| Tom Petty – Echo Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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What a sad song. I think this song about himself and addiction, his relationship with drugs. He is talking to himself. He describes being in a dark place but promises himself to get clean and start over. "I promise you this winter (the promise addicts make about quitting ((eg."monday im quitting")) I will worship you like gold (im going to start taking care of myself and get healthy) And ride your train forever, Electric fortunes to be told (maybe a reference to playing rock-((electric guitar))- music. "The poison came in liquid She was naked all the time"- not pretty packaginging, just drugs in a sack. The Echo: (just replace the you with I) "Well I just got tired i just gave in I took it hard Then I just quit I let me down I dropped the ball I fell on my face most of all" Isnt this what we all do? Negative self talk is the Echo we all hear. And for somebody like Tom Petty, so driven, determined and tenacious its even more painful to feel ike this. and the saddest part: "And I don't want to mean anything to (me) I don't want to tempt (myself) to be true" Just my take. Beautiful song. |
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