| Wilco – Less Than You Think Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think the first part of the song is a statement about the belief systems around organized religions. That people just blindly accept ideas without ever really thinking freely about them for themselves. The existence of heaven is something that people believe because that's what they've been taught and they just accept it blindly without ever really thinking about it or questioning it. "Your mind's a machine, it's deadly and dull. It's never been still and it's will has never been free". The narrator would like to punch a hole in the sky so you can see for yourself that there isn't anything there. There is no heaven...it's just life here on earth and that's it. There's isn't much more to it. "There's so much less to this than you think" I believe the second part of the song is, as others have said, a replication of a migraine. |
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| Wilco – Box Full of Letters Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This is how I interpret this song too. | |
| Wilco – Radio King Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I love this song. Does anyone know who it was written about? | |
| Wilco – Art of Almost Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think this song might be about bringing yourself to the brink...almost dying in order to create compelling art. | |
| Wilco – One Sunday Morning (For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I tried to find it so I could post the exact quote but couldn't track it down. Sorry. I love the way he write songs with beautiful tension. The juxtaposition of dark and light. Exploring the human spirit in the most honest and raw yet tender way. For me this is in the same camp as She's a Jar and Via Chicago. |
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| Wilco – Country Disappeared Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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that's my favorite line in the song. so good. gives me chills. |
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| Wilco – Country Disappeared Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| nope | |
| Wilco – One Sunday Morning (For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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The song is heartbreaklingly beautiful. The subtitle is (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) Tweedy said in and interview that the song was about meeting Jane Smiley's boyfriend at a dinner and having a poignant conversation in which the boyfriend spoke about his overly religious father who condemned him for the way he lives his life and the son's relief when his father died. |
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| Wilco – Venus Stopped the Train Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I have always suspected that this song was about Tweedy's encounter with Winona Ryder during the Summer Teeth tour. I think she is being referred to as Venus. She stopped the train because her presence sent his life spinning. He was and still is a happily married man with 2 children but conflicted by all of the demands that brings which is all documented in the songs on Summer Teeth. The line "They televised her feelings, while the light, the light struck terror" I think refers to her appearance on Conan where she gushed over Tweedy publicly. I think the idea that she was speaking on national television about him scared the hell out of him and likely made it a little too obvious that something was going on between the two of them. "I kept my distance Because she fell in love with everyone" refers to Winona's well documented flings with many mid-west based musicians. "Smoking grass and taking Christmas trees" refers to, well smoking grass and taking drugs. This was during Tweedy's well known period of drug abuse. I don't know much about Winona Ryder so I won't speculate as to the "Her father warmed the benches" part. Lastly, many Wilco fans love this song but it has never been played live nor has it appeared on any of their albums. I think this may be because Tweedy is being respectful to his wife and thought it best to leave this song buried. |
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| Wilco – Via Chicago Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Yes, I have felt this was about the narrator contemplating suicide and then pulling themself out of it. | |
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