“As a country, we may be small, but we are not bystanders. Hipkins said New Zealand must ensure greater economic resilience across its trade markets in a time of global uncertainty, adding its independent foreign policy did not mean a neutral stance. The speech comes about a week after Hipkins’ six-day visit to China, which included meetings with Xi Jinping, where the Chinese President said Beijing had always treated New Zealand as a “friend and partner”. New Zealand will continue to disagree with China on several issues, including human rights, but the path of engagement will be “open and honest”, he said. “A strong, mature and complex relationship means we will have those tough conversations … but I think it’s better to be talking than not,” Hipkins said in a speech at the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. New Zealand has long been seen as a moderate or even absent voice on China in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, which includes the United States and its allies and is carefully managing its relationship with China amid the strategic rivalry between Beijing and Washington. And most of the time, if you look closely enough, can tell that they really don't care with the "slightest crook in the neck or the blink of an eye.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has said New Zealand will continue engagement with China, its largest trading partner, but will disagree with Beijing in areas where it challenges New Zealand’s national interests. People will talk words of kindness and even "sing" them to you, but "you never know where some people will go" or how they really feel about you.
And most of the time, if you look closely enough, can tell that they really don't care with the "slightest crook in the neck or the blink of an eye." Their "kind" comments don't mean a "goddamn thing" He walks off quickly after the comment and you can see that he's not buying people's fake kindness and "sympathetic words."Īll around the video you see imagery of snakes blending into the environment, implying that some people's true sly natures are hidden. In the music video we see him at a mansion, and it opens with an older relative asking him how he's doing. I think it shows how perceptive he is about the people who are real and loving in his life (his wife) and those who are not. "You never know where some people will go I think you guys hit it on the nose about the section about his wife however, I feel like the chorus is talking about the fake people in his life:
Yeah they're singing trough the bright spring leavesĮverybody now, oh oh oh oh oh (sing it loud, sing it loud)įind some other kind of place to go, don't you know They come singing through the window, singing through the trees If there's a bump in the road yeah you fix it,īut tonight you've got me cornered, and I haven't got a place to go Well there's a very obvious difference, and it's that one of us can think Now you're standing in the kitchen, and you're pouring out my drink Yeah they love you when they need you, but someday you're gonna need to They're singing trough the bright spring leaves They come singing through the window, singing through the trees, yeah Yeah they'll talk, yeah they'll even sing
You can listen if you want, you can listen if you don't Well then we'll see what they say and we'll do what they do You can tell by look, by the slightest crook I never wanna hurt you baby, I'm just a mess with a name and a priceĪnd now I'm drunker than before, they told me drinking doesn't make me nice The conversation's moderated by the noisy streets below Well you're wrapped up in a blanket and you're staring at the floor
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