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Is it ironic that this song isn't ironic...?

The type of irony that Alanis Morissette is referring to is situational irony. This is when the outcome of a situation is different or the opposite of what one might expect. For instance, one blog uses this real-life example to demonstrate situational irony: in 2022, the University of British Columbia had to reschedule its annual snowball fight...because there was too much snow. What this song describes is a long list of unfortunate coincidences. It arguably contains not a single example of irony, which may be the greatest irony at all. So, is this song a disaster, or is it a stroke of genius? You decide.
LYRICS
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic, don't you think?
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought it, it figures

Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought "Well isn't this nice"

And isn't it ironic, don't you think?
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought it, it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face
A traffic jam when you're already late
A "No Smoking" sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife

And isn't it ironic, don't you think?
A little too ironic, and yeah I really do think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take

And who would've thought it, it figures
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
LYRICS (FIXED)
Just rewrite the whole thing, honestly.
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