How You Gonna See Me Now

I don't know if it was intended like that, but as I see it, it has two meansings. It is about a man coming back form the assylum, hoping that his wife still loves him and still wants him. It is also about a rockstart coming back to business after a long absence, hoping his fans still love him and still want him.

Actually at first this wasn't a song, it was a letter to his wife, when he came back from rehab, he was wondering how it would be... would all be the same or different???

It is about when he was in rehab for 5 or 6 years. And how he was afraid that when his when his wife met him when he came out that she may not love him sober more when he was drunk. It is really just a love song for his wife showing how strong he believes in marriage.

The lyrics in this song are fantastic. It is about Alice getting treatment for his alcoholism in an asylum b/c in the late 70's there was no differentiation between abuse and mental health. The song is a dedication to his wife about coming home from the asylum. He is afraid that he will return different and his wife won't recognize him or love him anymore. This concept carried over to his Alice persona as well; not performing completely sober until 1986. Anyone struggling with a problem should listen to this song. It is very very powerful. I drink too much myself and can take a lot, and I mean a lot, of meaning form it. I am a male and I sometimes admit I cry when I hear this song - really hits home.

God, I love this song so much.

This is the song that keeps me from starting drugs or anything like that, I just keep thinking: What would my loved ones, more specifically my girlfriend, think?

It wasn't rehab, it was the sanitarium. The whole album is based on the time he spent in an asylum.

Now he's kinda talking to his wife, like in a letter or something, letting her know he's coming home. Wondering if she'll still love him, or if she'll see gim in a different light since he's been gone, and left her alone. He's kind of timid and afraid, since he's been away so long, thinking it's like they're meeting for the first time all over again.

Basically the song is him wondering "Are you still going to love me, like you did before?"

Very similar to "I Never Cry" Cooper has some great ballads

Great, I watched the video and made notes for you guys then I discovered Alice ( Vince ) himself has a video explaining the song/ video of How You Gonna See Me Now. Hunt for that in YouTube. Anyway the video of How You Gonna See Me Now. I have a love hate relationship with music videos. I discovered this song in the late 70s because of this video. He is in this cell and he has that eye make up which should signify he is not fine. While in the cell he is writing her but she is reading the letters in the kitchen serving breakfast to the two kids. Granted she is drinking hard liquor on the rocks while reading those letters. While writing the letters he is reminiscing to the time they first met . The memory of the two of them running towards each other . He eventually gets wheeled into a room marked "therapy " then comes out well. He seems ecstatic to be running home with a suitcase in each hand. Unfortunately the wife who was stressed with a husband locked away / in rehab and taking care of two kids by herself ends up getting the same eye affliction that Alice originally had.