This is one of my favourite songs lyrically. Paints such a clear picture.
To me the girl in the story likes the boy, but certainly not to the extent that he likes her. She is a free spirit and certainly doesn't worry about the little things. The boy, for all his infatuation, just doesn't "get" her, and misses every message she sends. The boy reacts opposite to how the girl wants every time.
Message: "You is funny" - Response: Correcting grammar.
Message: "Its okay" - Response: Boy feels guilty.
Message: Read between the lines - Response: Grammar again.
Message: ..caught up in triviality. - Response: Boy wants to know what she thinks of him.
Each time the girl gets frustrated with the boy, the boy gets lost in his attraction to her - "Her beautiful eyes / Her beautiful R's"
I love the last couple of verse. The line "Her spelling is atrocious" is magic. A line like that shouldn't work in a song, but here it is perfect.
The language barrier, as mentioned by others above is definitely there. I've always pictured the girl as French speaking, simply because Sloan is an eastern Canadian band.
I could spend way too much time picking apart this song, and I probably already have. Again, a lyrical favourite of mine.
This is one of my favourite songs lyrically. Paints such a clear picture.
To me the girl in the story likes the boy, but certainly not to the extent that he likes her. She is a free spirit and certainly doesn't worry about the little things. The boy, for all his infatuation, just doesn't "get" her, and misses every message she sends. The boy reacts opposite to how the girl wants every time.
Message: "You is funny" - Response: Correcting grammar. Message: "Its okay" - Response: Boy feels guilty. Message: Read between the lines - Response: Grammar again. Message: ..caught up in triviality. - Response: Boy wants to know what she thinks of him.
Each time the girl gets frustrated with the boy, the boy gets lost in his attraction to her - "Her beautiful eyes / Her beautiful R's"
I love the last couple of verse. The line "Her spelling is atrocious" is magic. A line like that shouldn't work in a song, but here it is perfect.
The language barrier, as mentioned by others above is definitely there. I've always pictured the girl as French speaking, simply because Sloan is an eastern Canadian band.
I could spend way too much time picking apart this song, and I probably already have. Again, a lyrical favourite of mine.