I Wonder

i think this song is about an addiction and is trying to get over it. and all these people are looking down on this persona nd he just wants to go back to his world where it was ok. when it states" And I cant remember who I was before.

And I only wanted to be 16 and free." he wants to go back to when he was a teen and he didnt have this addiction but its ahrd to remember the good life or the life he lived before the addiction took over his life.

"I only wanted to be sixteen and free." What a statement, simple, but oh so true. I've felt like that so many times when life gets overly complicated and peace of mind seems to be unobtainable. If I were only 16 again with minimal responsibilities and the freedom to fck sht up and it be ok. Shannon was very much obsessed with youth. In a way, Shannon will be forever young. RIP

Has anyone noticed that if you completely blast this song (ie volume-wise) that right after Hoon sings "I know how hard I tried. and oh I tried......" there is whispering that says "get me out of here. get me out of here man" right before the electric guitar kicks in? its fuckt.

I'm confused - the comments seem to be about the right song, but the lyrics above are for the song "Soak in the Sin."

here are the proper lyrics: I wonder Lyrics

Album: Blind Melon

All alone in the broadening skies Under the every night I will lie Scratching claw and grip the rails Every day is my living hell

Oh God you know I've tried I know how hard I tried and oh I tried Ooh

Hey I'd like to daze away to a Place like no one has known In a state of mind I could call mine That only I could own

Where I could hum a tune anytime I choose And then there is no such thing as time Where I can feel no pain just calm and sane What a place for one to find

Now you see I'm watching everything I do And they're watching everything I say So they will leave me be Whoa, leave me be Why am I even here?

I wonder You leave me wondering You leave me wondering

Won't you stop watching me I said they're watching me, watching me, watching me

Now in my corner I got the ceiling in my eyes Arms holding up my knees And rocking back and forth my life I didn't mean to feel this way When I walked into the door, Lord

Then they ripped away my memories And I cant remember who I was before. Now they're watching everything I do And they're watching everything I say So they will leave me be Whoa, leave me be

And I only wanted to be 16 And free

And I wonder

my two cents on "I Wonder": Seems like a story about a teenager in a psychiatric facility. He's depressed, but feels victimized by his incarceration, and he can't figure out why he's being punished for thinking and feeling things that simply come naturally to him. He simply tries to keep to himself but the staff are always watching him, examining him for signs that he's either becoming the person that they want him to be, a person that they're molding into their idea of a "sane" person after breaking him down through behavior modification, pschotropic medications and/or electrconvulsive therapy that screws wi/ his self image and recall ability.

All he ever wanted was to be a teenager that was free to deal with his problems in his own way as he grows and develops without being locked away like a rhesus monkey in a research lab.

One of my favorite songs I'm here on my own, if i do not take care of myself , nobody will. I'm the one who's resposible for what I do or do not do. But still everybody like to put their eyes on you, to criticize, they won't leave you alone, they won't leave you be. Though your lonely, you're not alone, and never will be. People use to watch every step you make, they're actually waiting for you to fall, they're waiting so they can laugh. All you want is to be 16 and free, don't care about people and you'll probably get it.

One of my favorite songs I'm here on my own, if i do not take care of myself , nobody will. I'm the one who's resposible for what I do or do not do. But still everybody like to put their eyes on you, to criticize, they won't leave you alone, they won't leave you be. Though your lonely, you're not alone, and never will be. People use to watch every step you make, they're actually waiting for you to fall, they're waiting so they can laugh. All you want is to be 16 and free, don't care about people and you'll probably get it.

One of my favorite songs I'm here on my own, if i do not take care of myself , nobody will. I'm the one who's resposible for what I do or do not do. But still everybody like to put their eyes on you, to criticize, they won't leave you alone, they won't leave you be. Though your lonely, you're not alone, and never will be. People use to watch every step you make, they're actually waiting for you to fall, they're waiting so they can laugh. All you want is to be 16 and free, don't care about people and you'll probably get it.

i read that shannon wrote this song about one of the rehab centers he was in after he got out. it makes sense because he keeps talking about people watching him.

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needing a simple life in a complex society

All alone the broadening skies Under the every night I will lie Scratching claw and grip the rails Every day my living hell Oh God you know I've tried I know how hard I tried and oh I tried......

goes insane, feels good

Hey I'd like to daze away to a Place like no one has known In a state of mind I could call mine That only I could own Where I could hum a tune anytime I choose, and then there is no such thing as time Where I can feel no pain just calm and sane What a place for one to find

insanity feeling turns bad

Now you see I'm watching everything I do and they're watching everything I say Why wont they leave me be? Why am I even here? I wonder You leave me wondering Won't you stop watching me I said they're watching me, watching me, watching me

committed to institution

Now in my corner I got the ceiling in my eyes Arms holding up my knees And rocking back and forth's my life I didn't mean to feel this way When I walked into the door, Lord Then they ripped away my memories And I cant remember who I was before. And I only wanted to be 16 and free.

I've always liked this song, a lot. But one night, I was with a bunch of friends, and we were all on shrooms, and it seemed like EVERYBODY just started having a really fucked up trip... and I saw them, and didn't want to be there. I wandered off, and the first CD I grabbed, that I had with me, was Blind Melon... and hearing the verse, "Hey, I'd like to dase away to a place no one has known, in a state of mind I could call mine, that only I could own, where I could hum a tune any time I choose, and there's no such thing as time, where I feel no pain, just calm and sane, what a place for one to find..." I swear, it was absolutely PERFECT. Much thanks to that, I'll NEVER be able to listen to this song and hear it the same, again. I love it.