It appears obvious to me that this song is about a guy who fell in love with a girl who then left him to become a TV star. I love Sheff's writing, never too complex, brilliant reflections and some awesome figures of speech like this one: That smile that shines from the glossy magazine that stuck inside the Sunday Times.
I feel maturity in Sheff's text. I feel through the lyrics and tone that this is not another 25 years old songwriter babbleling the same shit we hear in too much songs about some girl and you ask weither he's ever gonna grow up or has just found the way to be popular and is gonna stick with that forever.
Anyway, I discovered Okkervil River with The Stage Names and when I first heard The Stand-Ins I thought no way this album is better than The Stage Names. I still don't think it's a better album, and also considering that Stand-Ins are song that didn't make it on The Stage Names, it is still a very solid album. The songs are growing on me. I will buy that CD when it comes out.
It appears obvious to me that this song is about a guy who fell in love with a girl who then left him to become a TV star. I love Sheff's writing, never too complex, brilliant reflections and some awesome figures of speech like this one: That smile that shines from the glossy magazine that stuck inside the Sunday Times. I feel maturity in Sheff's text. I feel through the lyrics and tone that this is not another 25 years old songwriter babbleling the same shit we hear in too much songs about some girl and you ask weither he's ever gonna grow up or has just found the way to be popular and is gonna stick with that forever.
Anyway, I discovered Okkervil River with The Stage Names and when I first heard The Stand-Ins I thought no way this album is better than The Stage Names. I still don't think it's a better album, and also considering that Stand-Ins are song that didn't make it on The Stage Names, it is still a very solid album. The songs are growing on me. I will buy that CD when it comes out.