"maller picked up oma" should be "Mahler picked up Alma with a symphony". Gustav Mahler was a classical composer, who wrote the "Mahler" symphony.
Mahler forbade Alma from composing after they married, but later changed his mind.
This could be a song about "traditional women" vs. getting a career. And of course, the music industry.
The "he" in the verse that comes after the first chorus could be a reference to Matchbook, her college boyfriend (if only in the last part "a friend brought me to see the show")
"maller picked up oma" should be "Mahler picked up Alma with a symphony". Gustav Mahler was a classical composer, who wrote the "Mahler" symphony.
Mahler forbade Alma from composing after they married, but later changed his mind.
This could be a song about "traditional women" vs. getting a career. And of course, the music industry.
The "he" in the verse that comes after the first chorus could be a reference to Matchbook, her college boyfriend (if only in the last part "a friend brought me to see the show")