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Collection: Trope Bingo
Prompt: Handcuffed/Bound Together
Notes: I went for more of a 'Chains' theme for this one, sometimes physical though mostly mental. We have themes of physical chains for convicts and as (metaphorical) jewelry, and we also have chains as a symbol of love or life, mainly the former. This is mainly oldies but goodies (folk, new wave, soul), but there's some recent stuff in here too.
You can listen to the playlist HERE.
1. Chains by The Cookies
~Now believe me when I tell you I think you're fine
I'd like to love you but, darling, I'm imprisoned by these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see~
In this song, the singer is telling someone that she's already in love with someone else and that she is unavailable to this person; hence, "my baby's got me locked up in chains." It could be that the singer isn't happy about these chains and about being tied down to someone, since they repeatedly keep on about wanting to kiss this person, "your lips look sweet / I'd like to kiss them"; that this person is "fine" and that "I'd like to hold you"; and that her "chains of love won't let me be." Either way, the singer is tied down and there's nothing they can do about it.
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Prompt: Handcuffed/Bound Together
Notes: I went for more of a 'Chains' theme for this one, sometimes physical though mostly mental. We have themes of physical chains for convicts and as (metaphorical) jewelry, and we also have chains as a symbol of love or life, mainly the former. This is mainly oldies but goodies (folk, new wave, soul), but there's some recent stuff in here too.
You can listen to the playlist HERE.
1. Chains by The Cookies
~Now believe me when I tell you I think you're fine
I'd like to love you but, darling, I'm imprisoned by these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see~
In this song, the singer is telling someone that she's already in love with someone else and that she is unavailable to this person; hence, "my baby's got me locked up in chains." It could be that the singer isn't happy about these chains and about being tied down to someone, since they repeatedly keep on about wanting to kiss this person, "your lips look sweet / I'd like to kiss them"; that this person is "fine" and that "I'd like to hold you"; and that her "chains of love won't let me be." Either way, the singer is tied down and there's nothing they can do about it.
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