Oooh Dark Nation, I'm so glad you added your interpretation of this somewhat enigmatic Paul Simon song. I never understood why so many people, including fans, consider SCAATY a 'love song' or 'lovely' or 'about old times' sake' or 'straight forward'.
It is not.
I guess such positive interpretations rely too much on their own nostalgic sentiments. I completely agree with you that the song is about some alienated former lover, who is detached from real life and real love, who would rather hide behind his curtains and his long-term depression than to show the courage to love.
The nostalgic expression '(my former lover and I are) still crazy after all these years' in the end becomes a vile self-description '(I am) still crazy after all these years, anti-social, full of nihilism and self-pity'.
Isn't it tragic that one pf Paul's greatest and most characteristic songs is constantly mistaken by his fanhood? I wonder how Paul himself deals with that.
Oooh Dark Nation, I'm so glad you added your interpretation of this somewhat enigmatic Paul Simon song. I never understood why so many people, including fans, consider SCAATY a 'love song' or 'lovely' or 'about old times' sake' or 'straight forward'.
It is not.
I guess such positive interpretations rely too much on their own nostalgic sentiments. I completely agree with you that the song is about some alienated former lover, who is detached from real life and real love, who would rather hide behind his curtains and his long-term depression than to show the courage to love.
The nostalgic expression '(my former lover and I are) still crazy after all these years' in the end becomes a vile self-description '(I am) still crazy after all these years, anti-social, full of nihilism and self-pity'.
Isn't it tragic that one pf Paul's greatest and most characteristic songs is constantly mistaken by his fanhood? I wonder how Paul himself deals with that.