Stick with me here, as I even feel a little off posting the word "bondage" on this site, but it's for a good reason. At least, it's a newsworthy reason? Just read it, it's about Portal and how GLaDOS wishes to die and be "free" from her constraints.
I think she’s been reviving Chell’s clones over and over and over ’till one of the Chells can get it right and finally knock the eyes off of GlaDOS and free her from her bondage of this giant body the humans put her in originally. I think GlaDOS has simply wanted to be free this whole time, and killed off the original inhabitants of the Aperture Science Lab in order to further this goal. They certainly wouldn’t let her mess with Chell, pushing her to the limits to “destroy� the prison that GlaDOS has been suffering in this whole time if they were around, now, would they?Wow. I mean, wow! Oh, but it doesn't end there. No sirs, the "Still Alive" song is then ripped apart to find its hidden meaning.
As this chorus refrain ends, I’m left with the distinct impression that she is sad that she is still alive. It doesn’t end on a high note. She is decidedly not exhilarated. If she was excited at being “still alive� she should be shouting it from the rooftops, as much as GlaDOS is capable of shouting. It is completely downbeat and quiet. If it were a music video the camera would be pulling out on her hanging alone in a completely blank white room, pulling out further and further every time she says “still alive� giving the impression that she is alone and miserable in her solitary existence.Can't a game just be a game for being a game's sake?

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