Tom Petty: Refugee Meaning
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Song Released: 1980
Refugee Lyrics
We don't talk too much about it
yeah it ain't no real big secret all the same Somehow we get around it
Listen, it don't really matter to me baby
You believe what you want to believe
You see you don't have...
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Whatever the personal roots of this song, it is a sobering and accurate summation of American culture when it comes to getting put down as an oppressed person or as a fleeing refugee: "It don't really matter to me, everybody's got to fight to be free."
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You don’t have to live in isolation and fear. He is telling his ex-lover to move forward with her life. He has cheated and broken the trust of what they both knew was an intensely connected love.
He, the cheater, feels guilty and tries to justify his cheating by telling her she must have been mistreated in the past. -
I think he's singing about having herpes. They both got it but they move on with their lives.
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You don't have to live your life running away from something.
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Sometimes the fear and dread in our lives hold us back from greatness. When we let go of them we can soar. We are not defined by our past. Discovering we have a place in this world and a job to do we are truly free.
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