| Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians – What I Am Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Did you feel like you were saying something controversial when you wrote, “Religion is the smile on a dog”? No, I didn’t mean to. I meant that in an endearing way, because what is more expressive and sweet than that smile on a dog? And I felt that in terms of religion, some people see it, some people don’t see it. What did you mean by “Choke me in the shallow water”? That’s the part that was irritating about the class. Everybody was getting so deep in terms of making things up—“Does this mean this and does that mean that?” I was just irritated, like, just kill me now before I get out there and lose myself and my sense of who I am. -From an interview with Edie Brickell |
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| Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians – Circle Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song reminds me a lot of the time when I was transitioning out of high school and into college. I remember seeing a lot of my friends joining together and becoming closer than ever, but it seemed like all I did was drift away from them. Even the ones who i wanted to stay close to forever just got distant, and never came around. And for a while I told myself it was better to just be a loner, by myself and not care about any of them, and not try to make new friends. If you don't let people close to you, then people can't hurt you, whether that be intentional or unintentional. Nobody can say goodbye, which is what hurts msot of all. That's what I hear Edie saying in this song. Her friends notice she's not coming around, and she feels like they have been distancing themselves from her. Her quitting and giving up is because, in her perspective, she wasn't good enough for them to want to be close, and so rather than allowing them to slowly break it off with her, she's ripping it off like a band-aid to try and end the hurt. But it just hurts more. That's just my interpretation though, based on my own experience. |
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