Timeline for I’m trying to please to the calling
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| Jul 30, 2015 at 20:05 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | I still don't understand why a question about what a particular phrase in a song lyric means should be viewed as inherently off-topic. If someone asks what a phrase in a sentence from an essay means, we don't reflexively argue that the questioner is seeking "essay interpretation" and try to close it. I think that many questions involving phrases found in lyrics—including perhaps this one—can be answered analytically with regard to the sense or structure of the wording, without embarking on a flight of fancy, and that they are therefore valid questions to ask at this site. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 19:56 | history | edited | Sven Yargs |
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| Jul 30, 2015 at 19:08 | vote | accept | John P. McCaskey | ||
| Jul 30, 2015 at 17:37 | answer | added | deadrat | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 17:27 | comment | added | John P. McCaskey | Or maybe just “I’m trying to please [you, and I’m doing so] to the calling of your heart-strings.” Too bad. I was hoping there was a lesson here about some obsolete construction of intransitive “please.” Seems to be nothing of the sort. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 16:58 | comment | added | VampDuc | I think it's saying he's trying to please the heart-strings. Written another way: The heart-strings are playing soft and low, calling out to the singer, and the singer is trying to please them. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 16:02 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 30, 2015 at 15:45 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's lyrics interpretation | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 14:38 | history | asked | John P. McCaskey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |