days intention

👁 sb70012

sb70012

Senior Member

Born in Iran living in China

Persian

Money isn't what you gotta wait for
It is what you always used to own
After days intention and survival
You meet the starlets living in this town

Thomas Anders - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Source: song lyrics from Thomas Anders (Modern Talking)

Hi,
"days intention" does not make sense to me.
Does it make sense to you?

The singer is German.

Thank you.

👁 owlman5

owlman5

Senior Member

Colorado

English-US

sb70012 said:

Does it make sense to you?

Not much. I assume that Anders omitted the preposition of because it didn't fit the meter of his song: After days (of) intention and survival, you meet the starlets living in this town. = After days of surviving and trying to meet the starlets, you finally meet the starlets who live in this town.

Last edited: Sep 21, 2022

👁 pops91710

pops91710

Senior Member

Chino, California

English, AE/Spanish-Mexico

sb70012 said:

Does it make sense to you?

No, not without owlman5's help. But, you will very often find song lyrics quite often use bad grammar and shortcuts in grammar. I gave up long ago trying to make sense of them.

👁 dojibear

dojibear

Senior Member

Fresno CA

English (US - northeast)

sb70012 said:

Does it make sense to you?

No.

But that is fine. Song lyrics are poetry (expressing emotion and memories, or hinting at things only the author understands).

Song lyrics are not prose, which expresses a meaning. So only prose "makes sense".

Prose follows grammar rules. Poetry does not.

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