This is my favorite Okkervil song and the most painful for me to listen to. The feelings of nostalgia, loss, and regret it invokes creates a knot in my gut.
Anyway, I imagine this song is autobiographical. Just seems too real not to be. Oh, and I don't think the protagonist was dumped. Rather he wasn't committed enough to her and let her slip away when she moved to follow her career. "God knows I'm feeling really stupid now for having ever said goodbye."
Once he realized what he lost it was too late. All he had left were his bittersweet memories, regret, and feelings of failure. And he is painfully reminded of these when he sees her on TV.
I love the "I finger the remote control" line when he sees her on TV. What a way to convey his current desire for her.
And the way this song blends into the next with it's sexual content, nostalgia, and yearning seems perfect.
It so happens that at the time I was really into this album I met this girl I was soooo into. Three months into the relationship she leaves me with no word. So it's damn hard to hear this song. But I still love it like I love her memory.
This is my favorite Okkervil song and the most painful for me to listen to. The feelings of nostalgia, loss, and regret it invokes creates a knot in my gut.
Anyway, I imagine this song is autobiographical. Just seems too real not to be. Oh, and I don't think the protagonist was dumped. Rather he wasn't committed enough to her and let her slip away when she moved to follow her career. "God knows I'm feeling really stupid now for having ever said goodbye."
Once he realized what he lost it was too late. All he had left were his bittersweet memories, regret, and feelings of failure. And he is painfully reminded of these when he sees her on TV.
I love the "I finger the remote control" line when he sees her on TV. What a way to convey his current desire for her.
And the way this song blends into the next with it's sexual content, nostalgia, and yearning seems perfect.
It so happens that at the time I was really into this album I met this girl I was soooo into. Three months into the relationship she leaves me with no word. So it's damn hard to hear this song. But I still love it like I love her memory.
Ugh