Your body is a wonderland...

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Today... Was well eventful or rather a day worth remembering. I guess everyone would agree with me that the minute we heard 'top 10 worst lyrics ever' A LOT of songs must have popped into our heads... but the information that we were about to hear totally threw us off balance. The minute the words 'Your Body is a Wonderland' were uttered every ones reaction was 'NO!!!!'

It seemed almost impossible that, that one song by John Mayer that was universally liked happened to Appear on that list. Well actually I guess the minute we heard 'Your Body is a Wonderland' the memorizing tune of the song and the romantic voice of John Mayer's is what came first to mind, after having being reassured that it had appeared on that LIST for purely LYRICAL reasons and not MUSICAL. None the less it seemed like a heart breaking task for most to critically sit and rip that hear felt song to pieces.

Frankly I don't know how i managed to even come up with a criticism for that one. By the end of the 2 hours of class I was honestly a little surprised and A LOT shocked with myself. Nothing bad I guess to criticize some thing when your being asked to but I hadn't in my wildest dreams Imagined that it would be that particular song. OK I guess I'm over exaggerating that a wee bit too much. After having rather successfully managed to survive being jumped at, every time my hand went up or I opened my mouth to voice my opinion about the lyric (no offence meant just a description).

I began to wonder whether my absolutely negative out look to the lyric had been completely justified. I guess not!! The drive on the way home got me thinking.... a couple of points I came up with were

• No matter how the lyric read, for someone to write a hear felt song and trying to express his (as in case of the song) to someone he perhaps Loves is definitely not easy. I mean personally I struggle to write an apology letter, can't even begin to imagine writing a love letter , let alone a song for someone I probably love.

• I also suppose that taking into consideration that some of the lines do have a very umm.... a different choice of words used to express his feeling, it actually shows a lot of originality on the part of the lyricist. Something you don't see too often. I mean how many time have we heard a Hindi song with the same words just put into a different sequences and different tunes from movie to movie and wonder 'WHERE'S THE ORIGINALITY PEOPLE!!'

• But one point from that morning that I still hold onto is the fact that the person still seems a little confused and is trying to put down almost all of his feelings into one song which does majorly contribute to the slight disconnect between lines in the song.

So after all this I actually feel that putting this song into the list for the top 10 worst lyrics is kind of harsh. I mean sure it's no Sonnet, with women with hair as golden as the sun and lips as red as roses but the song definitely has its own style and originally. And frankly its something we in the post-modern era can relate to , after all ,those sonnets were written eons ago. I mean how much of it will be applicable today. John Mayer's lyric gives a slighter newer and fresher perspective into the whole matter of Love.Well I don't what you guys feel after reading this. I guess reading the lyrics one more time would help us decide whether it needs to be in the list for the top 10 worst lyrics or not.

Here's the Lyrics:

We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
Discover me
Discovering you

One mile to every inch of
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and
Your bubblegum tongue

And if you want love
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while

Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland

Something 'bout the way your hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and
Though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head hit the bed
Without my hand behind it

you want love?
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while

Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland

Damn baby
You frustrate me
I know you're mine all mine all mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes

Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonderland