when this song first came out I was 18 years old. I liked it for the melody and the cleverness of the lyrics and of course the beautiful vocals (a mainstay of all Lucksmiths songs). But I didn't really connect to it on a deeper level. Now it's nine years later and I get it. Relationships don't always come easy, even when you both care about each other. The meaning of this one is obvious; it doesn't take any special intellect to interpret it. But it does take the experience of complexity of relationships and love and people in general to actually understand why this song is so perfect.
One of the greatest things about The Lucksmiths is that you believe every story in every song of theirs. You believe that all these things really happened. Maybe this one did. Maybe it didn't. It doesn't matter. The critical point is that Marty writes with painful, beautiful accuracy about experiences that so many of us have, and he does so in a way peppered with believable details and perfectly human nuances. It's bloody great.
when this song first came out I was 18 years old. I liked it for the melody and the cleverness of the lyrics and of course the beautiful vocals (a mainstay of all Lucksmiths songs). But I didn't really connect to it on a deeper level. Now it's nine years later and I get it. Relationships don't always come easy, even when you both care about each other. The meaning of this one is obvious; it doesn't take any special intellect to interpret it. But it does take the experience of complexity of relationships and love and people in general to actually understand why this song is so perfect.
One of the greatest things about The Lucksmiths is that you believe every story in every song of theirs. You believe that all these things really happened. Maybe this one did. Maybe it didn't. It doesn't matter. The critical point is that Marty writes with painful, beautiful accuracy about experiences that so many of us have, and he does so in a way peppered with believable details and perfectly human nuances. It's bloody great.