Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Chasing Cars? More like chasing down a better grasp on the English language.

Take a listen to this bullshit. Just the chorus will do for the point I'm about to make.







The fundamental problem here is that the vocalist asks a hypothetical question about what would happen if he was to "lay here" but never states what object he intends to lay. Certainly he is not implying that he means to recline somewhere, intransitively. Because you know, then he'd say "if I just lie here." Curiously, he asks the person to whom this song is devoted if he or she would lie with him! I really do not understand how it can be possible to make this mistake once, and to correct oneself in the same sentence. Was the writer in a lyrical race, questioning which verb was correct and using both in an attempt to get half credit or something? If so, this would be the result (click to enlarge):

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