10 Songs Everyone Listens to Without Realizing the Lyrics Ask the Dumbest Questions
Music has the ability to move people. The ability to make them question the world around them. The ability to change the way people think about the world. It's one of the most powerful forces in this world, but sometimes musicians just leave it up to audiences to figure things out for themselves. Well, I'm not having any of that! If a musician is going to ask a question, I want to know what the answer to that question is. Ambiguity and cliffhanging is completely unjustifiable, right?!
This song was aimed toward Paul McCartney essentially asking him exactly what the title of the song is. Paul had called out John Lennon in his own way, so this was John's response. But, the question remains: how do you, Paul McCartney, sleep?! Awaiting the answer has kept me up at night, and that irony is simply too much to handle. What is it Paul–how do you sleep? Are you going to finally answer this question, or are audiences simply going to have to wonder until the end of time?
How am I expected to go on living my life when there's a pussycat out there that Tom Jones wanted to hear some news from, but never got the answer he was looking for? In fact, awaiting that answer has just made me feel like screaming out:
"Woah, woah, Wooooooooooah!"
In all seriousness, this song asked a question that really needed to be answered, still hasn't been and is still worth asking today. What's going on? Why are we all acting the way we are? Why are these awful things always happening in the world? For real, what the f*ck is going on, people?! We need to come together and find the answer to this song before it's too late.
I don't know who Dave Matthews is referring to in this song, but it's really bugging the ever-loving hell out of me not knowing where said person is headed off to. Could you, whoever you are, just please let Dave know so he can join you, since:
"I (Dave Matthews) do know, where you go is where I wanna be"
"C'mon and let me know," so I can let the men of The Clash know whether or not they should stay or they should go. It's a pretty simple freaking question, person this song is being sung for, and they ask it multiple times, so can you just please let them know if they should stay or go, because:
"This indecision's buggin' me!"
This song actually has a pretty direct metaphorical meaning about the ultimate departure of the band with the line:
"Have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day?"
It means they were on top of the charts, but all members of the band were unhappy and depressed in life. However, I'm still unsure if anybody has ever come forward to answer this burning question about precipitation, no matter how metaphorical it may be. "Have you ever seen the rain?" Please let me know your answer (readers).
"Who can it be knocking at my door?"
Right off the top we're left to wonder who's at the lead singer of Men At Work's door, and then he asks multiple times over and over:
"Who can it be now?"
That paired with some sexy-sax is the recipe for a great pop song, but I'm about to lose my mind if I don't find out soon who it was knocking at his door. Is it so hard for him to answer the question and let listeners such as myself know?! Gee whiz.
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
That's not that hard of a question to answer either, but yet the question goes unanswered throughout the song, and since 1969 nobody has been able or willing to answer this question. I'm about to go bonkers trying to decipher what time it is, but then I ask myself:
"Does anybody really care (about time)?"
Now, this song is just ridiculous, because the question could be answered by just about anybody, nay literally everybody. "Who are you?" That's not so hard to answer, is it?! "Who are you?" Can somebody please respond to this, because "I really wanna know!" Please, please, can somebody just answer the question:
"Who the f*ck are you?"
Simultaneously the dumbest and the most thought-provoking question ever is:
"Who let the dogs out?" Why are the dogs out? Who did it? What's happening here?! It's been 15 years since the question was asked, so I think it's time we reopen this cold-case and figure out once and for all:
"Who let the dogs out? (Who, who, who, who?!)"