- Feb 1, 2020
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So I went through the lyrics and I think the song is really about irony, even if some of the similes are a little lame or missing the point.Don't get me wrong, same as you I quite enjoyed the music at the time, but the lyrics are just dense.
10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife - not ironic, unless you were trying to open a tin of paint with a knife then, the next day, you found out that a spoon would've performed the job perfectly well.
Ed, on the other hand, pushes it to absurdities, which is the principle of most stand ups.