I can't believe this song only has 6 comments, it's probably my favorite song off Kaleidoscope Heart.
I think think what makes this song so beautiful is its honest simplicity; I can relate to being in this place.
Here's my verse by verse interpretation:
One, two, three, four...
I don't want to
Talk about it to you
I'm not an open book
That you can rifle through
Cold hard truth that you'll see right to
I'm just a basket case without you
The last person she wants to talk to about the break-up is the guy who broke her heart, and she's afraid that he'll see that without him she's just a "basket case."
He's not a magic man
Or a perfect fit
He had a steady hand and I got used to it
And a glass cage heart and invited me in
Now I'm just a basket case without him
He wasn't a perfect guy, but he opened his heart to her and she grew to love him. Now, she doesn't know what to do without him.
Begging for the truth
So I'm saying it to you
I've been saving your place
And what good does it do
Now I'm just a basket case
Now I'm just a basket case
He's asking her to tell the truth about how she feels, but it makes no difference if she does because regardless, she'll still be without him.
I don't say much and it'll stay that way
You gotta steel train touch and I'm just the track you lay
So I'll stay right here, underneath you
I'm just a basket case and it's what we do
She's still not ready to talk about it with him, and she knows that she would give anything to be with him. Since she is so miserable without him, she'll take whatever love she can get from him.
You're begging for the truth
So I'm saying it to you
I've been saving your place
And what good does it do
Now I'm just a basket case
Won't someone come on in and tug at my seams
Or send your armies in
Robbers and thieves
To steal the state I'm in
I don't want it anymore
She's hoping that someone else can come into her life to distract her from the emptiness she feels. She doesn't care who it is, as long as someone can take the pain she has felt from losing him.
You're begging for the truth
So I'm saying it to you
I've been saving your place
And what good does it do
Now I'm just a basket case
Now I'm just a basket case
Now I'm just a basket case
Now I'm just a basket case
I can't believe this song only has 6 comments, it's probably my favorite song off Kaleidoscope Heart.
I think think what makes this song so beautiful is its honest simplicity; I can relate to being in this place.
Here's my verse by verse interpretation:
One, two, three, four...
I don't want to Talk about it to you I'm not an open book That you can rifle through Cold hard truth that you'll see right to I'm just a basket case without you
The last person she wants to talk to about the break-up is the guy who broke her heart, and she's afraid that he'll see that without him she's just a "basket case."
He's not a magic man Or a perfect fit He had a steady hand and I got used to it And a glass cage heart and invited me in Now I'm just a basket case without him
He wasn't a perfect guy, but he opened his heart to her and she grew to love him. Now, she doesn't know what to do without him.
Begging for the truth So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case
He's asking her to tell the truth about how she feels, but it makes no difference if she does because regardless, she'll still be without him.
I don't say much and it'll stay that way You gotta steel train touch and I'm just the track you lay So I'll stay right here, underneath you I'm just a basket case and it's what we do
She's still not ready to talk about it with him, and she knows that she would give anything to be with him. Since she is so miserable without him, she'll take whatever love she can get from him.
You're begging for the truth So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case
Won't someone come on in and tug at my seams Or send your armies in Robbers and thieves To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore
She's hoping that someone else can come into her life to distract her from the emptiness she feels. She doesn't care who it is, as long as someone can take the pain she has felt from losing him.
You're begging for the truth So I'm saying it to you I've been saving your place And what good does it do Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case Now I'm just a basket case
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