Simplicity...Love and Wit.

"Birds"
She was waiting at the station
He was getting off the train
He didn't have a ticket
So he had to bum through the barriers again
Well the ticket inspector saw him rushing through
He said "girl you don't know how much I missed you but
We'd better run 'cause I haven't got the funds to pay this fine."
She said "fine"
Well so they ran out of the station and jumped onto a bus
With two of yesterdays travel cards and two bottles of bud
And he said "you look well nice"
Well she was wearing a skirt
And he thought she looked nice
And yes, she didn't really care about anything else'
Cause she only wanted him to think that she looked nice
And he didBut he was looking at her, yeah all funny in the eye
She said "come on boy tell me what you're thinking
Now don't be shy."
He said alright, "I'll tryAll the stars up in the sky
And the leaves in the trees
All the broken bits that make you jump up
And grassy bits in between
All the matter in the world is how much I like you."
She said "what?"
He said "let me try and explain again
"Right, birds can fly so highAnd they can shit on your head
And they can almost fly into your eye
And make you feel so scared.
But when you look at them
And you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about youRight birds can fly so high
And they can shit on your head,
And they can almost fly into your eye
And make you feel well scared
But when you look at them
And you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about you
Yeah that's how I feel about you."
She said "what?"
He said "you"
She said "what are you talking about?"
He said "you"Right birds can fly so high
And they can shit on your head
And they can almost fly into your eye
And make you feel so scared.
But when you look at them
And you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about youRight birds can fly so high
And they can shit on your head
And they can almost fly into your eyeAnd make you feel well scared.
But when you look at them
And you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about you
Right, that's how I feel about you
She said "thanks, I like you too"
He said "cool"

Again, I'm going to use another song by Kate Nash to explain wit. I just thought it was really interesting how she did this...it's really facinating how she turned an ordinary topic of an exchange between two people who are attracted to one another and used how ordinarily they would admit this in comparison to a witty way in which the guy decides to admit this feelings. This is both ironic and different in the way in which she takes this oridinary topic and presents it in a different way uncommon to how it is usually done in society.
The first way Nash does this is the way she starts off by presenting the guy and how he arrived to see her but does not have his ticket so instead of greeting her fondly, they have to run away from the ticketmaster. The reader/listener can tell that she is not happy with this because she uses the reply of "fine" (which, of course, is a sign that it is obviously not 'fine' in the eyes of the lady here...men often do not realize that this word is a large indicator that a female is not happy...again, ironic here because Kate actually acknowledges this and somewhat mocks the guy for misunderstanding).
"Well so they ran out of the station and jumped onto a bus
With two of yesterdays travel cards and two bottles of bud" --> Ok, so Nash is very clever here because she uses a common situation but intertwines symbols (so that the reader does not necesserily pick up these symbols) in her song. The "station" here is something sedentary, not changing..yet there are always different people coming and going. This is important because the couple "jumped onto a bus" together...the next stage in their relationship. Interesting how a bus is a way of escape and is fast-moving...forshadowing here too? It seems from the second line here that their past together is something they hold on to and is about to blosson because she uses the word "bud" to show what was in their past. Cleverly, buds blossem...forshadowing their future relationship, maybe. It is quite clear that after this, she is in love with him as well because the speaker gives us an omnicsent perspective of the female character and the reader realizes that she values the guy's opinion and wants him to like her.
The guy begins to explain how he feels about the girl by comparing her to birds and different aspects of nature. The comical and ironic part here is that the reader would not expect the guy to be so poetic or metaphorical because he is the one who "escapes" to see the girl. The girl, on the other hand, pretends (or maybe really does not know) what the guy is talking about (which is the ironic part because again, she seems to be very alert and selective as to what to say to the guy). The interesting thing here is that afterwards, she replies (assuming she was only pretending to be ignorant) to state bluntly (after the guy's intricate and beautiful description of his love) by simply saying, "thanks, i like you too".
What is the purpose for Nash to present such a situation? Well, regardless of how either one of these two lovers explains...essentially, they both like each other. Whether they put it in metaphorical and beautiful poetry or just state it bluntly, the matter is essentially that they are in love. It's just that simple. It seems Nash wants to present how often people complicate matters when it comes to their emotions because they simply can not express themselves...although no matter how they do it, it's still a powerful feeling they need to tell the other person.