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Old 09-01-2010, 09:32 PM
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Its not my fave song on "The Circle" granted, but I think its quite a nice song with some pretty powerful parts to it. So why has most people labelled it an album stinker ?
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Old 09-01-2010, 09:44 PM
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I like the musical arrangement of the song pretty much, but the lyrics are for the most parts so shallow and cliché that it almost hurts.
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Old 09-01-2010, 09:51 PM
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I like the song, and the lyrics a lot. A lot of people tend to not like the "story-telling" aspect.
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so freakin cliché that it hurts !
Though once on backstage I read that someone said it was as good as IMAGINE from Lennon ...
Poor Lennon :-/
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Like it a lot. A catchy song and the " You learn to love..." part is really powerful ! Shame they haven't tried it out live
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Just listened to the song because of this thread, and I must say I really do love the second verse.
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Was a song I didn't really like when I first had 'The Circle' but then I played it more and I realised some of the good stuff about it.

Jons vocals on the 'You fighttttt and you forgiveee' part sound very very good.
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When the album first came out, it was one of my favourite tracks from the album. It was a bit slow starting, but the climax of the song was great and I really enjoyed it.

Now, I still enjoy it but the novelty has worn off a bit. I dont hate it by any means. I like it more than I dont like it. It just got a bit old really quickly.

The "Gotta learn to love to live" part is amazing.
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6/10. I don't dislike it, but it's a pretty average sounding song with a really powerful bridge, that, unfortunately, doesn't have much of a song to back it up.
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I just heard it today actually. It's one of those songs that while it's good and I have nothing agains't it, I find myself skipping it for some reason that just escapes me
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