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Foo Fighters: Best of You

I’ve got another confession to make
I’m your fool
Everyone’s got their chains to break
Holdin’ you
Would you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Are you gone and onto someone new?
I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn’t have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose
My heart is under arrest again
But I break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can’t choose
I swear I’ll never give in
No, I refuse
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
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Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love
You'd die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
I’ve got another confession my friend
I’m no fool
I’m getting tired of starting again
Somewhere new

            The Foo Fighter Best of You makes me think of Anna and how Jim gets the best of her leaving her abused and tired. Jim is obviously abusive to Anna and the family but she always seems to tolerate it. She continues her womanly duties and only on rare occasions speaks out. When Jim rapes Anna I think he took more from her than he had ever taken. Not only did he cause a miscarriage but he completely degraded a woman that loves him. She had invested her life into being a good mother and to going with Jim wherever he lead them. Mr. Cladwell even states she is educated so we know she may have had more options. I think it’s also clear that she just loved him and did believe in him despite his failures and abuse. The lyrics “has someone taken your faith it’s real the pain you feel the life the love you’d die to heal” really keys in on that “taken” feeling she must have felt after Jim raping her. “I’m no fool, I’m getting tired of starting again, somewhere new” points out how worn out Anna must feel. She is used and abused but she’s not an idiot. She is aware of what’s going on and is exhausted and tired. She wants to be happy and back to the way that her family was at one point.