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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: A line in "Maybe Not" has the Dutch curse "donder maar op". roughly translated to "Fuck off", so it triples as both a [[Precision F-Strike]] and [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].

** It also is [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the next line:

* [[Brick Joke]]: "I'd buy you a fur coat but not a real fur coat, that's cruel." In the next verse, they sing "I'd buy you a green dress, but not a real green dress, [[Brick Joke|that's cruel]]."

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: "Great Provider".

* [[Captain Obvious]]: "If I had $1000000...I'd be rich." Despite the obvious Canadian currency jokes in the 90s, one million in Canadian was still worth a lot. Nowadays it's almost exactly as much as a million American dollars, and often more than that in the years since the 2009 recession.

* [[Celebrity Is Overrated]]: "Celebrity".

Be happy that they've made you a celebrity" }}

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Before ''Maroon'', the main BnL studio albums predominantly consisted of comical (or at least tongue-in-cheek) songs with one or two serious tracks thrown in for good measure. From ''Maroon'' onward, the amount of down-tempo [[Serious Business]] in each album has increased.

* [[Intercourse with You]]: A few rare depressing examples including "In the Car" (a song about two people having sex despite no emotional connection) and "Conventioneers" (about a man sleeping with a co-worker and regretting it afterward).

** Then there's "In The Drink".

* [[Ironic Echo]] / [[Meaningful Echo]]: The line "You're the last thing on my mind" in the song "Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel" goes from meaning "I'm not thinking about you" to something completely different by the end of the song.

** The titular line, 'It's all been done,' may be this as well, with the final repetitions of the phrase being literal if the subjects of the song are reminiscing at the end of time.

** If I had a million dollars

[[It's Fake Fur, It's Fine|(But not a real fur coat that's cruel)]] }}

** The titular line to "Half a Heart" goes from "even someone who barely cares would help me" to "even someone who doesn't care would hurt me" in each chorus.

** "In the Drink". An easy-going, jazzy little song in which Jim Creeggan declares, "I want to drink your blood".

** The king of this must be "I'll Be That Girl", a rather bouncy song about pining over an overly self-absorbed person, and what he'd do if he were her.

And If I had a gun, [[Spurned Into Suicide|there'd be no tomorrow]]" }}

** ''Alcohol'' is an upbeat little ditty about [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|alcohol]]. It's also an upbeat little ditty about alcohol''ism''.

* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: Discussed in "Box Set".

* [[Only Sane Man]]: "Get in Line" wavers back and forth between this and total [[Paranoia Fuel]].

* [[Overly Long Name]]: Ed's full name is Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson. He claims that he came by this name as the result of a bet his father made.

* [[Perverse Sexual Lust]]: Surprisingly in One Week:

* [[The Pete Best]]: Andy Creeggan, who left before they got big because he wanted to continue his education and felt uncomfortable in the band.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: A group strike at the end of "Go Home".

*** Could even be [[Time Travel]].

** More notably, "When You Dream". It's practically an ode to this.

And when it is closed, he already knows, he's forgotten all he knew before" }}

* [[Protest Song]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] in "Helicopters".