| Tom Petty – Mary Jane's Last Dance Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I haven't read all 100+ posts here, but my take on the song is that "Mary Jane" refers to the girl and to the smoke. Whatever Tom Petty meant by it, I've always interpreted it a bit like this - He's singing point of view of a guy in a small town, going nowhere. The girl, Mary Jane, is a girl who grew up in a similar small town in Indiana with a waste case of a mother who pretty much left her to her own. With no parental guidance, she became prey to the "Indiana boys", so she learned to be tough and take care of herself (she grew up tall and she grew up right). When she was 18, she left her podunk town and hit the road, looking for something better. She pulled into our Hero's town - another small town, not unlike the one she left behind. She knew she wouldn't be staying long, but our Hero was smitten with her, and she kind of liked him too, and they started hanging out together (groovin') - and she stayed longer than she expected. The verse "i don't know, but I been told" is Mary Jane talking - she's realizing that no matter where she goes, she can't escape her past - she doesn't want to be tied down to one place because it all comes creeping back - but she's tired of running, too. The chorus "last dance with Mary jane" is a literal last dance with her, and a figurative one more bowl of weed. They're both trying to numb their pain - her shitty life, his shitty life PLUS the knowledge he's losing her. He passes out in their hotel room, but she's overcome with the hopelessness of her life - and goes out the window and jumps ("night fall" will be coming soon) - falls to her death in the square below. He wakes up alone - finds out what's happened, and is just numb, not surprised (too cold to cry when I woke up alone). Smokes a bowl for the road and heads out (hit my last number), hoping to find a better life than she did. It's like, she was the only good thing that ever happened to him in that town, trying to keep her there killed her. He wasn't going to let the small town kill him too. But that's just the way I see it. :) |
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| Pearl Jam – Breath Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song completely changed my life. Silly, I know, but Pearl Jam really had a huge influence on me. This song in particular gave me balls, guts, nerve - whatever - to leave a bad situation. Not a bad situation really... just not the right one. And move on - and now I'm seeing it all, seeing the world. Thanks, PJ. | |
| Laura Nyro – And When I Die Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Is the last line correct? I thought it was 'There'll be one child born in this world to carry on'. | |
| Laura Nyro – Stoned Soul Picnic Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song takes me back to being a child again, living in the sun and going to the beach. | |
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