Gone To The Movies Lyrics

Lyric discussion by phydeaux420 

Cover art for Gone To The Movies lyrics by Semisonic

I don't quite understand this song. It all seems pretty straightforward until it gets to the "another fool" parts. The most I can guess is that he's sitting around thinking about the life he used to have and a) his girl died on the way to some place and he's just pretending she's at the movies and that she'll be back later b) she left him and isn't coming back and he's in denial about it, pretending (again) that she's at the movies.

The lyrics say "he wonders if he's really lost his one joy" so apparently his significant other has left him in some capacity. The lines about "another fool" suggest that he's in denial about reality and seem to say that these events have already happened.

I don't really get why he's called a fool, though. Nor do I how you can drive a "broken car" to "find the show". So it seems like the word "broken" is of some significance. The most puzzling lines to me are "And he wonders if the car will start tomorrow/Or he'll have to take the bus instead"

These are just some things to ponder. Can anyone shed any light?

to me, it is about the end of a relationship speciafically its about someone who isnt fighting to keep the relationship from ending, instead he is sitting around feeling sorry for himself about why it went wrong "He surveys his rental kingdom and he Wonders if he's really lost his one joy" but he never made the effort with her in the first place and never fought to keep her "Another fool would go down to the Only place she ever went to lose herself" he knows where she is, but he isnt going after her

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