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Are You Serious, 2106
Written by Andrew Bird and Dan Wilson
The album was written after Bird got married and this song seems to be (if I were to hazard I guess; it's certainly not clear) about his moment of decision upon meeting the bride to be. Bird's virtuosity, his great voice, and his erudite lyrics make him a favorite of mine. I cannot resist a song that gets as playful with words as this one. "I always was the one / You thought would never marry / Used to be so willfully obtuse, or is the word abstruse? / Semantics like a noose, get out your dictionaries."