Tim Minchin is just like a great big bundle of awesomeness. He does comedy songs which never fail to crease me up (Prejudice is one the of greatest works I've ever heard) but this is one of his more serious songs, which was written for an Australian film (which I sadly may never see, due to the fact it's not being released anywhere apart from Australia).
I love the song because, in my opinion, it's so much deeper than most rubbish and cheese that gets people teary eyed. I hate the concept of "depth", it's just too subjective and predictable. For example; teenage whining about how "rain makes it look like the windows are crying". I mean, really, just pass me a bucket.
Being "deep" means being original and creative! At least to me it does. I always get quite offended when people call me "deep" (here, air quotes denote derogatory tone). It's like; "well gee, thanks for telling me I sound like everyone else". I don't know. Maybe this makes me shallow. Well: I'd rather be shallow than a cliche any day, that's for sure.
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