I love this song, but when I read those lyrics I'm flooded with awful memories following the break-up of a 3 year college relationship - the demise occuring over the several shiftless months following graduation when I was seriously lacking confidence and perspective.
Aimless in Boston and tormented with guilt for my part in the break-up, I called her after she moved West. That line, "Everything is wonderful, being here is heavenly . . ." is so like her description of her new life, in her new town, with her new friends -without me. It was as if I had never been a part of her life ["Suddenly was washed away the Mary that I knew."]
Few things suck more than the regret and self-pity you feel when you realize just how much your ex has moved on, while your own life has been going nowhere.
I love this song, but when I read those lyrics I'm flooded with awful memories following the break-up of a 3 year college relationship - the demise occuring over the several shiftless months following graduation when I was seriously lacking confidence and perspective.
Aimless in Boston and tormented with guilt for my part in the break-up, I called her after she moved West. That line, "Everything is wonderful, being here is heavenly . . ." is so like her description of her new life, in her new town, with her new friends -without me. It was as if I had never been a part of her life ["Suddenly was washed away the Mary that I knew."]
Few things suck more than the regret and self-pity you feel when you realize just how much your ex has moved on, while your own life has been going nowhere.