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anonymous
September 23rd, 2006 02:07PM
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In my opinion, this song is about a most-likley young, naive boy who saw the world from an optimistic point of view because he had never felt pain. Then he fell for a girl who didn't fall back, causing him to realize the world isn't as perfect as he had thought:
"gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth.
Only, I don't know how they got out, dear.
Turn me back into the pet that I was when we met.
I was happier then with no mind-set."
meaning he hadn't expierienced pain before this girl. When he met her he was clueless, but still in the back of his mind knew that the world wasnt as perfect as his life was. He is saying he liked it better when he didn't know.
"and if you'd 'a took to me like
a gull takes to the wind.
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree
and i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well. "
if the girl had liked him as much as he liked her, he would have been able to leave his sheltered life but become even more happy then he was before because he was in love.
"new slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries.
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony.
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall,
never should have called
but my head's to the wall and I'm lonely."
wants this girl to keep on living her life as he did, and hopes when she finally realizes life isn't what she thinks it is she is old and won't have to live with that mind-set much longer. Also, he probably called her drunkenly or something and he knows he shouldnt have because he wants her to be happy and move on with her life, but he can't avoid how lonley he is without her.
"i'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find.
Without a trust or flaming fields am I too dumb to refine?"
he wants to be able to live a happy life again but is afraid he won't be able to, being not smart enough to improve his new take on life.
anonymous
November 25th, 2006 10:36AM
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I think this song is about someone who is just sick of their hometown. We've all felt it. We've all wanted to just escape and find new places and find ourselves. The song does tie into the movie Garden State and that's why it is such a big part of the movie. Natalie Portman even refers to it as life-changing. Anyway,
The speaker feels like he is stuck in his hometown and thinking about an old lover.
"Never should have called but my head's to the wall and I'm lonely"
He is bored and lonely in his town and so he calls up someone that he probably shouldn't have called. The chorus continues saying that if this old friend/lover had responded positively to his call, he would have been really happy.
"I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find"
Maybe the speaker sees this old friend/lover with someone new or he/she has moved on with their life and done better things and he is somewhat jealous but mostly just longing to do the same.
That's just my vague interpretation. Any thoughts?
anonymous
June 30th, 2009 01:38AM
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I agree..sounds like the guy tried to make it right with hopes and the girl was finished trying so he was bitter and wanted to just let himself forget his pain and leave the town that reminded him of it.....
"And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree
And i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well."
he apparently called her and make things right and it turned into a huge blow up mistake:
"Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall,
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely."
