It seems that the main character is leaving a relationship with an emotionally high maintenance girl. Needy and controlling, she demands more of him, but he's finally had enough indicating that he doesn't really owe her any more than a stick of gum. She gets pissed, kicks him out. When he promptly returns to reclaim his shirt, he sees a picture of someone in a wheelchair and refers to them in the first person indicating that the song is being sung to that person. After he slings the gum-spitting jab at her, he steals stuff and heads over to the wheelchair girl's house.
I think the clincher is that he declares he never asked for the crutch of the wheelchair girl and that she isn't to ask for his. I like how he seems to make his ex out to be more of a cripple than a girl in a wheelchair for her sheer emotional neediness.
And yeah, the feel reminds me of Norwegian Wood, but it's far from a parody. This song has much more intellectual merit than (no offense to the Beatles) and a considerably distinct melody from the Beatles tune. Plus, don't forget the sitar!
It seems that the main character is leaving a relationship with an emotionally high maintenance girl. Needy and controlling, she demands more of him, but he's finally had enough indicating that he doesn't really owe her any more than a stick of gum. She gets pissed, kicks him out. When he promptly returns to reclaim his shirt, he sees a picture of someone in a wheelchair and refers to them in the first person indicating that the song is being sung to that person. After he slings the gum-spitting jab at her, he steals stuff and heads over to the wheelchair girl's house.
I think the clincher is that he declares he never asked for the crutch of the wheelchair girl and that she isn't to ask for his. I like how he seems to make his ex out to be more of a cripple than a girl in a wheelchair for her sheer emotional neediness.
And yeah, the feel reminds me of Norwegian Wood, but it's far from a parody. This song has much more intellectual merit than (no offense to the Beatles) and a considerably distinct melody from the Beatles tune. Plus, don't forget the sitar!