Wishing Well Lyrics
I wish for things I never had
Surrounds and wells up in my eyes
The screaming voice, it lies
Wishing well gets someone's attention
Every wish you ever had
In a day of nights, in the darkest of light
Sits and cries, watch the lies
Will the price be no object?
I wish for dreams of light
I live for wishing well surprise
Wishing well gives you all that you desire
Homes and trains, and the greenest of plains
That you ever happened upon
The silent wish, it calls you out
Calls you out by name
Lays upon the plain, on the mountain high
City lights, wish delights
Will the price be no object?
I wish for dreams of light
I live for wishing well surprise
Around the spindle winds
Wish again, four times again
Four wishes deep into the well
Trade a small piece of your life
Roots in the soil, uprooting the soil
Mountain high, the mountain high
The wish is only to speak a kind
Kind of word, so benign absurd
The well, three wishes run dry
Wishing well is dry
When no grass grows, the weeds run in line
Wish three wishes, three wishes run dry
what , no comments about this one? well, I guess it kinda speaks for itself, the line "theres a price to pay for a wish to come true, trade a small piece of your life" is the essence...where the hell is everybody on this site?? c'mon mould/husker du fans!!!? WTF!
My favorite Mould song! I don't really know what it means, but it seems rather self-explanatory. I think it's just about making wishes, and how pointless it is, because they don't usually come true. There's a price for everything you gain, and you have to be careful what you wish for.
Caveat emptor...before continuing, consider first, that like most forms of great Art, the interpretation is as individual as the listener and/or l could be full of shite...
Wishing Well is like much of Bob's craft, a poem. As such, or in this guise, it creates a powerful message, that for me, someone of a similar age and life experience to Bob's, is painfully clear. To clarify (or repeat), my ears hear Wishing Well in a way that someone half or twice my age might hear distinctly differently.
It is a warning. A warning of the high costs of desire or of wishing for more, different, better, etc. One might go as far as to suggest that it is a criticism of a materialistic lifestyle.
It begins with a description of how painful it is to have suffered some of what he then warns will be too costly.
When the Wishing Well runs dry, as they always will, it leaves one broken, in tears and "screaming" to be heard.
He then goes into how one reaches this point. When one wishes for things...homes and trains and the greenest of plains, i.e. greener pastures, then even when these dreams come true, then one remains where they began. This quenchless thirst leaves them forever hungry for something that can never be reached. Worse still, he continues, is that this endless desire is costly, with each wish costing a part of one's life and if not avoided or resolved, will cost one their whole life.
Caution all that suffer the perspective that the grass is always greener in their neighbor’s yard.