"between the walk to the club and all the drinks she'll have in a crowded room where everybody leaves too soon
I only hope that she remembers me"
and yes it is a material issue cover, but whore?..umm hardly.. i think what Jim Ellison was trying to describe valerie as a girl who was in the center of the social scene.. parties, clubs, men at her feet...
obviously the narrator and valerie know each other very well.... in his heart he tells himself that 'valerie loves me', as i really do believe she does (but that's just my opinion).. but she's so tied up in this world that she lets him sit, wait and watch her as she continues on from man to man, party to party, believing he'll still be there when she's ready to settle down, because his dedication is shown in this song 'i would give my whole life to her'.. and he does wait for her.. hoping that between her life that she deems important she stops and thinks of him every once and a while ('stolen moment of her thoughts)'
..there's no real transition to show you the change of mood.. but obviously as it would us all, tired him out waiting for her...
so now he reflects on her being older and holding on to the memories of her youth, because only then did she have the world in her hands, and could take love for granted..... and now she lost her chance of ever having someone who would truly appreciate her, and maybe taking it for granted because she never took the time to appreciate him
xphsyicheartsx you've said exactly in words the feel I get from the song but could never verbalise - thank you for exaggerating my enjoyment of this song even further.
xphsyicheartsx you've said exactly in words the feel I get from the song but could never verbalise - thank you for exaggerating my enjoyment of this song even further.
The missing bit: It's missing because Courtney doesn't really sing that part in the Hole version, although it's evident in the original.
The missing bit: It's missing because Courtney doesn't really sing that part in the Hole version, although it's evident in the original.
the part that is missing is..
"between the walk to the club and all the drinks she'll have in a crowded room where everybody leaves too soon I only hope that she remembers me"
and yes it is a material issue cover, but whore?..umm hardly.. i think what Jim Ellison was trying to describe valerie as a girl who was in the center of the social scene.. parties, clubs, men at her feet...
obviously the narrator and valerie know each other very well.... in his heart he tells himself that 'valerie loves me', as i really do believe she does (but that's just my opinion).. but she's so tied up in this world that she lets him sit, wait and watch her as she continues on from man to man, party to party, believing he'll still be there when she's ready to settle down, because his dedication is shown in this song 'i would give my whole life to her'.. and he does wait for her.. hoping that between her life that she deems important she stops and thinks of him every once and a while ('stolen moment of her thoughts)'
..there's no real transition to show you the change of mood.. but obviously as it would us all, tired him out waiting for her...
so now he reflects on her being older and holding on to the memories of her youth, because only then did she have the world in her hands, and could take love for granted..... and now she lost her chance of ever having someone who would truly appreciate her, and maybe taking it for granted because she never took the time to appreciate him
xphsyicheartsx you've said exactly in words the feel I get from the song but could never verbalise - thank you for exaggerating my enjoyment of this song even further.
xphsyicheartsx you've said exactly in words the feel I get from the song but could never verbalise - thank you for exaggerating my enjoyment of this song even further.
The missing bit: It's missing because Courtney doesn't really sing that part in the Hole version, although it's evident in the original.
The missing bit: It's missing because Courtney doesn't really sing that part in the Hole version, although it's evident in the original.
@xpsychicheartsx I love this.
@xpsychicheartsx I love this.