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There is no bass at the beginning. Wait till
0.14 min. when she sings : So I take somebody home...
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Chorus:
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BREAK
There is no bass until 1.22 when she sings: Till I take one of them
home...
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For the part she keeps repeating ''Poster of a girl'' play this:
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The bridge when she stops singing:
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For the French part, repeat this till the end:
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Clairvoyant Average |
#1 by Clairvoyant at May 22, 2006 at 6:11 PM EST |
| i agree with Metro47. I also think the fact that she juxtaposes 'portrait of a lady' with 'picture of a girl' serves to make 'picture of a girl' sound cheap, and this is how she feels. I can, unfortunately, relate to this song. | |
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brandon Lead Player |
#2 by brandon at Jun 2, 2006 at 4:23 PM EST |
| Sinstone, "On new peut pas favriquer la verite" can also mean "We can not creat the truth", just thought I'd add that | |
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Scott Average |
#3 by Scott at Aug 1, 2006 at 1:47 PM EST |
| So has anyone seen the video? Playing on the old Doppelganger theory that everyone in the world has an exact duplicate and some believe if you ever encounter your doppelganger that you'll instantly die. (I'm not sure why exactly you would die, but that's the theory...perhaps intense shock of seeing someone that looks exactly like you) | |
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girl. Average |
#4 by girl. at Aug 4, 2006 at 6:44 PM EST |
| well i was gonna comment...but that whole dopelganger theory just kind of freaked me out...i'm going to bed. and yes the french lyrics, for the most part, are a translation of the english lyrics | |
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Mathias Wanna Be |
#5 by Mathias Bøyesen at Aug 7, 2006 at 2:55 AM EST |
| this song is about a girl that doesnt know herself and needs someone to tell her. thats why she cant stand being by herself becuase when she is alone she doesnt know who she is. she has to go with what society wants her to be. shes doing things she doesnt nessesarily want to. | |
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DIPSY Lead Player |
#6 by DIPSY (NOT THE TELETUBBIE) at Aug 23, 2006 at 11:17 PM EST |
| Ok, straight from the horse's mouth, Metric. On their site they are looking for extras for their next video (Poster of a Girl, yay!) and they put this: Poster of a Girl, the latest video for Metric, is a psychological thriller set in an after-hours voyeuristic night club. There ya go, quite interessting, n'est pas? By the way, the french part is just the english part, translated. Case you're wondering | |
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Josh Average |
#7 by Josh Riemersma at Sep 1, 2006 at 6:48 AM EST |
| have you all seen the video? it's great. lots of strobe lights and very artsy. it debuted on The Wedge on MuchMusic a few nights ago. | |
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travis Wanna Be |
#8 by travis bass for D-Laid Reaction at Sep 5, 2006 at 9:30 AM EST |
| this song is about the sexual nature of human beings both male and female...everyone has desires they want to fulfill and this sometimes drives us all to be a bit pahetic...sleeping around etc. i think the whole poster, portrait thing is just a metaphor for the empiness of the sex theres no emotions attached its meaningless, flat, only a poster | |
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eric Rhythm Player |
#9 by eric millon at Oct 4, 2006 at 3:11 AM EST |
| this is my favorite song on Live it Out. It's really sad too though, makes me depressed yet happy every time I listen to it... | |
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Andrew Rhythm Player |
#10 by Andrew Viflanzoff at Oct 7, 2006 at 2:56 AM EST |
| Here's the french bit: Incapable de rester toute seule Je deteste dormir sans une présence Les surprises semblent alléger ma solitude Alors je ramène quelqu'un dans mon lit Afin de découvrir comment je me sens Comme un bébé Portrait d'une femme Affiche d'une fille Me satisfaire Eviter les novices Ceux qui cherchent à me faire taire Jusqu'à ce que je rentre avec l'un d'eux Car je connais la sensation De chercher le fil d'or Et de ne jamais le trouver (Coming in your pants) Qui ne pense qu'à coucher avec une fille d'affiche Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité Tu sais que je n'aime pas ta réalité Tu sais que je n'aime pas ma réalité Personne ne sait ce que c'est On ne peut pas fabriquer la vérité | |
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Ziggy Average |
#11 by Ziggy Newman at Oct 10, 2006 at 10:19 PM EST |
| the last french part tranlates to: I know that you do not like your reality You know that I do not like your reality You know that I do not like my reality Nobody knows what it is One can not create the truth this part is not stated in english, maybe it helps clarify the meaning to you. | |
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Exizzle Average |
#12 by Exizzle at Oct 23, 2006 at 9:26 AM EST |
| This song is about one of those girls who doesnt know who she is, therefore she sleeps around just to have someone to be close to. She feels like just an image, just something pretty to look at that doesnt think or feel. I think there are a lot of people in the world who are like this, trying to validate their simple existance by having sex with strangers. | |
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Steve Lead Player |
#13 by Steve Baker at Oct 29, 2006 at 6:14 PM EST |
| Ok, straight from the horse's mouth, Metric. On their site they are looking for extras for their next video (Poster of a Girl, yay!) and they put this: Poster of a Girl, the latest video for Metric, is a psychological thriller set in an after-hours voyeuristic night club. There ya go, quite interessting, n'est pas? By the way, the french part is just the english part, translated. Case you're wondering | |
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The Great South Lead Player |
#14 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Dec 12, 2006 at 4:01 PM EST |
| yup dano, im so sure they did a music video for it, they shot it in toronto ( near where i live :) it's gonan be 60's parisian style | |
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Nic Rhythm Player |
#15 by Nic F at Jan 2, 2007 at 10:22 PM EST |
| im pretty sure there releasing this as the second single off of live it out | |
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Dylan Lead Player |
#16 by Dylan Julian at Jan 7, 2007 at 1:31 PM EST |
| T'is 'bout masturbation to a poster of her, but its not the real thing and she's sick of thinking that these people do that. | |
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Phil Average |
#17 by Phil Chavez at Jan 9, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST |
| why is it depressing? lol i thought iwas justa bout sex | |
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Quinn Rhythm Player |
#18 by Quinn I killed my last name at Jan 19, 2007 at 6:42 AM EST |
| Wow I didn't know you were supposed to die with the Doppelganger theory. I like this song. The radio edit cuts out the French bit and the video edit puts the French at the beginning. I love how she just goes "coming in your pants" randomly in the middle of all the French. To me, the song is about a girl who goes out to find a guy to take home, but none of them are right, they're too young/virgin, etc. and she wants to satisfy herself and doesn't care about anyone else. | |
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James Average |
#19 by James at Jan 22, 2007 at 11:08 PM EST |
| one of my fav songs from this new album. | |
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James Average |
#20 by James Cleverley at Jan 28, 2007 at 3:58 PM EST |
| this is my favorite song on Live it Out. It's really sad too though, makes me depressed yet happy every time I listen to it... | |
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5 Average |
#21 by 5 at Jun 5, 2007 at 7:00 AM EST |
| why is it depressing? lol i thought iwas justa bout sex | |
