Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
All the night her dream
passes by my bed
undeniable, and all she said
she wrote the letter
hard to find love
since you arrived here
harder to find the love
then pull your body near
She wrote the letter
down
She wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
all the sins they knew no better
I know I know I know
all that I've lost
is bound to pass
dying to know
too afraid to ask
she wrote the letter
Hard to find love
when your a walking blind in here
go wash your heart in the river
till the water runs clear
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
when the sins all know no better
I know I know I know
Love, I just want to say it right
Love, I just want to say it right
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
passes by my bed
undeniable, and all she said
she wrote the letter
hard to find love
since you arrived here
harder to find the love
then pull your body near
She wrote the letter
down
She wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
all the sins they knew no better
I know I know I know
all that I've lost
is bound to pass
dying to know
too afraid to ask
she wrote the letter
Hard to find love
when your a walking blind in here
go wash your heart in the river
till the water runs clear
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
when the sins all know no better
I know I know I know
Love, I just want to say it right
Love, I just want to say it right
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Lyrics submitted by UncleJoe
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I always think of this song in the context of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' (spoilers up to 4th book here:). I think of Jaime and Cersei's relationship (which is incestuous). He is the one who loves her for real, while she just loves the part of herself she sees in him (they are twins). So he loves her so much, but she uses him, in truth. He gets captured at some point, and we can see the siblings are in agony about each other, and want to be re-united as soon as possible. When he has the chance to come back to her ("hard to find love since you arrived here") he is different ("I know I know I know you felt a change in my heart") and he does not serve her purposes anymore, so she finds excuses to drive him away ("I know I know I know the planets ripped you apart"). Jaime is becoming a better man, and starts to realise who his sister is ("all that I've lost is bound to pass / dying to know too afraid to ask"). While he still thinks about her (All the night her dream passes by my bed undeniable, and all she said.), and still dreams about her, he can't forget the way she treats him. Then Cersei gets into a difficult situation and sends him a letter, saying she loves him. So the whole song is kind of a contrast: The guy who loved her so much is slowly realising that she didn't love him, while she either realised she did love him too late or was attemptimg to use him once again. So the guy thinks of "all she said" that hurt him, but also about the letter that says the opposite. In the end he decides to leave her, because it was all too much for him.
Summary: A guy loves a girl very much. She treats him very bad and makes excuses: I know I know I know you felt a change in my heart I know I know I know the planets ripped you apart And he is heartbroken while he slowly realises what she is doing to him: Hard to find love when your a walking blind in here go wash your heart in the river till the water runs clear She either regrets or tries to use him again and writes a letter, but he's had enough and says goodbye anyway.
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