I think the song is more about him than the girl. Its really beautiful and I love it. In New York more than anyother place I've lived, you find yourself sort of falling in love with people you never spoke to. The description "sunken eyed girl in the sandwich shop" is so great, because I see him seeing a girl that just sort of has some tragic quality that he falls in love with. But then, he can't even entertain the fantasy because he reflects on all the ways he's not good for her. "sunkeneyed girl on the ludlow street
junkieland once but they swept it up" speaks to that, to his history with drugs.
I think the song is more about him than the girl. Its really beautiful and I love it. In New York more than anyother place I've lived, you find yourself sort of falling in love with people you never spoke to. The description "sunken eyed girl in the sandwich shop" is so great, because I see him seeing a girl that just sort of has some tragic quality that he falls in love with. But then, he can't even entertain the fantasy because he reflects on all the ways he's not good for her. "sunkeneyed girl on the ludlow street junkieland once but they swept it up" speaks to that, to his history with drugs.
Love this song.