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phrasing in it because they are not the ones we are used to seeing, and they are
used in very creative ways. Right off the bat, the comparison of an old girlfriend to
"another diamond ring" sets the tone and mood for the entire song and the rest of
the lyrics follow that lead with one clever line after another. Take a look at some of
the analogies like "I used to feel your fire but now it's cold inside", and "your love
made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time".
of you is this line: "You spent me up like money, then you hung me out to dry".
Now there's a phrase you don't see every day! The chorus itself uses the
repetitive approach for the beginning of the lines with "Tell me". The first two lines
go together very naturally because of the rhythm created by the words used: "Tell
me what it takes to let you go, Tell me how the pain's supposed to go". You can
see that it works because of how the words "takes" and "go", match up equally
with "pain's" and "go". Having two rhymes like that, one in the center, and another
at the end, is a great technique to make the lines flow and fit together.
find another man?" and "is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made". And, the use
of spelling out words to put added emphasis on them with the classic example of
"F.I.N.E. Fine". A lot of Aerosmith's songs have this kind of creativity in their lyrics,
but this one is especially entertaining, even when you're just reading it, and that's
why, to me, it stands out.
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