correct me if im wrong but....Daniel Johnston, the writer of the song, has been in love with a girl named laura all his life but he is not with her. She was a very old friend that he never had the chance to be in a real relationship with. Most of his songs are about her but she has declined to be with him. He doesnt and hasnt had contact with her in a looong time. Many of his songs about love are about laura and are written hopelessly long after the fact. It helps to know this to understand the lyrics. Both versions of the song strike a deep chord in me. It portrays a deep everlasting love for someone, long after the hope of being with them is gone. The picture the song describes is arguably the last image the speaker has in his/her head of the one they love and lost (like the last time they saw them). The love the speaker has is still so strong, even long after the fact, that the picture is still as bright and clear and on the same spot on his/her wall as it always has been. Time and hopelessness have not degraded the love at all. The tragic irony is that it isnt the love BETWEEN the people that lasts a long time, but the speakers own unrequited feelings. It ironically and sadly clashes against the cliche of mutual love lasting a long time. Ah, its really beyond words, it is just so purely true and tragic.
her name was laurie and he was INFATUATED with Laurie whom he met at art school. pretty beautiful song, the original can NEVER be matched. EVER.
Daniel Johnston such a misunderstood genius
her name was laurie and he was INFATUATED with Laurie whom he met at art school. pretty beautiful song, the original can NEVER be matched. EVER.
Daniel Johnston such a misunderstood genius
Ciarac captured very well the essence of the song though
And I think the explanation is well described because it is often difficult to put words on what you feel when you hear this song.
Ciarac captured very well the essence of the song though
And I think the explanation is well described because it is often difficult to put words on what you feel when you hear this song.
I do prefer the original by Daniel Johnston by far as well
I do prefer the original by Daniel Johnston by far as well
correct me if im wrong but....Daniel Johnston, the writer of the song, has been in love with a girl named laura all his life but he is not with her. She was a very old friend that he never had the chance to be in a real relationship with. Most of his songs are about her but she has declined to be with him. He doesnt and hasnt had contact with her in a looong time. Many of his songs about love are about laura and are written hopelessly long after the fact. It helps to know this to understand the lyrics. Both versions of the song strike a deep chord in me. It portrays a deep everlasting love for someone, long after the hope of being with them is gone. The picture the song describes is arguably the last image the speaker has in his/her head of the one they love and lost (like the last time they saw them). The love the speaker has is still so strong, even long after the fact, that the picture is still as bright and clear and on the same spot on his/her wall as it always has been. Time and hopelessness have not degraded the love at all. The tragic irony is that it isnt the love BETWEEN the people that lasts a long time, but the speakers own unrequited feelings. It ironically and sadly clashes against the cliche of mutual love lasting a long time. Ah, its really beyond words, it is just so purely true and tragic.
her name was laurie and he was INFATUATED with Laurie whom he met at art school. pretty beautiful song, the original can NEVER be matched. EVER. Daniel Johnston such a misunderstood genius
her name was laurie and he was INFATUATED with Laurie whom he met at art school. pretty beautiful song, the original can NEVER be matched. EVER. Daniel Johnston such a misunderstood genius
Ciarac captured very well the essence of the song though And I think the explanation is well described because it is often difficult to put words on what you feel when you hear this song.
Ciarac captured very well the essence of the song though And I think the explanation is well described because it is often difficult to put words on what you feel when you hear this song.
I do prefer the original by Daniel Johnston by far as well
I do prefer the original by Daniel Johnston by far as well