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SwarthyWalnuts t1_izcy7yv wrote

Reply to comment by soniclettuce in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch

Or the lyricist is just reiterating the gifts received on previous days.

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soniclettuce t1_izczg67 wrote

That would be a pretty weird way to use the word "and".

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SwarthyWalnuts t1_izdsekz wrote

Not if it’s simply a list of gifts given in prior days. I’ve always interpreted each verse as two separate thoughts: a gift given on a certain day followed by a listing of all prior gifts. I think this is plausible due to many of the singers’ renditions of this song vocally drawing out the current days gift, sometimes followed by a brief pause, and then running straight through the list of past gifts, as if keeping track or running tally.

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