Strangers
03.Perfect Lyrics
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Up and over satellites
To draw out the timid wild one
To convince you it's alright
And I listen for the whisper
Of your sweet insanity
While I formulate denials
You're a stranger
So what do I care?
You vanish today
Not the first time I hear
All the lies
What am I to do with all this silence?
Shy away, shy away phantom
Run away, terrified child
Won't you move away, you fuckin' tornado
I'm better off without you
Tearing my will down
The lyrics of Perfect's song "Strangers" speak about a person being a stranger to another and how they have affected them. The first stanza speaks about the person trying to calm the situation between them ("cast the calming apple up and over satellites") and trying to convince the other person that everything is going to be alright. However, the person is struggling with their own feelings towards the stranger ("while I formulate denials of your effect on me").
The chorus speaks about the person being a stranger and not caring about them ("you're a stranger, so what do I care?"). The person has vanished multiple times, and the singer has heard all the lies the stranger has told them. The singer is left feeling confused and lost, not knowing what to do with the silence that follows.
The second stanza speaks directly to the stranger, telling them to shy away or run away. The singer is better off without the stranger tearing them down ("tearing my will down").
Overall, the song is about a person who has been hurt by a stranger and is struggling with their own feelings towards them. The song speaks to anyone who has experienced heartbreak or betrayal by someone they thought they knew.
Line by Line Meaning
Cast the calming apple
Offering reassurance to someone in distress
Up and over satellites
Going to great lengths to reach out to this person
To draw out the timid wild one
Trying to bring out the person's natural, confident self
To convince you it's alright
Assuring them that everything is okay
And I listen for the whisper
Waiting intently to hear what they have to say
Of your sweet insanity
Acknowledging that their point of view may seem crazy or irrational, but still hearing them out
While I formulate denials
Trying to come up with a counterargument, but keeping an open mind
Of your effect on me
Recognizing that this person has an impact on you
You're a stranger
Admitting that you don't know this person very well
So what do I care?
Feeling detached or indifferent towards them
You vanish today
Not expecting them to stick around for long
Not the first time I hear
Having been in this situation before
All the lies
Referring to the other person's attempts to deceive or manipulate
What am I to do with all this silence?
Feeling uncomfortable with the lack of communication or emotional openness
Shy away, shy away phantom
Urging this person to be more present and engaged
Run away, terrified child
Reacting negatively to someone who seems scared or unmotivated
Won't you move away, you fuckin' tornado
Expressing anger or frustration with someone who is causing chaos in your life
I'm better off without you
Believing that you can handle things on your own
Tearing my will down
Feeling like this person is compromising your own goals or sense of self
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Maynard James Keenan, William L. Howerdel
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@airdriver
I have yet to see the film but I remember reading about this when I was in high school. It reminds me of something that happened on my job years ago. I’m a delivery man and had returned from my days work. When I went inside my hub, my boss(Lets call him Bill) was up on the loading platform. He was dressed in the company uniform. He called out to me and waved. “See you in a minute,” he hollered. I waved back and walked towards to office to turn in my paperwork and punch out.
All of a sudden, the door to the office opened up and Bill walked out. But he was wearing street clothes and not the company uniform. He grinned and said,”About time you’re back. Go get punched out.
I stopped walking and stared at him, wondering how he beat me to the office and changed his clothes so fast. Then the Bill in the uniform came strolling up. Both of them stood there and grinned while I worked it out in my tired mind: Twins.
I immediately shouted,”Nooooooooo!” and took off running.
We all laughed and went into the office. I said, laughing,”Now I got two of you to put up with?”
One of the Bills said,”There could me more of us.”
The other Bill added,”You ever see a movie called The Boys From Brazil?”
I nodded and said,”Gods not that cruel.”
Good job guys! You got me.
@julynightowl7413
If youre still deciding whether to watch it or not, go for it. It answered so many of my questions that I could not find in the comment section because some say this, some say that. I didnt know who to believe. Questions like: (SPOILER!)
1. Why eddy committed suicide?
-a lot of factors played...
•first, out of the three, he was the most affected of the mental illness they probably inherited from their birth mother. He suffered from manic depression.
•second, they started a business together but in the long run they started to have conflicts and were not able to resolve it and bobby left the business. Eddy was the most affected with the triplet’s failing relationship since he wanted all three of them to be together. The movie said the separation at birth has something to do with it since they met as adults. Theyre not like other siblings who have spent their lives together so that when they have conflicts, they know when and what to adjust, compromise, and etc... but the triplets didnt have that thats why their relationship worsened.
•third, them discovering that their lives were designed for a scientific research also added to his depression.
•the movie also said that the household he went to played a part also. He was in the middle class family and had a strict disciplinarian father. And him and eddy just didnt match together. All triplets had troublesome teenage years, and eddy’s father kinda disciplined him differently than the others. In his father’s interview, I was heartbroken, you can feel his sincerity and how he feels sorry his parenting style affected eddy 😭. But nobody blames him in the movie, thats just the way he loved eddy.
2. Conclusion of the study “nature vs nurture”?
-both matters but in the case of the triplets, nurture played the part most. The movie really did well in explaining why, so go watch it!
PS the research data will be available in 2066. Theyre waiting for all the twins (subjects) to die before publishing it 😭💔. But some of the data (they were redacted) were released to the twins after this movie was released.
@ricardocruz5891
For a moment I thought this was a comedy about three brothers starting Andy Samberg, Pete Davidson and some other dude lol
@EnderH-mw6ew
+Rick Antoine
LMAO! 😂
@caracorrea8523
Shit me too
@khanaiiijahh23
lmao same sadly
@lukamilosavljevic1635
thats why i clicked it
@Kinochan28
Hahahahaha I thought : dude Andy Samberg must be the fourth XD
@me0on0utube
Watching first half of trailer thinking "Awww they found ppl who look like them. Thats nice". And then TWIST and i was like "Whoa! I didn't see that coming"
@MelissaHurley1994
I thought so also
@EmrysJate
what happened
@RobinMarkowitzcoolmedia
spongeboob It's in southern California for sure. I saw it yesterday.
You never see it coming. You never even notice THE most important film trick since The Sixth Sense. No spoilers. Just watch closely all the interviews with everyone. Keep in mind: they are identical.