What Justin Bieber lyric would you consider ahead of its time?
Song: Been You (2015)
Reason: The song came out at a time before a wave of apology songs where the artists who try to frame themselves as in the wrong fail to do so because it’s nothing more than a notion, without actually knowing that they’re wrong. And when Justin says his notion is “Deep as the ocean” he really means that it isn’t a notion at all and is instead an epiphany after realizing everything he did wrong. “A notion as deep as the ocean” is Justin’s way of saying that he opened his eyes and realized what really happened in the midst of his failed relationship, and when other artists tried to write songs about being in the wrong, they are always going about it in the sense that they don’t know that they’re in the wrong and are actively questioning whether or not it’s their fault, which is a really shallow notion once you take a good glimpse into it. And with this song, Justin is making it clear that he is 100% in the wrong and that it is more than just a notion. But then again, that’s just how I see the lyric. You may not see it this way and that’s okay.