"We've been in each other's pockets our entire lives"
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"We've been in each other's pockets our entire lives" lands like a fond confession with a faint wince inside it. Coming from Robin Gibb, it reads as twin-language: intimacy framed as inevitability, closeness described with the mild claustrophobia of someone who knows affection can also feel like crowding. "In each other's pockets" is a cleverly domestic image, not romantic or grand. Pockets are where you keep essentials and secrets; they are also where someone can end up when there is nowhere else to go. The phrase captures a relationship that is both shelter and constraint.
The specific intent feels twofold: to honor a lifelong bond and to normalize its messiness. Gibb isn't selling a myth of effortless brotherhood or band camaraderie; he's admitting the logistics of a shared life. For the Bee Gees, whose identity was often treated as a single brand rather than three volatile individuals, the line nudges back: we were always entangled, whether we wanted to be or not.
The subtext is dependency, creative and emotional. Being "in each other's pockets" suggests mutual surveillance as much as mutual support: you know what the other is thinking, spending, hiding. In the context of a group built on tight harmonies and tighter family ties, it hints at the unspoken cost of staying that close for that long: no clean exits, no private reinventions, just the constant friction that can either spark songs or scorch relationships.
The specific intent feels twofold: to honor a lifelong bond and to normalize its messiness. Gibb isn't selling a myth of effortless brotherhood or band camaraderie; he's admitting the logistics of a shared life. For the Bee Gees, whose identity was often treated as a single brand rather than three volatile individuals, the line nudges back: we were always entangled, whether we wanted to be or not.
The subtext is dependency, creative and emotional. Being "in each other's pockets" suggests mutual surveillance as much as mutual support: you know what the other is thinking, spending, hiding. In the context of a group built on tight harmonies and tighter family ties, it hints at the unspoken cost of staying that close for that long: no clean exits, no private reinventions, just the constant friction that can either spark songs or scorch relationships.
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| Topic | Brother |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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