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cedertra t1_iy6cccd wrote

Reply to comment by Gh0st36 in You're so vain by Carly Simon is about the person she's saying probably thinks the song is about them by JohnnyOTJ

I don't think you get it: the line "you probably think this song is about you" of kind of dumb, because it IS about them, which makes them not vain for thinking that.

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TheBestMePlausible t1_iy6gi0c wrote

I don’t think you get it. That’s part of the song. Part of the vibe. The singer/lyricist is well aware of the irony, the bitterness, the contradiction.

That said, apparently there are at least three different people it could be about, and maybe it’s not about any of them. But they would all likely think it is.

It probably is though. i’m pretty sure the lyric is meant to be ironic.

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QutieLuvsQuails t1_iy7rsnv wrote

There’s absolutely no way the song is about one single person. It’s about all the self centered people who think everything is about them.

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