Mercury

this is not a song about love- this is a song about addiction. this is not a song about changes, this is a song about sinking in the sand in one place and one time- this is not a song about tenderness this is a song about blindness. this a song about a girl so fucked up inside that everything she touches just turns bad its a song about a girl whos hands are like knives and when you love her she just sticks you with them its not a song about love. its a song about a girl who lies and cheats and changes everything she says because shes just like mercury- adam duritz its tough to listen to him talk about this song. all of my relationships have ended because i am this girl. and i dont know what to do about it. its not that the girl is crazy its that she cant get her point across. "in absence of a place to be she stares there looking back at me- she hesitates and then turns away"... shes a victim as much as hes a victim. thats why they fit so well and why theyre addicted to eachother. she needs a reason to be there and he needs a reason to stay. and theyre both bad reasons. it makes me cry to listen to this song. you cant accept her for who she is because shell kill herself or loving you and youll kill yourself for loving her... but all you want to do is love eachother.

its about being with a crazy woman, lke me!

jess...this is what in a nutshell?

man, i love this song. apparently through my pre-school i was coded as 'mercury' (my name is meaghan) when the teachers talked about all the hell i raised. 'changing so suddenly'.. i just found that out a few weeks ago and i thought, how fitting. :) good AND bad, i fit adam's description to a tee. what's nice about it is, the idea that you can become so attached to someone else, you're almost consumed by the other person -- crazy or sane, he was enchanted by who she was.. it's give you some hope that someday someone might love your crazy ass too.

Amen. I'd rather be with a crazy girl than a mainstream beauty. There's just that much more depth of personality. Granted, you'll never solve the riddle (as hard as you'll try) but love isn't something that can be "solved" in the first place. And... if you have the power to make this girl act crazy from time to time, it's probably because she has confusing feelings for you. So be flattered and take solace in this. It's frustrating as all hell, but don't write her off. She's alright.

this song describes me perfectly, too. i love love love it. that includes the "yeah, but she's alright with me"... because i'm totally find with being insane!! :]

this song describes me perfectly, too. i love love love it. that includes the "yeah, but she's alright with me"... because i'm totally fine with being insane!! :]

davidecoyote hit it right on the head especially with his analogy of the riddle... people want to be kept off balance, most of us love the chase and there is no better chase than one with a crazy girl... Adam hates the fact that the girl is crazy, but loves it at the same time, it makes her unique. "Normal" is boring.

I wonder why 'Mercury'. Could it be the planet - closest to the sun (maybe too hot to settle) or the chemical, which heats and cools quickly and moves. It is a metal, but doesn't have all its charecterisitics (such as it isn't hard, maybe she can't settle?)

according to adam, "This is a song about addiction, not a song about love"