Who Knew?! Songs With Surprising Meanings Part 2
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Kendra Koger
Semisonic – “Closing Time”
The song that you play at the end of the night to let everyone know that you don’t have to go home, but you gotta get the *bleep* outta here!
But while most people thought that the song was about the horrible moment when the bar closes, the light comes on and you see your equals, it’s actually about child birth.
Dan Wilson, the band’s lead singer, wanted to celebrate his newborn, but didn’t want it to be cheesy. So he wrote this song essentially saying: “Hey baby, time for you to be delivered!”
Telltale lyrics: “Time to go out to the places that you will be from / Closing time / It won’t be back open ’til your brothers and your sisters come.”
Awww!
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