| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Maynard, perhaps like many people trying to recover from their past suffering, seems to seek out others that have suffered ("the wounded") in the hope that they might be capable of fathoming the depths of his pain. But instead, he finds that even these people are "oblivious" to his pain and his complexity and "don't see me at all." "Threw you the obvious" refers to indirectly testing someone's personality or capability by doing something simple and gauging the person's reaction -- in this case, Maynard somehow tested others' capability to empathise with him, and found that apparently they couldn't understand something that should be obvious for someone with their background. Perhaps what has really happened is that Maynard repeatedly sought out girlfriends from whatever crazy underground scenes that he is part of, girls who Maynard thought have suffered like he has. Maybe these girlfriends eventually got tired of all the issues he had, or his attitude, or his ego, and they left him. And then Maynard blamed them for not being able to understand him, whereas the truth is that they just couldn't take him. Perhaps sometimes people who have certain issues cannot solve them by being around others with the same issues? Or perhaps the girlfriends that Maynard found were absorbed with their own tragedies, just like he was with his own. I think what Maynard really needs is to take a trek to Tibet and see the Dalai Lama, and sit in nature for a while. Or maybe just exercise, eat better, and sleep better, go hiking every day, get himself some happier friends and a good counselor. Rather than dwelling in his misery. |
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| Yo La Tengo – Madeline Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Maybe Madeline has left home and is not coming home, or maybe she has run away, and the narrator (her younger sister?) is waiting for her to recover from her "fog" (depression/confusion?) and come back and see her. Or perhaps Madeline has some mental problem -- like she got injured and is in the hospital in a coma or in a ward, and the narrator is waiting for her to return to her senses. These lines show that the narrator is waiting for Madeline's mind to return to normal: "If the fog should ever lift, Come back and see me, Madeline "When the wind has caught your sails, Come back and see me Madeline" Note that the narrator says "if the fog should *ever* lift" and not "when the fog lifts." It's as if the narrator thinks it may never happen. "Madeline, after a while, They found your photo in a drawer" Sounds like people found a photo while going through her stuff and cleaning up her place. But when do other people clean up a person's place and find the stuff she left behind? When a person leaves home for a long time -- e.g., when someone passes away or is in the hospital indefinitely, or when a child goes off to college or runs away from home. Perhaps the photo where the narrator "caught you standing in a door" has to do with her leaving home -- in the doorway, about to leave. "When you were asked if we were sisters, You replied you weren't sure" Perhaps Madeline cannot remember who the narrator is (due to some mental problem). Or perhaps Madeline intentionally did not want to acknowledge the narrator as her sister out of anger or arguments they had, and ran away from home for the same reason. "Will you always keep me waiting? Somehow I'm running out of time" Perhaps the narrator is getting older, is losing hope in Madeline returning, and is moving on with her life... |
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| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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