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What I Think She Sees Lyrics
I've been in this place many times before
With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes
But just because I'm here
Don't mean I can't run out that door
Ain't that what those running shoes are for?
Baby likes to sleep on floor boards bare
And just to keep the peace, well I join her there
And she might say to me
'A better man I can't recall'
But what I think she sees ain't me at all
It ain't me at all to need somebody
Like some lovestruck casualty
It ain't me at all to feel so ready
To be what I think she sees
Baby claims I kiss like I really care
Well, I guess I'd say I don't but the truth ain't fair
And sometimes she looks at me and says
'Babe, my heart just stalled',
But what I think she sees ain't me at all.
With my baby's things among my shoes and strings and clothes
But just because I'm here
Don't mean I can't run out that door
Ain't that what those running shoes are for?
And just to keep the peace, well I join her there
And she might say to me
'A better man I can't recall'
But what I think she sees ain't me at all
Like some lovestruck casualty
It ain't me at all to feel so ready
To be what I think she sees
Well, I guess I'd say I don't but the truth ain't fair
And sometimes she looks at me and says
'Babe, my heart just stalled',
But what I think she sees ain't me at all.
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This is a beautiful song. Justin Currie's lyrics are so deep yet cleaver. This song is about a woman who is in love with her man despite his shortcomings. He on the other hand does not really know how to take in all the emotions of being in love. Does love conquers all? You bet! this guy is in love too.
I see things completely different than Jack above. This is not a deep song and the singer is not at all in love. He says so point blank: 1) he does'nt need somebody/anybody 2) he's not lovestruck 3) he's not ready to change to the (good) person she sees 4) he doesn't care (as proved to himself when he's kissing her).
and in addition he has "running shoes" to leave at any moment.
She is in the "just fell in love" phase where the lover sees no wrong in the beloved. Simple as that.
The above comments are regardless of who wrote the the song. But when you consider the fact that Justin Currie wrote it, my interpretation is strengthened ten fold. His songs are about running, cheating, not committing, being gone in the morning never to see her again, etc., etc.
Currie's strength is writing pop melodies and hooks. That is the only significant strength of this song. The lyrics appear typical autobiographical Currie which is a very sad way to live.
I think Sugarlander nailed it, but I'm not as dismissive. I see the song as sad, regretful, almost apologetic. He wishes he could be as into her, into the relationship, as she is, but it's not in him. He's sympathetic to her vulnerability and doesn't want to hurt her--he's singing the song to someone else, not to her. A friend. The audience. It's confessional. He sees that she's putting him up on a pedestal, but he's being honest with us. He knows he's not the man she's building him up to be, that he'll eventually disappoint her and bug out. He always does. He can't be what she wants him to be, no matter how hard he might try. He knows himself too well, and if he bought into her view of him, he'd be fooling himself. He wouldn't be "me" at all. He's stuck with his own failings and unreliability, and is basically saying he prefers accepting and owning that to living a lie. Rough choice. Lonely guy. Sad. But a really good, honest, heartfelt song. Gentle. Melancholy. My favorite song of theirs, by far. One of my favorites, full stop.