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I see your wishes on the wall, and that's all right with me
I see you run to make a call, hoping that there's someone free
Your life and my life they don't touch at all, and that's no way to be
We've never seemed so far
What's real? what is true?
I ain't turning my back on you
Where're you goin'? where've you been?
Making wishes, watching dreams
It might be simple, it might be true, I might be overwhelmed by you
You might be empty, the way your eyes just look right through
It's such a mess now anyway, wish fulfillment every day
I don't believe you, now I can't hear a word you say
I see you shaking in the light, reading the headline news
The others they're not quite so bright, we want them to choose you
I could almost see your face tonight, singing simple rhythm'n'blues
You'll always be a star
Shake it baby! come'on scream!
Just see your face in a magazine
Don't doubt it! leaves Chris sore! (?)
I can't stand it anymore
It's my favorite shot of you, you look so pretty your eyes were true
I'm still on your side, in spite of everything you do
We're only blood on blood on life, you paint me pictures every night (?)
Come wish beside me, don't you know you know what's right
I see you run to make a call, hoping that there's someone free
Your life and my life they don't touch at all, and that's no way to be
We've never seemed so far
What's real? what is true?
I ain't turning my back on you
Where're you goin'? where've you been?
Making wishes, watching dreams
It might be simple, it might be true, I might be overwhelmed by you
You might be empty, the way your eyes just look right through
It's such a mess now anyway, wish fulfillment every day
I don't believe you, now I can't hear a word you say
I see you shaking in the light, reading the headline news
The others they're not quite so bright, we want them to choose you
I could almost see your face tonight, singing simple rhythm'n'blues
You'll always be a star
Shake it baby! come'on scream!
Just see your face in a magazine
Don't doubt it! leaves Chris sore! (?)
I can't stand it anymore
It's my favorite shot of you, you look so pretty your eyes were true
I'm still on your side, in spite of everything you do
We're only blood on blood on life, you paint me pictures every night (?)
Come wish beside me, don't you know you know what's right
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To me it could also be a politician you elected to fulfill your wishes, but now you see, how he`s getting washed up in all the political business, and doesn`t support the people that elected him anymore. Yu see him on the posters and on tv, an register how cold he has become. But still you hope he will return to the things you elected him for.
I think the lyrics in this song are about a guy who loves and wants a girl who doubts herself
(Your doubt, it leaves me sore,
You want them to choose you
You might be empty
The way your eyes just look right through)
Possibly when she could be or is something great
(Where you going? Where you been?
Making wishes, watching dreams?
I could almost see your face tonight
Singin' simple rhythm and blues
You'll always be a star
Shake it baby! C'mon, scream!
Did I see your face in a magazine?)
I think maybe his faith and love for her causes her to doubt herself even more
(What's real? What's true?
I ain't turning my back on you
I don't believe you
Now I can't hear a word you say)
I think that this difference of opinion is probably what split them
(Your life and my life, they don't touch at all
And that's no way to be
You've never seemed so far
It's such a mess now anyway
I can't stand it anymore)
And Maybe, now he realises what he lost, he just wants this girl to be happy with herself
(I see your wishes on the wall
And that's alright with me
It's my favorite shot of you
You looked so pretty, your eyes were true
I'm still on your side in spite of everything you do
Come wish beside me
Don't you know you know what's right?)
Otherwise I'd agree with the Stalker/obsessive theory which is a shame, as this song doesn't sound creepy or dark at all :)
it's really a beautiful song. definitely my favorite sonic youth song.
this song is about someone the singer knows- who is breaking away and selling themselves to fame.. they are pursuing their dreams and getting caught in them.
"I see you run to make a call
Hoping that there's someone free"
slowly the person is becoming "too important" for the singer, getting caught up in the spotlight, and doesn't turn back to reflect on his/her past and roots.
"You've never seemed so far" and "I ain't turning my back on you"
indicates to me that the relationship is gradually breaking apart but the singer is still sticking to his/her friend through it all - "I'm still on your side in spite of everything you do"
the glamor and the spotlight is causing the person to lose a bit of their soul in the process - "You might be empty/ The way your eyes just look right through"
This person is calling a lost friend back to them, back to where the dreams first began and first took off - "Come wish beside me/ Don't you know you know what's right?"
i feel like the "wish fulfillment every day" emphasizes how monotonous living the dream can become - and how much it can drain a person and remove them from their old friends.