someone said in one of these posts that a lot of the strokes' lyrics are pretty basic, which is completely true. what's great about basic lyrics is there can be a very obvious meaning and/or things can be interpreted a million different ways. i like to look at it from the perspective that this song is singular, as in one person singing about their self and their experiences, and the "you" and "i" reflects different aspects of that person. i'm sure most people know what it's like to have an internal battle going on, and this song seems to be portraying one of those battles where someone just goes "why the fuck did i let that happen?" someone that's very fragile and chaotic would have the opposing forces of making something harder for yourself and letting yourself down. i've done a lot of stupid things that i really regret and the opening lines say it all: "i want to be forgotten and i don't want to be reminded."
someone said in one of these posts that a lot of the strokes' lyrics are pretty basic, which is completely true. what's great about basic lyrics is there can be a very obvious meaning and/or things can be interpreted a million different ways. i like to look at it from the perspective that this song is singular, as in one person singing about their self and their experiences, and the "you" and "i" reflects different aspects of that person. i'm sure most people know what it's like to have an internal battle going on, and this song seems to be portraying one of those battles where someone just goes "why the fuck did i let that happen?" someone that's very fragile and chaotic would have the opposing forces of making something harder for yourself and letting yourself down. i've done a lot of stupid things that i really regret and the opening lines say it all: "i want to be forgotten and i don't want to be reminded."