Comparing 2 sonhs Part 2 Not Allowed by TV Girl and Oh Ana by Mother Mother
April 5, 2022
Hello my name is Alex and I will be comparing and contrasting 2 songs. 1 being Not Allowed by TV Girl and the second being Oh Ana Mother Mother. Before we start I will say there is a trigger warning for both these songs.
First lets look at Not Allowed by TV Girl. The lyrics are as follows:
Now you suck
We wanna talk about sex but we’re not allowed
Well, we may not like it but you better learn how
‘Cause it’s your turn now
Boy, you’re wasting your tongue with lame excuses and lies
So how should I begin this?
I guess it started when you were with him
And how he never even took you out to dance
But did he fuck with any rhythm?
But now he’s playing with your head
But did he ever make you cum?
Did he ever make you cry?
Do the wires in your mind get sewn together
Rubbed and severed by the heat
You don’t know how long I could stare into your picture
And wish that it was me
I guess it’s different ’cause you love him
But I’ve got an interactive
Sick and twisted imagination
And that’s gotta count for something
We wanna talk about sex but we’re not allowed
Well, you may not like it but you’d better learn how
‘Cause it’s your turn now
You’re wasting your tongue with lame excuses and lies
Get your face between my thighs
I dreamt I was standing in your doorstep
Licking sweat off of your forehead
With your finger in my mouth
And the sound when leather jackets hit the ground
You should hear when you’re not around
When it’s just us horny poets
Who can’t wait to write it down
Swear we were only being being honest
Do you like these little sonnets
‘Cause I wrote them just for you
How quickly they turn sour
So be careful who you screw
And never call
And I’m starting to suspect
You don’t intend to do anything you say at all
We wanna talk about sex but we’re not allowed
Well, we may not like it but you’d better learn how
‘Cause it’s your turn now
You’re wasting your tongue with lame excuses and lies
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
All by himself, sittin’ alone
I hope we’re still friends, yeah, I hope you don’t mind
As we can see it is about a girl being used and only thought abit for her body. It is manipulation at it’s finest. She is trying to remain to her morals but as she gets manipulated her morals become foggy. She would do anything for this guy.
Now let us look at Oh Ana by Mother Mother. These are the lyrics:
I’ll be God
I’ll be God
I’ll be God
I’ll be God, today
Hold my head under the bath and breathe away
Slit my wrists and watch that blood evaporate
Being this Godly can’t be good for Ana’s safety, Ana hear me
I’ll play God
I’ll play God
I’ll play God
I’ll play God, today
Ante up and play that God a poker game
Walk away with all our little God’s spare change
Playing this God it can’t be good for Ana’s safety, Ana hear me
Oh, Ana, I’ll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn’t kill
I’ll fake God
I’ll fake God
I’ll fake God
I’ll fake God today
Hop up on a cloud and watch the world decay
Ana on my shoulders and we’ll laugh away
Faking this God it can’t be good for Ana’s safety
Ana hear me, Ana baby, I’m not crazy
Oh Ana, oh Ana, oh Ana
I’ll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn’t kill
Kill, kill, kill, kill
Oh Ana, I’ll be with you still
You are the angel that I couldn’t kill
Ana, I’ll be with you still
You are the angel that
I couldn’t kill
I couldn’t kill
I couldn’t kill
I couldn’t kill
No, I couldn’t kill
No, I couldn’t kill
No, I couldn’t kill, Ana
Oh, Ana
As we can see This song follows a boy who is obessive with this girl Ana. He would do anything for her. It does not matter what. At this end of this song we Ana being threatened then the guy regretting his words and knowing he could never kill her. Yet he does not tell her this. She was being manipulated and forced into a relationship.
As we look at both songs, they both sow manipulation and cruelity. It shows the amount of struggling they all have o go through. It shows the idea that manipulation happens more often then you think. In conclusion, Both songs show manipulation yet in different ways.