At first I was perplexed by the introduction to this song, "I am an American aquarium drinker, I assasin down the avenue." What is an aquarium drinker? What is Jeff Tweedy talking about? But the line that clarified things for me, and makes this an ingenius song is the line "you were so right when you said i've been drinkin'." It makes it apparent that this isn't just a song about a longing for lost love, but instead it is seems to be the thoughts of someone writing in their journal at the end of a night of drinking confused about the feelings he has for someone that continually lingers in his mind. It seems as though he is uncertain about his love for this person, wondering am I in love with this person or am I in love with the idea of having someone to love. In the end he thinks she is not the one, that he is only trying to break her heart because he can ... but will he be thinking the same the morning after?
tubesocks i agree with you but i think the irony of it is more that he isn't actually trying to break her heart its just the indecisiveness from all the confusion he feels jerks her around and it breaks her hear. he loves her but their are other things that he is feeling that wont let him be fully in love with this girl
tubesocks i agree with you but i think the irony of it is more that he isn't actually trying to break her heart its just the indecisiveness from all the confusion he feels jerks her around and it breaks her hear. he loves her but their are other things that he is feeling that wont let him be fully in love with this girl
At first I was perplexed by the introduction to this song, "I am an American aquarium drinker, I assasin down the avenue." What is an aquarium drinker? What is Jeff Tweedy talking about? But the line that clarified things for me, and makes this an ingenius song is the line "you were so right when you said i've been drinkin'." It makes it apparent that this isn't just a song about a longing for lost love, but instead it is seems to be the thoughts of someone writing in their journal at the end of a night of drinking confused about the feelings he has for someone that continually lingers in his mind. It seems as though he is uncertain about his love for this person, wondering am I in love with this person or am I in love with the idea of having someone to love. In the end he thinks she is not the one, that he is only trying to break her heart because he can ... but will he be thinking the same the morning after?
tubesocks i agree with you but i think the irony of it is more that he isn't actually trying to break her heart its just the indecisiveness from all the confusion he feels jerks her around and it breaks her hear. he loves her but their are other things that he is feeling that wont let him be fully in love with this girl
tubesocks i agree with you but i think the irony of it is more that he isn't actually trying to break her heart its just the indecisiveness from all the confusion he feels jerks her around and it breaks her hear. he loves her but their are other things that he is feeling that wont let him be fully in love with this girl
@tubesocks Great interpretation of the song. The lyrics that struck me mest were "Dixie Cup drinking."
@tubesocks Great interpretation of the song. The lyrics that struck me mest were "Dixie Cup drinking."