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  Sting Song

   • j********o@***.com
     19/10/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     Two thoughts about the recent Sting song which goes "I'm so happy, that
     I

     can't stop crying." Now, Der Stingle is a clever guy, and I wonder

     whether he's hiding a double meaning. The obvious reading (as just

     rendered) is that the narrator is crying as a result of his great

     happiness, but, if we, in effect, remove the comma, the connotation is

     that despite his great sadness, he is in some sense happy because he
     still

     has the capacity to feel (even sorrow) after his divorce, etc.. Also, to

     me, there is a strong resemblence in the tune to the Who's "Going
     Mobile."

     Gorno