i love this song. i think it's about a guy who's really depressed and melancholy and falls in love with a girl who's pretty happy. she keeps trying to get him to see past his depression, but he can't and it causes problems between them. these lines pretty much point that out : it's all in your head she said
morning after nightmare
you're building a wall she said
higher than the both of us
so try living life
instead of hiding in the bedroom
show me a smile
and i'll promise not to leave you
they seperate for the last time in the second verse "it's all in my head i said
banging a piano
i've not been so alone i thought
since kicking in the womb
i drank so much tea
i wrote my letters in kanji
around the block i walked and walked
pretending you were with me
not wanting to die out here
without you"
He misses her alot. The part about the medicine bottle, he's going to hold onto her memory and "swallow her you slowly" or in other take it all in. at the same time, he wants her back so much and he doesn't care about anything else "it's all his own making
a war with himself
like two sides of a wall
that separates two countries
he shuts out the world
and wants only to love you"
Oh yeah, and instead of him being depressed, he could also be struggling with a drug addiction.
I know your post is eight years old and that you personally probably won't come back to reply, but I get the vibe that the girl is in the wrong. As if, she's the cause of his depression while she's telling him to stop being depressed. Kind of a cruel circle of emotions.
I know your post is eight years old and that you personally probably won't come back to reply, but I get the vibe that the girl is in the wrong. As if, she's the cause of his depression while she's telling him to stop being depressed. Kind of a cruel circle of emotions.
I disagree that they separate in the song. I think that verse ("I've not been so alone...") emphasizes his dependance on her; it's not that they broke up but just that when she's not around he feels so alone and walks around pretending she's with him. This builds up to the medicine bottle confession– that he needs her like a drug that makes life tolerable but with too much he'll lose himself, or perhaps the part of himself which is so isolated.
I disagree that they separate in the song. I think that verse ("I've not been so alone...") emphasizes his dependance on her; it's not that they broke up but just that when she's not around he feels so alone and walks around pretending she's with him. This builds up to the medicine bottle confession– that he needs her like a drug that makes life tolerable but with too much he'll lose himself, or perhaps the part of himself which is so isolated.
I also don't think this song is written as a narrative. It's more of a stream...
I also don't think this song is written as a narrative. It's more of a stream of thoughts, feelings and reflections, maybe memories, that are all connected. Brilliant song writing really. What makes it so great is that it's not all there. The song is like a still from a movie or a page from a diary. It leaves so much to the imagination but at the same time it's very direct and clear, not to mention powerful.
and im aware this post is 11 years old, it was just a prompt to me
@matrixmouse7 although this post was made 22 years ago, it’s comforting believing that you will see this someday. This song is angelic and beautiful. I think the song is just the writer’s imagination. “Its all in my head she said” could be implying that he lives in his head all too much, inevitably making himself “depressed”. I think he becomes so stuck in his sorrow he kills himself. The last little bit “ its all in my head she read” could just be his suicide note. I think the girl was incapable of understanding he may have a chemical...
@matrixmouse7 although this post was made 22 years ago, it’s comforting believing that you will see this someday. This song is angelic and beautiful. I think the song is just the writer’s imagination. “Its all in my head she said” could be implying that he lives in his head all too much, inevitably making himself “depressed”. I think he becomes so stuck in his sorrow he kills himself. The last little bit “ its all in my head she read” could just be his suicide note. I think the girl was incapable of understanding he may have a chemical imbalance in his brain, leading him to be depressed without reasoning. She thought she could “fix” him, they fell inlove, then she left because he is a wreck of emotions she can not deal with, I know that I am going back and forth in this, im just putting myself in his shoes.
Also, he says “i may wake to a knife in me” and “blood dripping from the bed” prompting the fact that SHE killed him. he mentions a poem after this, maybe telling us that she wrote a note trying to frame his depression for taking his life.
i love this song. i think it's about a guy who's really depressed and melancholy and falls in love with a girl who's pretty happy. she keeps trying to get him to see past his depression, but he can't and it causes problems between them. these lines pretty much point that out : it's all in your head she said morning after nightmare you're building a wall she said higher than the both of us so try living life instead of hiding in the bedroom show me a smile and i'll promise not to leave you they seperate for the last time in the second verse "it's all in my head i said banging a piano i've not been so alone i thought since kicking in the womb i drank so much tea i wrote my letters in kanji around the block i walked and walked pretending you were with me not wanting to die out here without you" He misses her alot. The part about the medicine bottle, he's going to hold onto her memory and "swallow her you slowly" or in other take it all in. at the same time, he wants her back so much and he doesn't care about anything else "it's all his own making a war with himself like two sides of a wall that separates two countries he shuts out the world and wants only to love you" Oh yeah, and instead of him being depressed, he could also be struggling with a drug addiction.
I know your post is eight years old and that you personally probably won't come back to reply, but I get the vibe that the girl is in the wrong. As if, she's the cause of his depression while she's telling him to stop being depressed. Kind of a cruel circle of emotions.
I know your post is eight years old and that you personally probably won't come back to reply, but I get the vibe that the girl is in the wrong. As if, she's the cause of his depression while she's telling him to stop being depressed. Kind of a cruel circle of emotions.
I disagree that they separate in the song. I think that verse ("I've not been so alone...") emphasizes his dependance on her; it's not that they broke up but just that when she's not around he feels so alone and walks around pretending she's with him. This builds up to the medicine bottle confession– that he needs her like a drug that makes life tolerable but with too much he'll lose himself, or perhaps the part of himself which is so isolated.
I disagree that they separate in the song. I think that verse ("I've not been so alone...") emphasizes his dependance on her; it's not that they broke up but just that when she's not around he feels so alone and walks around pretending she's with him. This builds up to the medicine bottle confession– that he needs her like a drug that makes life tolerable but with too much he'll lose himself, or perhaps the part of himself which is so isolated.
I also don't think this song is written as a narrative. It's more of a stream...
I also don't think this song is written as a narrative. It's more of a stream of thoughts, feelings and reflections, maybe memories, that are all connected. Brilliant song writing really. What makes it so great is that it's not all there. The song is like a still from a movie or a page from a diary. It leaves so much to the imagination but at the same time it's very direct and clear, not to mention powerful.
and im aware this post is 11 years old, it was just a prompt to me
@matrixmouse7 although this post was made 22 years ago, it’s comforting believing that you will see this someday. This song is angelic and beautiful. I think the song is just the writer’s imagination. “Its all in my head she said” could be implying that he lives in his head all too much, inevitably making himself “depressed”. I think he becomes so stuck in his sorrow he kills himself. The last little bit “ its all in my head she read” could just be his suicide note. I think the girl was incapable of understanding he may have a chemical...
@matrixmouse7 although this post was made 22 years ago, it’s comforting believing that you will see this someday. This song is angelic and beautiful. I think the song is just the writer’s imagination. “Its all in my head she said” could be implying that he lives in his head all too much, inevitably making himself “depressed”. I think he becomes so stuck in his sorrow he kills himself. The last little bit “ its all in my head she read” could just be his suicide note. I think the girl was incapable of understanding he may have a chemical imbalance in his brain, leading him to be depressed without reasoning. She thought she could “fix” him, they fell inlove, then she left because he is a wreck of emotions she can not deal with, I know that I am going back and forth in this, im just putting myself in his shoes.
Also, he says “i may wake to a knife in me” and “blood dripping from the bed” prompting the fact that SHE killed him. he mentions a poem after this, maybe telling us that she wrote a note trying to frame his depression for taking his life.