| John Mayer – Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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very good view, i can see how that could be the outcome. i dont think in any way john is condoning the thought of suicide nor am i but i dont rule out that this song might have been that because john even stated in an interview that he was feed up with people trying to get to him that hypotethically he was gonna stab himself first before someone tried to get him that way no one has the luxury of saying that they got him. http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=153634845&m=153634931 he says it around the 22 minute mark. Again though in the berkley interview, he talked about this song and kind of calrified that this song is about motivation so its fair to say that walt is supposed to live and rise above everyone's expectations about him. |
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| John Mayer – Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think that this song breaks down to 3 different scenarios. 1. Walt commits suicide. 2. He accomplishes doing what he set out to do and 3., he died trying. In my mind, I believe that the lyrics, "Cause when you're done with this world You know the next is up to you". Means that when your feed up with "this world", you either make the decison to give up or to keep fighting to make things right again. "The next is up to you." Great song by john, he never seizes to amaze me with his songwriting ability. He stated that this is the most moving song he has created in an interview at berkley. I'm surprised reporters haven't questiond him about this song. They're more focused on the hits like shadow days and born and raised. |
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| John Mayer – Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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