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The Plague Lyrics


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Stop being in love it won't pay the rent
It won't keep you dry when the roof is all wet
Stop being in love stop living the dream
Take a spot here beside in the living machine
Like I told ya before ill tell ya again
Stop being in love take advice from a friend

Who's seen days slip by
Seen them turn to years
Stop being in love
Don't let this fall on deaf ears

Stop being in love its a loser's game
It starts out as a high ends up mundane
Stop being in love like my mom always said
The last beast to the trough is the first to get bled

Like I told you before ill tell you again
Stop being in love take advice form a friend
It's not set in stone
Not sure that it's true
All the love that you've known will return to you
So stop being in love
Stop being in love
Stop being in love
Stop being in love
Stop being in love
Stop being in love
Stop being in love




Stop being in love
Stop being in love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of The Plague's song "In Love" offer a commentary on the downsides of being in love. The singer urges his listeners to stop being in love because it won't pay the rent or keep them dry when the roof is all wet. He refers to love as a "loser's game" that starts out as a high but ends up as mundane. The singer seems to be disillusioned by the idea of love and suggests that it's not worth pursuing.


In the chorus, the singer repeats the phrase "stop being in love" multiple times, as if to drive his point home. He also refers to the living machine, which could be interpreted as a metaphor for society or the world, and suggests that his listeners take a spot beside him in it. The singer also offers some words of wisdom from his mother, who apparently said that the last beast to the trough is the first to get bled, suggesting that those who keep chasing after love are likely to get hurt.


Overall, the lyrics of "In Love" offer a somewhat cynical view of love and encourage listeners to be more practical and pragmatic in their approach to life and relationships.


Line by Line Meaning

Stop being in love it won't pay the rent
Being in love won't bring you money to meet your basic needs.


It won't keep you dry when the roof is all wet
Love won't protect you from the harsh realities of life.


Stop being in love stop living the dream
Stop living in the illusion that love alone is enough to make your life complete.


Take a spot here beside in the living machine
Join the rest of society in prioritizing practicality and efficiency over love.


Like I told ya before ill tell ya again
I want to emphasize once more that being in love is not worth it.


Stop being in love take advice from a friend
Listen to the advice of someone who has your best interests at heart and recognize that being in love is not always beneficial.


Who's seen days slip by
Someone who has experienced the passage of time.


Seen them turn to years
Who has observed how quickly time goes by.


Stop being in love
Stop deluding yourself with the notion that love is enough.


Don't let this fall on deaf ears
Pay attention to what I'm telling you.


Stop being in love its a loser's game
Being in love is a losing proposition.


It starts out as a high ends up mundane
Being in love may start off as exciting, but it eventually becomes mundane and unfulfilling.


Stop being in love like my mom always said
My mother has always advised against being in love.


The last beast to the trough is the first to get bled
Those who act on their emotions without thinking things through are usually the first to fall victim to the consequences.


It's not set in stone
It's not a universal truth.


Not sure that it's true
There is doubt as to whether the belief that love is all you need is true.


All the love that you've known will return to you
If you give up on love, there's a chance that it will eventually come back to you.


So stop being in love
You need to let go of the idea that love is everything.


Stop being in love
Stop holding on to this unrealistic and impractical belief about love.


Stop being in love
Stop prioritizing love above everything else.


Stop being in love
Stop allowing your emotions to dictate your decisions.


Stop being in love
Stop investing all of yourself in love and start prioritizing other aspects of your life.


Stop being in love
Let go of the idea that love is all you need.


Stop being in love
Don't let love control your life.


Stop being in love
Recognize that there is more to life than just love.


Stop being in love
Stop holding on so tightly to love and start exploring other aspects of life.




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Written by: Eben Dennis

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Asgaut Bakke

I've heard another explanation not mentioned in this video.

What medics at the time saw, was that after the last outbreak in 1666, grand epidemics became ever rarer and then the single cases too disappeared. The development started in West Europe and went East, the last major epidemic in Russia was in the late 18th century. It looked something started up in West Europe during the late 17th century and spread east, something unfavourable to the disease.

Then it was noted that something happened with the rats of Europe during this time. The species black rat (Rattus rattus) vanished because it was outcompeted by the brown rat (Rattus norwegicus, it really is the scientific name), animal experiments has shown that these two species are inveterate enemies and when they meet the black rat will almost always come out worse.

Infected with the bacteria Yersinia pestis both species will fall ill. But now it shows that these two rat species are predominantly infected by two different flea species. While the black rat flea will bite any animal once hungry enough (because the bacteria is clogging its guts), the brown rat flea is unlikely to bite any animal other than other rodents.

Both species of rats come from the east. But while the black rat came to Europe during Roman times from the Middle East - and caused the Justinian plague paving the way for Slavonic and Moslem conquests - the brown rat came from southeast Asia when international trade on the high oceans began in earnest during the 17th century. And this maritime trade came to the western Europe first.

So the well-nigh eradication of black rats in Europe by brown rats taking over the ecological niche made grand scale epidemics impossible. Single epidemics of plague nowadays are found where there still are large populations of black rats, not in Europe that is but in India and Africa.



Ronanu

What botheres me everytime, i watch a otherwhise good video about the plague, is that the main cause of infection wasn't the fleas carried on rats.
The people were full of vermin like fleas, that transmitted the desease! Don't just blame the rats! They too died quickly, when they got infected by the plage.
So when the situation in the citys worsened and the people fled to the countryside, they themselfes carried the disease to the villages!
An average common rat rarely travelles farther than a few kilometers in her lifetime.
I think it is improbable, that rats are mainly to blame for mankinds decline in that time period.
It was our lack of hygiene and medical and biological understanding, that nearly wiped our population from many areas of the land, not some little mammal.
Knowledge drives us forward. It is key to our success as a species!

*Got a little carried away there😅



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El Tigre

I did a paper on the plague in high school. There are actually three types, pneumonic, bubonic, and septicemic, affecting the lungs, the lymph nodes, and the blood.

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this scared me because my lymph nodes are swollen in the back of my neck .

Kim Moreels

@ҡαเเ ♡ . get well soon kaii godbless <3

Kim Moreels

thank you for the info very informative :)

Domenic Andreozzi

Isn’t there a fourth one?

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@Kim Moreels aww ty , im sad i didnt see this earlier 🤍 . I’m getting better :)

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Amanda Tyler

One thing it always amazes me to think about is if you are of European descent, all of YOUR direct ancestors (both adults and children) SURVIVED the plague long enough to have children themselves.

Paul Kerton

Or Asian.

Hazeldeeznuts

@Paul Kerton did the bubonic plague came to asia?

Fresh kiwi tzuyu !

It started there 💀in Asia lol

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