| Steely Dan – Reelin' In The Years Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[SRV:26821] Blues @[losttango:26822] eh, gotta disagree with you losttango. Sure the line about wasting money on the girl is a little past entitled, but the line about "things passing for knowledge I don't understand" settles the point for me that he wasn't somebody who was conditioned by this idea that the things he told he should do in life are what's right for a lot of people. He's out there making music and found success doing what he's passionate about as opposed to this idea that he should "go to college; be responsible; get a family; be an engineer, etc." And instead of searching for other alternatives besides college that's going to give her meaning in life, she tries to find that meaning in another man. He finds that she's fallen under the narrative that things will work out, but now that she fears she may not be sexually viable for a man she wants because age is fast approaching her, she makes an irrational decision to be with a man who instead isn't truly compatible with her on a deeper level. She doesn't understand the disconnect so when she's older this realization will be too painful for her when she realized she made a mistake. I don't find this song to be some sort of revenge against the girl he once loved; it's possible he still most definitely has feelings for her. The song is a catharsis for the fact that what's happened is irreversible because the connection between them has been torn apart. That's my two cents. |
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| Brand New – Welcome to Bangkok Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| He's in hell. | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins – Today Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| Any musician who deeply wants to "make it" more than anything else will strongly relate or at the very least understand the feelings Billy had when writing this song. As a drummer, it's very hard to just force myself to play as often as I can. Knowing there's nothing else you really want to do in life is what cripples me. | |
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