In the last verse of Too Late For Prayin' Gord sings:
Guess we've all got problems of our own to bear
Yet still we share
Tomorrow
Could get better than today
Does "tomorrow" finish the phrase " Yet still we share ....tomorrow" or does it begin the phrase " tomorrow....could get better than today"?
My personal interpetation is that it does both; "tomorrow" is used to end and begin two different thoughts or ideas. I find it a subtle and beautiful little lyrical trick.
I think I may have heard this used in other songs before. Maybe this is some type of literary device and has a name.
He also does it earlier in the song but with lesser effect:
But then she must
They tell us
Wisemen tell us
Its too late
were "wisemen tell us" is the phrase that begins and ends two different thoughts.
Has anyone else ever noticed this? Does it appear in other GL tunes? Is it a common literary device? Or am all wrong?
Rick
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On my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day
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