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"Fatal" lyric question

CG49089CG49089 Posts: 109
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In the opening to "Fatal", Eddie sings: " How good is he, how warm are his eyes, you'll see, it's not a reprise."

The word reprise confuses me a little there, and I was wondering if anyone here could help me make some sense out of it.

I understand that the word reprise means to revisit, but I have a hard time fitting it into context here.

Beautiful song.

Thanks.



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    CopperTomCopperTom Posts: 2,990
    The song was originally called Plato. Seems to be philosophical questions to me.
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    darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,478
    The answer's in Play-Doh.
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    Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,752
    Reprise means repeat. I take this lyric as "How good is he? How warm are his eyes? You'll notice that that warmth doesn't repeat." He's warm when he wants to be. Maybe I'm wrong but I've always taken this song as a person attracted to/ dating someone that's unavailable (married). And they don't realize it. Just my guess
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    LiveAtLeedsLiveAtLeeds Posts: 141
    I think it's written from the perspective of someone who's partner is having an affair. The reprise bit meaning the warmth from the person his lover his having an affair with won't be there like it is from the singer.
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    Red MosqitoRed Mosqito Posts: 1,229
    If we could only see more threads like this one! Threads where we actually discuss what hopefully brought us all here in the first place...the music of Pearl Jam and not all the merchandise crap that people want reissued because they missed out on it the first time around.
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    shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,783
    Red Mosqito said:

    If we could only see more threads like this one! Threads where we actually discuss what hopefully brought us all here in the first place...the music of Pearl Jam and not all the merchandise crap that people want reissued because they missed out on it the first time around.

    Haha! So what's your interpretation of the lyric then?
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    shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,783
    I think "you'll see it's not a reprise" means that the story about to be told in this song (fatal) is not one that has been told previously. This one has a different ending
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    davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Stone wrote this one? weird and haunting at the same time
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    cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,640
    And who put April in mayo? That sounds like a mess.
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    darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,478
    Red Mosqito said:

    If we could only see more threads like this one! Threads where we actually discuss what hopefully brought us all here in the first place...the music of Pearl Jam and not all the merchandise crap that people want reissued because they missed out on it the first time around.

    I do believe there's a whole forum dedicated to discussing PJ's music.
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    Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,752
    darthvedder said:

    Red Mosqito said:

    If we could only see more threads like this one! Threads where we actually discuss what hopefully brought us all here in the first place...the music of Pearl Jam and not all the merchandise crap that people want reissued because they missed out on it the first time around.

    I do believe there's a whole forum dedicated to discussing PJ's music.
    Great story
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    hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,869
    Maybe it.means his look is original and sincere, I not a reproduced, regurgitated response out of habit. Hence reprise
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,543
    Fuck me, I always thought it was "reprisal".
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    WhyNotSwedenWhyNotSweden Sweden Posts: 4,266
    cp3iverson said:

    And who put April in mayo? That sounds like a mess.

    At 2.39 you got it.....
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    23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,509
    darthvedder said:

    Red Mosqito said:

    If we could only see more threads like this one! Threads where we actually discuss what hopefully brought us all here in the first place...the music of Pearl Jam and not all the merchandise crap that people want reissued because they missed out on it the first time around.

    I do believe there's a whole forum dedicated to discussing PJ's music.
    i agree..
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