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Cults – “Go Outside” is sampled in the hook:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPKbG1CCLx8

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An “army brat” is a term used to describe someone whose parent(s) serve in the military, and are therefore forced to relocate and move from city to city throughout their childhood. Hoodie compares himself to an army brat because he is constantly on tour.

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For any reasonable baller, a free throw is easy and automatic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PQ8goIESp4

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Here, Kinetics compares alcohol to honesty. Without a chaser, straight alcohol burns on the way down. Similarly, when someone is being honest and it’s a harsh truth, it stings.

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Ca$his is a rapper, and Hoodie plays off his name to describe how much money he’s making in comparison to this girl.

Hoodie could also be saying “Cassius”, as in “Cassius Clay”, the birth name of boxer Muhammad Ali. Since Ali is considered to be the greatest boxer in history, it can be assumed that Hoodie sees himself as “great” in life.

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NASCAR is the most prevelent auto sport in the United States, famously known for its oval circuits which are made up of almost entirely left turns.

This process gets repetitive, and this is exactly how Hoodie feels. His life is going in circles because of this girl.

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Warren Moon was a quarterback for the Houston Oilers in the 80s/90s, known for his athleticism and “dropping bombs”, aka deep passes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPjxQ6kMcuE

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The morgue, derived from the French word “mort” meaning death, is a place where dead bodies are stored. Here, it is metaphorically used to describe a gloomy place. This line is pretty ironic — death is usually associated with darkness so the shadow shouldn’t exist, as there is no light.

This also implies that she’s the light of his life, a light that glows in the darkness as she is by his side while he suffers through depression. This situation is comparable to witnessing a loved one suffer through depression, hence being dead inside. This helps the listener understand that the girl was also suffering because of his depression.

The presence of a shadow in a place teeming with death also offers an interesting piece of juxtaposition. The girl is living and the bodies around her are dead, reflecting how Mark’s life is “dead” and she is breathing a bit of life back into him.

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Alfalfa is a character from “Little Rascals” he was a ladies man much to the dismay of his friends who thought girls had cooties.

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At this stage in his life it’s hard for their relationship to work but maybe in the future at the right time they can meet again.

We met at the wrong time. That’s what I keep telling myself anyway. Maybe one day years from now, we’ll meet in a coffee shop in a far away city somewhere and we could give it another shot.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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