I find a lot of similarities between this and "I'm Amazed." Jim's explanation for that was that "it's just about things that amaze me - good or bad." Each part of the song talks about other perpexing things.

This song, to me, is about what draws humans together. It's all throughout the song. Like others have said, it's some amorphous quality-- not the way a girl looks but the way she moves, that makes us fall in love with her, makes us feel something real for her. Its not the words or the band, its the way he sings, the way he pours his emotion out into the song, that makes me feel his pain and connect with him.

The song talks about how when others feel pain, we ignore it, bad things won't happen to us right? It's something intangible that rests outside of these events, (the way he sings) that evokes emotion in us and makes us feel pity, love or joy for another person. His mind blows to bits when they play that song because the feeling of connection that, in my opinion, can only be conveyed through the collaborative effort of music, words and voice, is too much for him to handle. Simply hearing someone else singing and expressing some emotion that the lister has felt before is where human connection and understanding is taken to a totally different level.

I am pretty sure this song is about Roy Orbison, so you are all basically children of mine at this point.

i think i heard somewhere once that he's saying "i ain't no woman, i ain't no woman" and it does sound like that and maybe it could make sense cause he's saying "it's the way that he sings" etc. like he loves this dude and his voice but he's still a man. not that he'd be worried about that, but it might make sense.

and this is the first time ive thought this after really reading all the lyrics, but i'm really thinking it also has something to do with war/violence in the world and how we're so lucky "just to wake everyday alive and by your side" and not be affected by it most of the time..."why's it so soft when the cannons unload on the others, why're we so loud when we say it won't happen to us..." when it happens to others we aren't very affected and it seems like it could never really happen to us but it could and we should think about it more instead of just saying it won't happen and ignoring it. so if i'm right, either he's talking about that and also talkin about something else - this singer/song. or it's some really random meaning that only he knows. but i really don't think it's just as easy as he's talking about being in love with music. of course he is but i think there's a way deeper and unexpected meaning here

hopefully someone feels me on this...

These comments crack me up.

I think this song is SO meaningful. It speaks to how I relate to MMJ & to music in general. This song asks questions about music and love and the value and appeal of each. Some people think it is ALL lyrics. In fact it is something intangible. " it's just the way that he sings. Not the words that he says, or the band. I'm in love with his soul, it's a meaning that I understand".

Music is love. You can not always disect or explain it.