03-07-2010, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Originally Posted by paleshadow
To clear it up, changing tense is when you switch between past, present, and future: I went, I will go, I have gone.
Changing person is when you switch between: I, he, she, they.
Stevie definitely does both, but I don't think changing person is as distracting as when she shifts tense. The worst case of her switching tense, that I can think of, is in the demo "Have No Heart". When she sings "She WAS 14 NOW", it should be either "WAS, THEN" or "IS, NOW". OK, that's my Lindsey grammatical gripe.  |
I'm glad others have recognized this. That is my one major gripe about Stevie's lyrics. Some of her confusing lines/verses could be more impactful and accessible if she was more aware of this. It's a glaring weakness in some of her songs.
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