I think it's just...there's this beautiful undercurrent of youth & ignorance & innocence running through it -- and then the really dramatic 'do you really think she'll pull through?' (I mean listen to that bit! Just listen to it! It's GORGEOUS!) before going back to 'Girlfriend in a coma I know I know it's serious' which is so...well, naive sounding. But I mean...I don't know, you're a kid, right? You think you're immortal. How can you really begin to understand that situation? And you're thrown into this 'adult' situation or one that requires a depth of feeling that you're not quite capable--like the modern trend of understating & underfeeling everything has gotten far too into your bones and you want to act like it doesn't matter because it matters way, way too much.
I love this interpretation. I always heard it in a more cynical and sarcastic way (possibly because I was also listening to a lot of Lou Reed at the time), but this is entirely possible.
I love this interpretation. I always heard it in a more cynical and sarcastic way (possibly because I was also listening to a lot of Lou Reed at the time), but this is entirely possible.
Irvster, I concur.
I think it's just...there's this beautiful undercurrent of youth & ignorance & innocence running through it -- and then the really dramatic 'do you really think she'll pull through?' (I mean listen to that bit! Just listen to it! It's GORGEOUS!) before going back to 'Girlfriend in a coma I know I know it's serious' which is so...well, naive sounding. But I mean...I don't know, you're a kid, right? You think you're immortal. How can you really begin to understand that situation? And you're thrown into this 'adult' situation or one that requires a depth of feeling that you're not quite capable--like the modern trend of understating & underfeeling everything has gotten far too into your bones and you want to act like it doesn't matter because it matters way, way too much.
I love this interpretation. I always heard it in a more cynical and sarcastic way (possibly because I was also listening to a lot of Lou Reed at the time), but this is entirely possible.
I love this interpretation. I always heard it in a more cynical and sarcastic way (possibly because I was also listening to a lot of Lou Reed at the time), but this is entirely possible.