When I listened to this song a couple years ago, I kind of gleaned its meaning a bit, and thought "Oh, hey, that's cute," and kind of moved on.
Then, about a year ago, I dropped out of college due to emotional problems (and generally issues with "Where do I want to go?") and lost most contact with my friends. I moved back in with my parents, took a job and they charged me rent.
I spent a lot of nights doing a whole lot of nothing, just thinking. I didn't bother to keep contact with anybody, I just thought, and tried to get my life in order. I guess I got a little too self-involved, because, it's a year later, and I'm just now emerging from the ground.
Today I sent out an e-mail to a bunch of my friends that I haven't talked to in a while, asking (humbly) to attend a concert with me in the next few months. After I hit send, I had a curious and overwhelming urge to listen to this song.
What happened to me isn't exactly the same as what Morrison is talking about (my isolation was more circumstantial than voluntary), but it's certainly similar, and the effects are definately the same.
Also, in general, I like this particular album a lot because it deals with isolation and lonliness without coming across as heavy-handed or whiney like most other emo-type stuff seems to be.
When I listened to this song a couple years ago, I kind of gleaned its meaning a bit, and thought "Oh, hey, that's cute," and kind of moved on.
Then, about a year ago, I dropped out of college due to emotional problems (and generally issues with "Where do I want to go?") and lost most contact with my friends. I moved back in with my parents, took a job and they charged me rent.
I spent a lot of nights doing a whole lot of nothing, just thinking. I didn't bother to keep contact with anybody, I just thought, and tried to get my life in order. I guess I got a little too self-involved, because, it's a year later, and I'm just now emerging from the ground.
Today I sent out an e-mail to a bunch of my friends that I haven't talked to in a while, asking (humbly) to attend a concert with me in the next few months. After I hit send, I had a curious and overwhelming urge to listen to this song.
What happened to me isn't exactly the same as what Morrison is talking about (my isolation was more circumstantial than voluntary), but it's certainly similar, and the effects are definately the same.
Also, in general, I like this particular album a lot because it deals with isolation and lonliness without coming across as heavy-handed or whiney like most other emo-type stuff seems to be.