Brandy Alexander

i really like this song and how simple the melody is.

I think it is about a girl who is terribley addicted to this boy. Her mouth is like sand until she can have a sip of him so to speak. She still loves him even though he gets her into trouble all the time. She also gets him into trouble, but she's happy that he chose her of all to get into trouble with. She's sort of addicted to him, and he to her, the way one might be addicted to brandy the drink, or any alcoholic beverage for that matter.

Brandy Alexander is a main character in Chuck Palaniuk's book, Invisible Monsters.

it's not a palahiuk reference. chuck took brandy alexander's name from the cocktail.

brandy alexander is a cocktail made from brandy, dark creme de cacao, cream, and nutmeg. that's why the references in the song are to drinking.

As someone who has a brandy alexander in their life, I feel very close to this song. It means to me that she has a male friend that is infectious, the kind that she is addicted to spending time with just being herself and having him bring out the best in her. He gets her into trouble but she doesn't care because she's so taken by him and she hopes he with her, and even though she wants to be with him in a romantic way, they have something already that is so special, so unspokenly easy and right. i also think that in the end of the song when the words brandy alexander escalate and fade out ,sounds like a prelude to a kiss, so i always picture a long awaited kiss at the end.

We're both in relationships that are going really well, but every time we talk to each other there's a chemistry that's undeniable. He makes me crazy, and it's likewise for him. There's an unspoken affection between us, and we know to keep our distance.

Every time I hear this song, his teasing face pops into my mind. So the fates didn't intend for us to end up together, but he'll always be in my heart. Always.

"It goes down easy" and "My addiction to the worst of him" can't take the alcohol reference off my mind lol

Cassaroll168, i think you mean Ron Sexsmith, a fellow Canadian. and, yes, they did co-write Brandy Alexander, together. he just put his version out on his album, Exit Strategy of the Soul [2008]. very nice.

this is not the first "collaboration" with Sexsmith; she covered his Secret Heart on Let It Die [2004], a sweet song about overcoming unrequited love, which sums up how i see him, a very shy artist who truly deserves his just dues.

The alcohol is a metaphor to a guy. Hes her brandy alexander. her addiction. shes in love with her best friend. Even though "he always gets me into trouble" shes attracted to it. And him to her, but she pretends it doesnt flatter her. They choose each other because "it goes down easy". They feel right together.

What I love best about this song is how she says the "der" at the end of some of the ALEXANDERS. I can't get over that. It breaks my heart!

I agree with aammiiee -- it's about a girl addicted to a boy. That's all it is! So simple, yet so great!

Yeah, I caught the Invisible Monsters reference too. The character in the book is kind of a free spirit, regularly getting friends into trouble.