Lyrics:
It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song.
You can't believe it; you were always singing along.
It was so easy and the words so sweet.
You can't remember; you try to feel the beat.
Bee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-
Eet eet eet.
Ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-
Eet eet eet.
You spend half of your life trying to fall behind.
You're using your headphones to drown out your mind.
It was so easy and the words so sweet.
You can't remember; you try to move your feet.
Ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-
Eet eet eet.
Ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-
Eet eet eet.
Someone's deciding whether or not to steal.
He opens a window just to feel the chill.
He hears that outside a small boy just started to cry
'Cause it's his turn, but his brother won't let him try.
It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song.
You can't believe it; you were always singing along.
It was so easy and the words so sweet.
You can't remember; you try to move your feet.
It was so easy and the words so sweet.
You can't remember; you try to feel the beat...
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This song by one of my favorite artists, Regina Spektor, always confused me. What is she singing about?! I had to do some research and learned that the word "Eet" is actually the backspace on a typewriter. Of course, if anyone remembers, a typewriter didn't completely erase your previous word. It only removed the black ink and wrote over it. So you could still see a little bit of the previous ink.
That got me thinking..... if the word "Eet" is backspace on a typewriter, perhaps the song is about trying to forget the bad memories of your past: "You spend half of your life trying to fall behind. / You're using your headphones to drown out your mind." But after spending half your life trying to forgot the things going on around you, you actually START to forget things ......even the good, important memories, hence the lyrics: "It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song. / You can't believe it; you were always singing along."
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