I think this is about when JD was sick for a long time, and so spent a lot of time indoors. Then when he went out for the first time in a while, it was a strange experience, so new flowers had been planted in the park for example. I think the song captures that feeling of alienation well, as if feeling a stranger to your own town, and even your own body: "Whose bones are these?"
"i wrote this song about, how it got to be winter when i moved up here, and i got so depressed.... so i stayed drunk and high for several months.... (audience screams) yeah, that's pretty much how i felt about it... and then one day after a particularly long weekend that lasted about a month... (laughs)
i went downtown, i took the #41, and i went downtown and they had flowers in the planters, and i said 'whoa' (laughs) last time i came out it was too cold for flowers, (more laughs) then a...
"i wrote this song about, how it got to be winter when i moved up here, and i got so depressed.... so i stayed drunk and high for several months.... (audience screams) yeah, that's pretty much how i felt about it... and then one day after a particularly long weekend that lasted about a month... (laughs)
i went downtown, i took the #41, and i went downtown and they had flowers in the planters, and i said 'whoa' (laughs) last time i came out it was too cold for flowers, (more laughs) then a few years later i wrote this, it was on Taboo VI the Homecoming, it's called Running Away With What Freud Said"
I think this is about when JD was sick for a long time, and so spent a lot of time indoors. Then when he went out for the first time in a while, it was a strange experience, so new flowers had been planted in the park for example. I think the song captures that feeling of alienation well, as if feeling a stranger to your own town, and even your own body: "Whose bones are these?"
JD said during his second live performance,
JD said during his second live performance,
"i wrote this song about, how it got to be winter when i moved up here, and i got so depressed.... so i stayed drunk and high for several months.... (audience screams) yeah, that's pretty much how i felt about it... and then one day after a particularly long weekend that lasted about a month... (laughs) i went downtown, i took the #41, and i went downtown and they had flowers in the planters, and i said 'whoa' (laughs) last time i came out it was too cold for flowers, (more laughs) then a...
"i wrote this song about, how it got to be winter when i moved up here, and i got so depressed.... so i stayed drunk and high for several months.... (audience screams) yeah, that's pretty much how i felt about it... and then one day after a particularly long weekend that lasted about a month... (laughs) i went downtown, i took the #41, and i went downtown and they had flowers in the planters, and i said 'whoa' (laughs) last time i came out it was too cold for flowers, (more laughs) then a few years later i wrote this, it was on Taboo VI the Homecoming, it's called Running Away With What Freud Said"