Real Meaning
by a-ha

Album: Foot of the Mountain (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • Guitarist and principal songwriter Paul Waaktaar-Savoy said in publicity materials that this song was a happy accident. He explained that the idea came to him spontaneously when he called home from Russia and was greeted by his answering machine. Waaktaar-Savoy added laughing, "As a joke I started singing away and this song fell out. I meant every word, though."

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