Close to you...
Bit of a different one today, straying away from the brand a bit You don't post often enough to have a brand - You Picture Seriously, that's how you sound. I was listening to Close to you by The Carpenters recently and was struck by the bizarre nature of the lyrics: Why do birds, suddenly appear, Every time, you are near Just like me, they long to be, Close to you If birds suddenly appear , chances are that they were already there anyway, just hiding in the trees or something. Also, the song is probably referring to more romantic birds such as robins or doves, but let's face it, in the real world it would probably be pigeons. But pigeons are genetically indistinguishable from doves - You I know, but that undermines my point. It was then pointed out to me that birds don't suddenly appear; that's stars ! And that raises its own problem, namely that stars can't suddenly appear. There are two possible issues, depending on the context of when the song...