Antonio Carlos Jobim Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 1017998808 

Cover art for Antonio Carlos Jobim lyrics by Heatmiser

I don't quite get why solo Elliott Smith songs have mountains of comments but Heatmiser songs, even the ones by him, barely have any except for some of the ones he played again later solo. What? Oh, right, the actual song.

I think it might be about disagreeing with the other members in a band, one of whom the song is directly addressed to ("but don't say you mean it/when you know you don't") and the other who doesn't seem to be there, but also doesn't agree. (and he couldn't complain/just looked at your lyric/etc.) If someone looked at lyrics and then proceeded to play instrumentals, that could mean they didn't like the lyrics.

@1017998808 interesting take on this. Another paralell would be antonio amd elliott were both songwriters. To this day most people who were born and growing up in 1994 didnt know who Antonio was but i learned through Heatmiser.