【the one I love】评论、解析，扒的外站的众网友智慧

this is one of the best faux love songs ever! i love that people think it's a nice song, but i mean, read the lyrics. it's about someone that goes from relationship to relationship, saying he loves them simply to get what he wants before moving on

I think he could be talking to someone he used to love and now he's dismissing his past feelings as a "simple prop to occupy my time", in denial. Or, he could be insulting his former feelings and seeing through them, and seeing what they really were (something to make him happy). In this way, it may be about seeing how he thought it was love, but it was really a search for happiness, or even a quest to quell his boredom.【情歌说】

I read this song as the lament of a person who DOES "love" (in his/ her own fashion) the person to whom (s/he) is singing, but is unable to avoid "keeping busy" in the object's absence. And the lyric change, from "a simple prop" to "another prop," indicates a sort of resignation with the whole situation. perhaps the speaker isn't necessarily -happy- about his/ her behaviors, but is compelled to seek these props nevertheless.
Now, I agree, using the term "love" might be an overstatement... perhaps too much depth of emotion, but perhaps it is "love" as the subject understands it/ is capable of feeling. Further, I certainly wouldn't want to be the object of the speaker's "love," nor would I want to be the prop who keeps him/ her busy.
And why would the speaker need/ want/ use a prop? Narcissism. Inadequacy. Fear (of self, of others). Anger. Validation. Resignation. Some psychotic thought process. Borderline personality disorder. (Perceived) self-defense. Retaliation. It could go on & on...【最靠谱的，也是支持率最高的，倾向于心理和人格分析，有点道理，毕竟乐队叫R.E.M.】


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