HIVE OPEN MIC #WEEK 167 Dido - Life for rent (Cover) @ Samgolden

I will be doing a cover by Dido - life for rent

“Life For Rent” is a song that is full of emotions and deep thoughts. The song is about a person who feels like they are just a part of the world, and everything that surrounds them is temporary.

As a result, they feel a sense of detachment from everything and everyone around them. In this article, we will explore the meaning behind Dido’s “Life For Rent” and what inspired her to write this song.

The substance is in the writing. She explains the meaning of the metaphor in the first lyric (“I haven’t ever really found a place that I call home/I never stick around quite long enough to make it.”) It’s also working on both levels – literal and figurative. Literal being, she changes her home month by month.

With her each month, brings new changes she has to adjust to and pay for. She confesses that she has let go of her dreams to live a quiet life by the sea. But notes sadly that there is nothing there to stop her. Hence, her life is for rent.

In the chorus, she builds upon the metaphor by singing: “if my life is for rent/and I don’t learn to buy/well I deserve nothing more than I get/cos nothing I have is truly mine.” Her reference to a past romantic relationship mentioned in the first verse plays a role in the chorus, too.

If she doesn’t actually take the time to get to know someone and be with them, then she doesn’t have a right to say that person is hers. In the second verse, she examines herself.

She admits she doesn’t up easily (“if my heart is a shield/and I won’t let it down”) and that she doesn’t try, either. However, she knows that she’s not really living then (“Well how can I say I’m alive.”) She ends the single repeating ” cos nothing I have is truly mine.” Without any music behind the lyrics, she is hopeless and has stopped caring.

"Life For Rent"

I haven't ever really found a place that I call home
I never stick around quite long enough to make it
I apologize that once again I'm not in love
But it's not as if I mind that your heart ain't exactly breaking
It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine

I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea
To travel the world alone and live more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
'Cause there's really nothing left here to stop me
It's just a thought, only a thought

If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well, how can I say I'm alive?

If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
If my life is for rent
And I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine

'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine
'Cause nothing I have is truly mine

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