One Week by Barenaked Ladies

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A quick summary of what’s going on here; the protagonist knows that he messed up with his girl, but he doesn’t want to admit it yet so he waits it out. The rap verses were recorded by Ed Robertson just spur of the moment, they’re just a bunch of pop culture references. The only people who don’t like this song are generally people who take themselves too seriously. At the same time, for the serious people, we can spin this and say all the random pop culture references is the protagonist’s mind trying to find a solution before the days are up. The panicking causes the protagonist to just spill everything in his mind, and the fact that it’s mostly pop culture references tells you: The protagonist is a pretty lazy and clumsy boyfriend from all the quotes said by the girlfriend and the consistent messing up. He isn’t even aware since his “mind” is on his “sleeve”. A commentary on American media; how it makes Americans lazy and take “off my shirt” – “Sailor moon… Anime Boobs… make me think the wrong thing”, hmmmmm? Domestic violence is also referred to; “Five days since you tackled me”, so American media may cause domestic violence. But again, this is in order to persuade the serious people, as it should be noted to all those serious people that “I’m the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral”.