Back in the day when cars had tape players but before CD players were really mainstream, some stereos had an "advance" feature or "next" button that would find the break between songs so you could fast-forward through a track. My mom had that feature in her 92 Cavalier. I had thought it was about that, advancing the casette so he wouldn't have to listen to some song that reminded him of some girl.
Seeing it as an advanced copy of a casette or one of those casettes that record stores used to give out with like 10 songs from different artists would make sense. "Wound me so tight" makes it seem like he's the tape on the reel that's about to break. At the same time, I kind of feel like he's just one song on her casette reel, a sample on the compilation tape of her loves.
I've been out here for so long that I'm not sure
how you wound me so tight
I've been out here for so long that I'm not sure
how you wound me so tight
I guess he's like a casette on the side of the road with the tape hanging out all over the place and he's not really sure not only how he's going to get it together, but how he wound up so wound up in the first place.
I guess he's like a casette on the side of the road with the tape hanging out all over the place and he's not really sure not only how he's going to get it together, but how he wound up so wound up in the first place.
Good on you, Loser. I always thought it was an Advance Cassette as in an advanced copy. You're right, though: Those old buttons on car stereos did say "Advance Cassette" and that makes a lot more sense for the song.
Good on you, Loser. I always thought it was an Advance Cassette as in an advanced copy. You're right, though: Those old buttons on car stereos did say "Advance Cassette" and that makes a lot more sense for the song.
Back in the day when cars had tape players but before CD players were really mainstream, some stereos had an "advance" feature or "next" button that would find the break between songs so you could fast-forward through a track. My mom had that feature in her 92 Cavalier. I had thought it was about that, advancing the casette so he wouldn't have to listen to some song that reminded him of some girl.
Seeing it as an advanced copy of a casette or one of those casettes that record stores used to give out with like 10 songs from different artists would make sense. "Wound me so tight" makes it seem like he's the tape on the reel that's about to break. At the same time, I kind of feel like he's just one song on her casette reel, a sample on the compilation tape of her loves.
I need to correct this.
I need to correct this.
I've been out here for so long that I'm not sure how you wound me so tight
I've been out here for so long that I'm not sure how you wound me so tight
I guess he's like a casette on the side of the road with the tape hanging out all over the place and he's not really sure not only how he's going to get it together, but how he wound up so wound up in the first place.
I guess he's like a casette on the side of the road with the tape hanging out all over the place and he's not really sure not only how he's going to get it together, but how he wound up so wound up in the first place.
Good on you, Loser. I always thought it was an Advance Cassette as in an advanced copy. You're right, though: Those old buttons on car stereos did say "Advance Cassette" and that makes a lot more sense for the song.
Good on you, Loser. I always thought it was an Advance Cassette as in an advanced copy. You're right, though: Those old buttons on car stereos did say "Advance Cassette" and that makes a lot more sense for the song.