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There before the grace of you go I?

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IHateMeganFox (Age:18 to 24)     When: 5 months ago
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This is in Kathy's Song by Simon and Garfunkel. Just wondering if someone can explain what it means to me? Thanks!


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DeepBlue
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5 months ago
It's a play on the common phrase "there but for the grace of god go I", which means that were it not for god looking out for you your fate would be the same as someone less fortunate.

And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I

So in the context of the song he is saying that were it not for the love of the woman he is singing about he would as lost as a drop of rain. Hope that helps. Good song.

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  • Blobb
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    5 months ago
    Bad grammar for:
    I walk -in front / in the light of- -your grace / gracious firgure / graciousness.

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    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      Hmmmm.
 

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    Anonymous User
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    Anonymous User
    5 months ago
    Google that sh*t. Also, it appears to be "there but for" not before. link

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    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      Cool.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      That's really bad logic.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      And I wasn't rude, I was telling google that it can kiss my ass. Last time I checked Google has no feelings.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      Bye sir goldgunsgirls.
    • 5 months ago
      Lol, for the record QA, you were the one who started out by saying "Google can kiss my ass."

      To be honest though I don't think I belong in this conversation. I feel awkward now. I'm gonna back out slowly...
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      And thank you for your sarcasm and pure rudeness.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      Thank you too. Great use of our time here.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      I don't care and I don't care to discuss it now with you. Thank you and goodbye.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      Nothing is wrong with google but it can kiss your ass? What was the point of this little interchange?
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      Nothing is wrong with Google. Don't feel like starting an argument. Thanks bye.
    • 5 months ago
      >I learn more from people than from Google
      >People are just idiots
      ...

      Anyway, QA, there's nothing wrong with Google. Just because you couldn't find ONE song on the Internet doesn't mean the Internet doesn't have almost every single song there is. Google is just a way of finding things on the Internet. I mean, how did you find this website even? Almost everyone on here found this site through Google.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      Whatever you say.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      It really isn't obscure, but people are just idiots.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      good for you for finding obscure music.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      It's true dude.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      facepalm. okay.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      That is true sometimes. Sometimes they don't have the songs AT ALL. There was one song that I'm pretty sure you've never heard of, and I looked everywhere. Google, Youtube, music sites. NOTHING. Not even the lyrics. So I was like F*** THIS.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      while I do agree that google translate is not the best way to learn a language, the search engine can be useful for finding websites to tell you useful stuff. and just random stuff you're wondering. like the meaning of song lyrics.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      I mean they're the ones who know how to speak proper Spanish dammit.
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      Because it doesn't tell me anything. I learn more from Mexicans on the street than I do google.
    • Answerer
      5 months ago
      Why's that?
    • Question Asker
      5 months ago
      Google can kiss my ass.
 
   
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