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Cant Feel My Face Meaning

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Can’t Feel My Face is the most heard song on the radio at the moment, according to Billboard. The Weeknd’s upbeat song is heard all across the nation. Here in Orange County, every time you turn the radio on, the song is played on one or almost every radio channel you turn to. With technology advances now and with iTunes Radio, this song plays on channels there as well. We sing along to this song and we do not realize it at times. When hearing this song at first, you’d think it was about a toxic relationship between two lovers. But if you truly listen to the song and focus, the true meaning behind the lyrics is the love addiction for Cocaine not a toxic relationship between two people.
At the beginning of the song, “And I know she’ll be the death …show more content…

Your first thought is the love between the couple is toxic and lethal yet, he cannot resist his partner. But, really it is a reference to Cocaine. Cocaine is given a female voice. He uses personification by bringing the drug to life, where it can communicate with him and become part of his life. He knows that this “girl” meaning, Cocaine is going to be the death of him. While in use of Cocaine he gets numb. “But at least we’ll both be beautiful and stay forever young/ This I know, (yeah) this I know” (3-4). You say again, that he is singing about how the love is so very satisfying. But he is actually meaning that his desire for this young and beautiful woman makes him feel good. He feels as if he is invincible when he has her. Even though he seems to be aware of the consequences that come with feeling young and beautiful; with the use of Cocaine. “She told me, ‘Don’t worry about it.’/ She told me, ‘Don’t worry no more.’/ We both knew we can’t go without it/ She told me you’ll

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