stanza 1: she doesn't come into his room, obviously because it's locked. this is an artistic way of saying he's thinking about his lover.
stanza 2: sings to him? perhaps this is her leaving him, if not verbally breaking up with him, then perhaps drifting away. he doesn't want to hear it, but he knows it's true and he's nostalgic.
stanza 3: perhaps his smiling inside points back to the fact that he knows she'll never find another home.
stanza 4: she calls him back, but he knows she's lying... maybe she's saying it because she's on an acid trip? who knows what was going on in the writer's head.
chorus: this pins the feelings of a heartbroken man pretty well, i think.
I was thinking that maybe the "smells like glue" could be either literal, e.g. the character in the song is sniffing glue. or perhaps, "smells like glue" means that he senses that her ove, and his urge for her, will be sticking to him for a long time, and won't be easy to shake.
i don't like defining a song because songs mean different things to different people. this one moves me sooo much, though, so i thought i'd throw my thoughts out there to get some conversation going about it. i encourage you to disagree with me.
also, if you don't have the NMH cover of this song, go to elephant six's website (google search) and it's under mp3's, NMH.
stanza 1: she doesn't come into his room, obviously because it's locked. this is an artistic way of saying he's thinking about his lover.
stanza 2: sings to him? perhaps this is her leaving him, if not verbally breaking up with him, then perhaps drifting away. he doesn't want to hear it, but he knows it's true and he's nostalgic. stanza 3: perhaps his smiling inside points back to the fact that he knows she'll never find another home. stanza 4: she calls him back, but he knows she's lying... maybe she's saying it because she's on an acid trip? who knows what was going on in the writer's head. chorus: this pins the feelings of a heartbroken man pretty well, i think.
I was thinking that maybe the "smells like glue" could be either literal, e.g. the character in the song is sniffing glue. or perhaps, "smells like glue" means that he senses that her ove, and his urge for her, will be sticking to him for a long time, and won't be easy to shake.
i don't like defining a song because songs mean different things to different people. this one moves me sooo much, though, so i thought i'd throw my thoughts out there to get some conversation going about it. i encourage you to disagree with me.
also, if you don't have the NMH cover of this song, go to elephant six's website (google search) and it's under mp3's, NMH.
I think this explanation is pretty sound. On one level it's about a girl, but on a deeper level the drug metaphor makes a lot of sense.
I think this explanation is pretty sound. On one level it's about a girl, but on a deeper level the drug metaphor makes a lot of sense.