker
If I could be who you wanted
Expresses a desire to meet the expectations of another
If I could be who you wanted all the time
Wishing to constantly fulfill someone else's ideal
All the time
Repetition emphasizing the longing to meet expectations
All the time
Reiterating the continuous wish to be what someone else desires
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