Hi there. I just joined because I'm impressed by the thought put into many of these interpretations. Many people overlook the genius behind Boss Tweedy's songwriting.
I wanted to begin by addressing sugrpophrtstop's question regarding the lyric of "picking apples for the kings and queens of things I've never seen"
I believe that to be Jeff's way of showing the faith that he still has in his wife and their relationship.
Sometimes in a relationship you do things for the other person even though you may be at the point that you don't
know why anymore. So it's like doing something in vain faith hoping that there will be some kind of benefit from it.
Also, as a musician I garnered a slightly different interpretation of this song than the others. I certainly don't
disagree with the fact that a radio cure is what we listen to in order to get us through the hard times. But from
Jeff's perspective, a musicican, i think that what he means by his mind being filled with radio cures is that his
mind is filled with songs he wants to write in order to ease his wife's mind even though she's probably tired of
him using music as a way of apology and righting the wrong as opposed to him just using normal speech to say I'm sorry
and I'll do better. The same way comedians have rough relationships because their spouses complain that to him/her,
everything is a joke. Well, comedy is the only way that a comedian may know how to deal with problems. The same
goes for musicians. Music may be the only way for that person to deal with problems. Regarding the lyric "my mind
is filled with silvery stars..." I think Jeff is saying that his mind is filled with big ideas of how he can win
his wife's heart with his music even though it hasn't worked before. It's a trippy song and just wonderful.
Hi there. I just joined because I'm impressed by the thought put into many of these interpretations. Many people overlook the genius behind Boss Tweedy's songwriting. I wanted to begin by addressing sugrpophrtstop's question regarding the lyric of "picking apples for the kings and queens of things I've never seen" I believe that to be Jeff's way of showing the faith that he still has in his wife and their relationship. Sometimes in a relationship you do things for the other person even though you may be at the point that you don't know why anymore. So it's like doing something in vain faith hoping that there will be some kind of benefit from it. Also, as a musician I garnered a slightly different interpretation of this song than the others. I certainly don't disagree with the fact that a radio cure is what we listen to in order to get us through the hard times. But from Jeff's perspective, a musicican, i think that what he means by his mind being filled with radio cures is that his mind is filled with songs he wants to write in order to ease his wife's mind even though she's probably tired of him using music as a way of apology and righting the wrong as opposed to him just using normal speech to say I'm sorry and I'll do better. The same way comedians have rough relationships because their spouses complain that to him/her, everything is a joke. Well, comedy is the only way that a comedian may know how to deal with problems. The same goes for musicians. Music may be the only way for that person to deal with problems. Regarding the lyric "my mind is filled with silvery stars..." I think Jeff is saying that his mind is filled with big ideas of how he can win his wife's heart with his music even though it hasn't worked before. It's a trippy song and just wonderful.