My ex lived in a town about 20 minutes away from me. After we ended, I knew I couldn't go back there for a long time. I'd die if I saw him, and then again I'd die if I didn't see him there. That's what JM is talking about.
JM is known to improv lyrics at shows, so I could be "correcting" lyrics that are actually correct of a different version of the song. However, the lines that stand out to me the most are my favorite ones in the whole song:
"I dont think I'm gonna go to LA anymore
I get lost on the boulevard at night
Without your voice to tell me 'I love you, take a right.'
The ten and the two is a lonely sight."
Those lines mean that when he used to go to LA, he and the girl he loved would drive along the boulevard at night and since it wasn't his town, she would have to tell him when to turn right/left. The next part is my absolute favorite. He says that "the ten and the two is a lonely sight," which means that both of his hands are on the wheel now (@ 10 and 2) whereas when he and the girl were together, they were probably holding hands as he drove. I know exactly what he means. I think lol. That's what this songs mean to me, anyway :)
FYI ... "the 10" and "the 2" are the two highways in LA you take to get to Hollywood blvd (the "boulevard"), where a number of the girls he's dated live or at least work.
FYI ... "the 10" and "the 2" are the two highways in LA you take to get to Hollywood blvd (the "boulevard"), where a number of the girls he's dated live or at least work.
My ex lived in a town about 20 minutes away from me. After we ended, I knew I couldn't go back there for a long time. I'd die if I saw him, and then again I'd die if I didn't see him there. That's what JM is talking about.
JM is known to improv lyrics at shows, so I could be "correcting" lyrics that are actually correct of a different version of the song. However, the lines that stand out to me the most are my favorite ones in the whole song: "I dont think I'm gonna go to LA anymore I get lost on the boulevard at night Without your voice to tell me 'I love you, take a right.' The ten and the two is a lonely sight." Those lines mean that when he used to go to LA, he and the girl he loved would drive along the boulevard at night and since it wasn't his town, she would have to tell him when to turn right/left. The next part is my absolute favorite. He says that "the ten and the two is a lonely sight," which means that both of his hands are on the wheel now (@ 10 and 2) whereas when he and the girl were together, they were probably holding hands as he drove. I know exactly what he means. I think lol. That's what this songs mean to me, anyway :)
FYI ... "the 10" and "the 2" are the two highways in LA you take to get to Hollywood blvd (the "boulevard"), where a number of the girls he's dated live or at least work.
FYI ... "the 10" and "the 2" are the two highways in LA you take to get to Hollywood blvd (the "boulevard"), where a number of the girls he's dated live or at least work.
That's why it's such a brilliant line. It means BOTH.
That's why it's such a brilliant line. It means BOTH.