Already Dead

This is one brilliant and sad song. Sea Change as a whole is a biliiant album. What strikes me most is the line "Nothing's measured by what it needs". For me it descibes the fact that no matter how much you need that other person, the need will not get hin/her to stay with you or love you again. He's watching his relationship and love die. My interpetation, I could be wrong though

this song comes off of Beck's breakup CD. This is evident. It's a horrid song. Brilliant, but horrid. "Already dead to me now 'Coz it feels like I'm watching something dyin'"

This song is a big part of why I love Sea Change so much. Unlike in previous albums, where the lyrics were mostly nonsense, almost every song on this album has a fairly specific meaning.

This song is about knowing that a relationship is already dead, and nothing can be done to save it. All you can do now is watch it die.

My band may be breaking up, and our last practice was like wathing something dying. It works in all cases of loss that occurs over time, rather than suddenly. One day you wake up and it's already dead, even if it doesn't know it.

beautiful song. i remember sitting on my couch last year watching beirut (a city very near and dear to my heart) being bombed, and then listening to this song and just being overwhelmed. its applicable in so many situations - the hallmark of a great song!

the statement that "it feels like i'm watching something die" is genius - simple language but complex emotions.

This is definitely one of if not best of Beck's albums. It has so much meaning to it, and the verses are simply beautiful, Beck's amazing lyric skills at its peak potential.

At the beginning it describes how much this girl means to Beck, and how her image remains in his head as happy memories and good times although she hurt him, he stills remembers those times as the best of his life and he feels them drift away from him like sand escaping his hands.

Beautiful imagery throughout the song, he finds himself desperately holding onto these joyful memories and realizes he has nothing without her and things are completely different, the mood of this narrative has completely changed when he thinks about the present times.

I believe the line "Already dead to me now, 'cause I feel like I'm watching someone dying", is a reference to the love between him and his ex girlfriend slowly withering and drying out until nothing is left of it and he is forced to move on with his life and perhaps the main reason why he doesn't want to move on is because he feels like if he does move on he will be forced to forget those good memories and will never experience such joy again.

I love this song sooooooo much! It makes me cry everytime!

This is a brilliant song, to me is to move on with your life after a breakup with someone, to be dead for you al least emotionaly.

Hey, I've been there. I know exactly what this feels like. You don't have to break up with someone to feel this.

I agree with all of the statements above.

The line "Nothing's measured by what it needs" has always piqued my interest. I have always interpreted it as meaning that Beck's needs go unfulfilled, however strong or important they may feel.