This reminds me of how a friend at college once told me that he was amazed how easily he ended up homeless. He said, "everyone is just one or two bad events away from being homeless."
Lyrics:
"It's not just circumstance," he is acknowledging personal responsibility for ending up at this low point in his life.
"You were never there," the most heartbreaking line in the song. Not sure what it means. Not sure what the whole song means. "You don't know how easy it is," seems to be an argument, but against what, is someone being overly sympathetic to him and saying "oh man I can't believe this tragedy happened TO YOU, you are broke and homeless and this is really out of the blue."
Deer Tick is saying "No, man, this downfall was caused by my actions, and it was quite simple really, I fcked up, and it was really easy to undo everything; don't talk about it like you know what I'm going through."
in another song he sings "how can a man feel anything if all he's ever got was sympathy"
Singer seems focused on taking all the blame for the bad in his life, a kind of victim-blames-the-victim mentality that is uncommon since people usually blame forces beyond their control and try and make sht seem random and unpredictable when it happens, but really sht happens easily and because we cause sht to happen....the whole "guardian angel" and "tempting devil" on each shoulder demonstrates he has to choose which voice inside himself to listen to
"she's got me flying like a wild man in the middle of the night"
I always thought it was
"she's got me howling like a wildcat in the middle of the night"...I was wrong, but I still like my misunderstanding better. Anyway, what does he mean? Why is the angel making him drive around at night?
That is an interesting interpretation...I always wondered what "it" was but I guess its one's own downfall, saying its easy to not realize neglect of one's self.
That is an interesting interpretation...I always wondered what "it" was but I guess its one's own downfall, saying its easy to not realize neglect of one's self.
@Shep1986 It's "She's got me fightin' like a wild man in the middle of the night", as in the woman he's with is influencing him to pick late-night bar fights.
@Shep1986 It's "She's got me fightin' like a wild man in the middle of the night", as in the woman he's with is influencing him to pick late-night bar fights.
This reminds me of how a friend at college once told me that he was amazed how easily he ended up homeless. He said, "everyone is just one or two bad events away from being homeless."
Lyrics: "It's not just circumstance," he is acknowledging personal responsibility for ending up at this low point in his life.
"You were never there," the most heartbreaking line in the song. Not sure what it means. Not sure what the whole song means. "You don't know how easy it is," seems to be an argument, but against what, is someone being overly sympathetic to him and saying "oh man I can't believe this tragedy happened TO YOU, you are broke and homeless and this is really out of the blue." Deer Tick is saying "No, man, this downfall was caused by my actions, and it was quite simple really, I fcked up, and it was really easy to undo everything; don't talk about it like you know what I'm going through."
in another song he sings "how can a man feel anything if all he's ever got was sympathy" Singer seems focused on taking all the blame for the bad in his life, a kind of victim-blames-the-victim mentality that is uncommon since people usually blame forces beyond their control and try and make sht seem random and unpredictable when it happens, but really sht happens easily and because we cause sht to happen....the whole "guardian angel" and "tempting devil" on each shoulder demonstrates he has to choose which voice inside himself to listen to
"she's got me flying like a wild man in the middle of the night" I always thought it was "she's got me howling like a wildcat in the middle of the night"...I was wrong, but I still like my misunderstanding better. Anyway, what does he mean? Why is the angel making him drive around at night?
That is an interesting interpretation...I always wondered what "it" was but I guess its one's own downfall, saying its easy to not realize neglect of one's self.
That is an interesting interpretation...I always wondered what "it" was but I guess its one's own downfall, saying its easy to not realize neglect of one's self.
@Shep1986 It's "She's got me fightin' like a wild man in the middle of the night", as in the woman he's with is influencing him to pick late-night bar fights.
@Shep1986 It's "She's got me fightin' like a wild man in the middle of the night", as in the woman he's with is influencing him to pick late-night bar fights.