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Newguest  #366156  Wed, 16 May 07 08:49 PM

Hi

"Bones are sinking like stones
All that we fall for
Homes places we've grown
All of us are done for

And we live in a beautiful world (yeah we do yeah we do)
We live in a beautiful world"

What does it mean, in this context, "All of us are done for"

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Marius Hancu  #366160  Wed, 16 May 07 08:54 PM
done for   

1 : irretrievably lost or mortally stricken : DOOMED <when we saw the explosion we thought he was done for>

2 : left with no effective power and no capacity or opportunity for recovery : DOWN-AND-OUT <defeat in this election would mean he was done for, his career at an end>

3 : sunk in defeat : WASHED-UP, BEATEN <you know, it may come out any day, and then we're done for -- George Meredith> <if this country ever runs out of people who don't like to be pushed around, we are done for -- Elmer Davis>

4 : relegated to the discard <the impression that the old, great, simple books are declassed, passé, dated, outmoded, done for -- J.C.Powys>

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