| Blue October – She's My Ride Home Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Wow, completely different take on this song than most: I get that the song is completely drowned in sarcasm about an intense relationship that eventually went down in flames: even the fake laughter ('HA HA HA yeah I told you we'd do it')... sounds very sarcastic to me in light of the other phrases about: sharpening knives, hiding the bodies, light the match pour gasoline, licking skin to wipe us clean, driving to leave the past behind, it's getting dark and the highways clear no sign of life from front to rear, etc... sounds kind of lonely. Overall, sounds like he gave up everything for someone out of desperate love (reaching for the stars with you, I swear you'll find I'm your ride home), but it sounds so desperate that eventually all they have left is each other... but not in a good way. It's like the true meaning is hidden behind the musical sound of a real love song. But when you really listen to the lyrics, it doesn't sound like it was a healthy relationship at all, in the least. But that's just my take on it... |
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| Blue October – The Answer Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"There's Zoloft, Welbutrin, there's Paxil that's proven, no side effects. But the rest left unnamed 'cuz they'd work like a charm on me." -- I get the impression that 'the rest unnamed' are the illegal drugs he took to self-medicate for depression. Like in the song 'Drop'. |
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| Blue October – Breakfast After 10 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think you got it right mindhuntress. But I think the part where he says: "I've learned a lot from all these break ups and make ups and fuck ups and fake ups - things that I wish you could comprehend, yeah comprehend..." ...is pretty telling in that this isn't the first break up/make up they've been through together. Like it's a relationship with a lot of games going on. And that instead of just being depressed and wanting her back as usual, he's going to keep living life without her this time. This time is going to be different (or at least he's telling himself that) - and when she calls to get back together again... he's not going to be there waiting for her call. Whether he's still playing the game (by trying to teach her a lesson) or he's really done with her... is hard to say. But I agree with you that it's dripping with sarcasm. |
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| Blue October – Drop Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Meant to add to the above post: ...I wonder if he started suffering from depression around the age of 14 and/or if something significant happened at that age. |
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| Blue October – Drop Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Agreed, this is a song about self-medicating (with LSD) to escape and avoid extreme emotional pain (depression). Does anyone know why Justin repeatedly uses the number 14 in many of his lyrics? He uses that number so frequently it has to have some significance... |
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| Blue October – Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Here's my psycho-analytical summary... which will probably only make sense if you've experienced it personally or are close to a person that has a personality disorder: Often, clinically depressed people, especially those with personality disorders (Bipolar, Borderline, etc...) push everyone that cares about them out of their lives as they isolate themselves. [Possibly like Justin?] However! Many will hold on to one person (usually a lover) that they view as their salvation. That they DESPERATELY try to keep, protect and show their love to. But they are in so much internal pain they usually only end up smothering and desperately controlling them (so they won't lose them)... and subsequently just end up hurting that person unintentionally. Which starts a viciously painful cycle: The more they hurt that person, the more desperate they become to show that person how much they love them so they won't lose them and be alone... and the cycle starts to repeat. Very similiar to abusive relationships where the abuser (after having abused the other person) will become the nicest, most loving, sincere, apologetic person to keep the abused from leaving them. Staring a cycle of abuse. [Physical abuse is just one further aspect of emotional abuse.] It's all about the author being in pain and recognizing the Dr Jekyl/Mr Hyde aspect of the cycle and blaming himself for hurting her... I would bet this song relates to "Hate Me" when later he finally leaves her to stop hurting her. |
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| Blue October – Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Here's my psycho-analytical summary... which will probably only make sense if you've experienced it personally or are close to a person that has a personality disorder: Often, clinically depressed people, especially those with personality disorders (Bipolar, Borderline, etc...) push everyone that cares about them out of their lives as they isolate themselves. [Possibly like Justin?] However! Many will hold on to one person (usually a lover) that they view as their salvation. That they DESPERATELY try to keep, protect and show their love to. But they are in so much internal pain they usually only end up smothering and desperately controlling them (so they won't lose them)... and subsequently just end up hurting that person unintentionally. Which starts a viciously painful cycle: The more they hurt that person, the more desperate they become to show that person how much they love them so they won't lose them and be alone... and the cycle starts to repeat. Very similiar to abusive relationships where the abuser (after having abused the other person) will become the nicest, most loving, sincere, apologetic person to keep the abused from leaving them. Staring a cycle of abuse. [Physical abuse is just one further aspect of emotional abuse.] It's all about the author being in pain and recognizing the Dr Jekyl/Mr Hyde aspect of the cycle and blaming himself for hurting her... I would bet this song relates to "Hate Me" when later he finally leaves her to stop hurting her. |
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| Blue October – Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Here's my psycho-analytical summary... which will probably only make sense if you've experienced it personally or are close to a person that has a personality disorder: Often, clinically depressed people, especially those with personality disorders (Bipolar, Borderline, etc...) push everyone that cares about them out of their lives as they isolate themselves. [Possibly like Justin?] However! Many will hold on to one person (usually a lover) that they view as their salvation. That they DESPERATELY try to keep, protect and show their love to. But they are in so much internal pain they usually only end up smothering and desperately controlling them (so they won't lose them)... and subsequently just end up hurting that person unintentionally. Which starts a viciously painful cycle: The more they hurt that person, the more desperate they become to show that person how much they love them so they won't lose them and be alone... and the cycle starts to repeat. Very similiar to abusive relationships where the abuser (after having abused the other person) will become the nicest, most loving, sincere, apologetic person to keep the abused from leaving them. Staring a cycle of abuse. It's all about the author being in pain and recognizing the Dr Jekyl/Mr Hyde aspect of the cycle and blaming himself for hurting her... I would bet this song relates to "Hate Me" when later he finally leaves her to stop hurting her. |
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