This song, to me, is very personal. As stellaluna1125 says so above, the movies is a place where one can be free and get lost in the plot. As this song progresses, the fact that shines is that the girl would rather be at the movies than be with him. Maybe it was cause of all the fights, or that the girl wanted something the boy could never be able to give her.
"Another fool would go down to the
Only place she ever went to lose herself" ... [go down to the theatre to look for her]
"Another fool would dig the broken car out from the snow
And drive to find the show" ... [shows desperation to find the girl at the theatre]
"Any other fool would be out on the roadway
Trying to spot her rusted Pontiac" [standing outside, waiting for her to come back]
The 'fool' would be the romantic. Usually, girls fall for such things, but I guess this one doesn't. Or maybe, the fool is non-existant and that the boy never tried to do those things because he thought they'd do nothing when really they would've made a difference.
"Now he looks around his place and anyways
There's nowhere she could sit besides the bed
And he wonders if the car will start tomorrow
Or he'll have to take the bus instead"
This is an interesting verse. The first two lines have a sense that the boy didn't have space for the girl in her life and that was what the girl needed. The second two lines confuse me a bit, but maybe it was just thrown in. ;) Anyway, this is a really good song.
And great job to Dan for mentioning the Wallflowers.
This song, to me, is very personal. As stellaluna1125 says so above, the movies is a place where one can be free and get lost in the plot. As this song progresses, the fact that shines is that the girl would rather be at the movies than be with him. Maybe it was cause of all the fights, or that the girl wanted something the boy could never be able to give her.
"Another fool would go down to the Only place she ever went to lose herself" ... [go down to the theatre to look for her] "Another fool would dig the broken car out from the snow And drive to find the show" ... [shows desperation to find the girl at the theatre] "Any other fool would be out on the roadway Trying to spot her rusted Pontiac" [standing outside, waiting for her to come back]
The 'fool' would be the romantic. Usually, girls fall for such things, but I guess this one doesn't. Or maybe, the fool is non-existant and that the boy never tried to do those things because he thought they'd do nothing when really they would've made a difference.
"Now he looks around his place and anyways There's nowhere she could sit besides the bed And he wonders if the car will start tomorrow Or he'll have to take the bus instead"
This is an interesting verse. The first two lines have a sense that the boy didn't have space for the girl in her life and that was what the girl needed. The second two lines confuse me a bit, but maybe it was just thrown in. ;) Anyway, this is a really good song.
And great job to Dan for mentioning the Wallflowers.