This is SUCH a Meg song! She's really reserved, very quiet. Meg doesn't go to interviews or smile for paparazzi or anything like that. She just doesn't like it. I think Jack's trying to be like, "Just fuck off guys, leave her alone."
As a matter of fact, it's really hard (REALLY hard) to find a picture of Meg White when she's actually smiling. I'm interpreting that as photographers telling her to look at them, and she's enough of a badass to look at them and totally not smile. I wasn't sure about it, but when he says "The motion of her tiny hands," that pretty much confirms it for me; as she is a drummer.
Definitely agree with this, but I think Jack is also singing about being sick of people criticizing her drumming ("The way you treat her, It fills me with rage...").
Definitely agree with this, but I think Jack is also singing about being sick of people criticizing her drumming ("The way you treat her, It fills me with rage...").
"You try to tell her what to do, And all she does is stare at you, Her stare is louder than your voice" : Meg simply ignores the haters, and her silence, or lack of response to the hate, is the sign of her staying true to herself. "Because truth doesn't make a noise."
"You try to tell her what to do, And all she does is stare at you, Her stare is louder than your voice" : Meg simply ignores the haters, and her silence, or lack of response to the hate, is the sign of her staying true to herself. "Because truth doesn't make a noise."
Great song, and a touching tribute of Jack's to his underrated bandmate/ex-wife/friend.
This is SUCH a Meg song! She's really reserved, very quiet. Meg doesn't go to interviews or smile for paparazzi or anything like that. She just doesn't like it. I think Jack's trying to be like, "Just fuck off guys, leave her alone."
As a matter of fact, it's really hard (REALLY hard) to find a picture of Meg White when she's actually smiling. I'm interpreting that as photographers telling her to look at them, and she's enough of a badass to look at them and totally not smile. I wasn't sure about it, but when he says "The motion of her tiny hands," that pretty much confirms it for me; as she is a drummer.
Definitely agree with this, but I think Jack is also singing about being sick of people criticizing her drumming ("The way you treat her, It fills me with rage...").
Definitely agree with this, but I think Jack is also singing about being sick of people criticizing her drumming ("The way you treat her, It fills me with rage...").
"You try to tell her what to do, And all she does is stare at you, Her stare is louder than your voice" : Meg simply ignores the haters, and her silence, or lack of response to the hate, is the sign of her staying true to herself. "Because truth doesn't make a noise."
"You try to tell her what to do, And all she does is stare at you, Her stare is louder than your voice" : Meg simply ignores the haters, and her silence, or lack of response to the hate, is the sign of her staying true to herself. "Because truth doesn't make a noise."
Great song, and a touching tribute of Jack's to his underrated bandmate/ex-wife/friend.