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Everything is quiet, Since you're not around,
And I live in the numbness now.
In the background.
I do the things we did before,
I walk Haight Street to the store,
And they say where's that crazy girl?
You don't get drunk on red wine, and fight no more,
'Cause I don't see you anymore,
Since the hospital,
But the plans I make still have you in them,
Then you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this because I carry you around,
In the background.
Words they come and memories all repeat,
I lift your head while,
They change the hospital sheets,
I would never lie to you, No
I would never lie to you, No
I felt you long after we were through.
And the plans I make still have you in them,
Cause you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this because I carry you around,
In the background.
And I live in the numbness now.
In the background.
I do the things we did before,
I walk Haight Street to the store,
And they say where's that crazy girl?
You don't get drunk on red wine, and fight no more,
'Cause I don't see you anymore,
Since the hospital,
But the plans I make still have you in them,
Then you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this because I carry you around,
In the background.
Words they come and memories all repeat,
I lift your head while,
They change the hospital sheets,
I would never lie to you, No
I would never lie to you, No
I felt you long after we were through.
And the plans I make still have you in them,
Cause you come swimming into view,
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
I only know this because I carry you around,
In the background.
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The most beautiful line in this song is "the words they use so lightly, I only feel for you." It gets me every time.
they broke up, but he never stopped loving her. he went through this self-destructive phase. after a year or so, they started talking again. they were starting to get closer to each other. then she died. he was heartbroken, and will always think of her. she is always in the background.
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do
The words they use so lightly
I only feel for you
I only know because I, carry you around in the background
To me this song is about someone important to you leaving and not realizing at all just how much their actions and words affect you.
The plans I make still have you in them
'Cause you come swimming into view
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do
Even after a long time has passed, you still miss them, and when they do happen to show up every now and then it's like the wound reopens, and they don't even realize they're hurting you.
That's just what I get out of this song. I know I might be taking the parts that matched with my life out of context, but it's still an amazingly powerful song.
In spite of my emotional response to connect both songs, common themes tie them together as well. Common elements in both songs include indirect references to some sort of traumatic event, third parties inquiring as to the absence of the women, and a general sense of two formerly close people who's lives are drifting away from each other due to circumstances outside their control.
So, while there's a lot of room to interpret individual lyrics of this song, my money is on this being inspired by the same real life events as "Wounded."