For me, this is about Caleb wanting to "go home," but he's dicked someone around, and now he's struggling with the "notion to say what doesn't feel right", the hardest thing in the world to say: SORRY.
He's behaved badly before ("you been here before"), and the person he's done wrong is dissing him ("i got an answer in your story today it gave me a sign that didn't feel right").
Caleb worries that the first response to his apology will be to disbelieve his sincerity, so he begs "Don't knock it, don't knock it!"
The person Caleb wants to make peace with is someone identified with his roots, "home," so it could be an ex-girlfriend, or an old buddy, from before he was famous, but it is likely that the person is now selling "stories" to the media about him, and Caleb just wants his friend back, to say sorry, return to the past happiness they once shared. . .
For me, this is about Caleb wanting to "go home," but he's dicked someone around, and now he's struggling with the "notion to say what doesn't feel right", the hardest thing in the world to say: SORRY.
He's behaved badly before ("you been here before"), and the person he's done wrong is dissing him ("i got an answer in your story today it gave me a sign that didn't feel right").
Caleb worries that the first response to his apology will be to disbelieve his sincerity, so he begs "Don't knock it, don't knock it!"
The person Caleb wants to make peace with is someone identified with his roots, "home," so it could be an ex-girlfriend, or an old buddy, from before he was famous, but it is likely that the person is now selling "stories" to the media about him, and Caleb just wants his friend back, to say sorry, return to the past happiness they once shared. . .
Very moving!
That was my impression too, yhtrownu, more or less.
That was my impression too, yhtrownu, more or less.
Fuck Pitchfork for giving this album a shitty score.
Fuck Pitchfork for giving this album a shitty score.
I agree! Good song too!
I agree! Good song too!