| Mindy Smith – You Just Forgot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Just a few lyric corrections. :) "I must have dissected your mind" is actually "I must have just slipped your mind" "Wondering why didn't I think of that" is "Wonder why didn't I think of that" "Left a trail some time behind you" is "Left a trail of some kind behind you" "You keep on going on your pillow to remind you" is "You keep a note on your pillow to remind you" |
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| Kate Nash – Don't You Want to Share the Guilt? Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I adore this song so much. It's about being in a relationship with someone (not necessarily romantic) who has developed a mental illness- to me, it sounds like depression. I find it a very honest record of the unlikely victim of a mental illness- the friend, the supporter. It describes the complexities of being that person and the constant internal war they experience- as a friend, it is your obligation to offer support, and you wish to... but it more than often comes at a price. That price is your own health. The mental illness appears to be new and she is at a loss as to how to handle it. With her friends' altered perception of life, comes a sense of alienation from one another- however, it seems, slowly, they are beginning to become equal again... the depression that has taken the first person is beginning to appear in Kate (or her character in the song). She acknowledges this early on- she is aware of it, but she defies what seems healthy ("so I'm running late on purpose, and I know that this won't help how things have become between us- but if I go, you'll give me hell") in favour of loyalty. Her friend is clearly in a bad place- she helps him in a quite detached and simplistic way ("I see you're cut, so I give you a plaster and we cover it up"). I think this is probably the first line that denotes a sense of understanding and equality between the two- there are no words of reprimand or empathy, just a gesture that is reminiscent of a secret between the two. They both know what lies under the plaster, but no one else can see it. For a moment, they find commune with one another and find some abstract sense of peace with the world ("so we sit in the garden and touch the grass with our hands"). This lasts till nightfall- and with the dark comes the monsters. He is honest with her about where he is, but doesn't want her to worry. The fourth verse tears away the description to very few words. Despite their briefness, they hold much meaning. Initially, it might almost appear something positive that has carried on from their short period of peace. She gently addresses this ("listen- can you hear it? Does it speak? Will I feel it?")- but very quickly, this calmness is dismissed. As she takes a forceful tone, we instead become aware we are, in fact, being presented to her fear that she is becoming what she wanted to run away from... in the face of their newly found equality, she believes she is soon to be taken by the same depression ("does it hurt? Am I near it?"). Personally, I also get the impression that there's another kind of desperation in there- it seems she almost wants to be taken by depression in order to recover their previous quality of friendship. The ramble at the end of the song is definitely a search for ones' self; a fight to distinguish ones' self from the illness. It recalls very personal thoughts and feelings about ones' world and previous experiences, but also- with the same desperateness- remarks on possibilities for an improved future by reflecting upon her present or past shortcomings... i.e. one where instead of "not being able to articulate" how she feels, she can ("my sister used to read the dictionary, I'm going to start with that"). And finally, the last two lines- this is directly addressed at her friend. The song was her 'this is how I've responded to my friends' illness'... the second last line practically accuses her friend for the negativity she's experiencing ("don't you want to share the guilt?"), but the final line reveals more honest feelings ("don't think, just try and sleep"). At the end of the day, she just wants him to get better. |
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