For me it's about mental illness. I have experienced a close family member go through a breakdown and many of these lyrics ring very true to that.
"she parks her car outside of my house
takes her clothes off
says she's close to understanding Jesus
she knows she's just a little misunderstood
she has trouble acting normal when she's nervous"
My family member actually did strip down naked in the mental institution declaring that " this is how god made her". Also, knowing that they are misunderstood.
"She says It's only in my head
She says Shhh I know it's only in my head"
recognizing the mental illness....
"But the girl in car in the parking lot
says "Man you should try to take a shot
can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
Then she looks up at the building
and says she's thinking of jumping
She says she's tired of life
she must be tired of something"
Suicidal behavior....
Those are pretty straight forward. But I even think that some of the more ambiguous lyrics could be perceived to support the mental illness interpretation.
"like a ghost
into the fog where no one notices
the contrast of white on white."
If you've ever tried to talk to someone having an episode they are definitely in a fog. I would often say that after my family member's initial breakdown that it was like being with a ghost of them. The shell is there but the person I knew before is gone. Also, often the mentally ill will have delusional thoughts you can't follow i.e "no one notices the contrast of white on white"
"just like she's walking on a wire in the circus"
The instability like walking on a wire...
For me though, as a loved one coping with it all...
"Round here, she's slipping through my hands......round here she's always on my mind"
@csjones love that description wow! suits how I feel as I write this, particularly the fog and being a ghost (you can feel it and makes the anxiety worse) to all people I meet so outside of work I don't interact socially ever because Im a person who battles major depression and attempted x2.
@csjones love that description wow! suits how I feel as I write this, particularly the fog and being a ghost (you can feel it and makes the anxiety worse) to all people I meet so outside of work I don't interact socially ever because Im a person who battles major depression and attempted x2.
Thank you for sharing those beautifully written words and I am actually amazed someone outside can actually feel it/ see it (how I/we can feel for no reason nonmatter what help you reach for at times)
Thank you for sharing those beautifully written words and I am actually amazed someone outside can actually feel it/ see it (how I/we can feel for no reason nonmatter what help you reach for at times)
Whatever the intention behind the lyrics and the personal meaning to CC, it's so much to so many and these words and delivery are what supports me daily somehow to me they are the most magical lyrics and it gives me slight hope and that gets to through the night when I listen to this song.
@csjones I’ve been in a mental institution. This describes how it goes on there. De singer has been admitted, so I wonder if he’s telling the truth. The time I was there we stayed up very very late and we looked all the same. Singing about the girl is the feelings you have for other fellow patients.
@csjones I’ve been in a mental institution. This describes how it goes on there. De singer has been admitted, so I wonder if he’s telling the truth. The time I was there we stayed up very very late and we looked all the same. Singing about the girl is the feelings you have for other fellow patients.
When I hear this song it takes me straight back even though it’s 12 years ago. Beautiful song.
When I hear this song it takes me straight back even though it’s 12 years ago. Beautiful song.
For me it's about mental illness. I have experienced a close family member go through a breakdown and many of these lyrics ring very true to that.
"she parks her car outside of my house takes her clothes off says she's close to understanding Jesus she knows she's just a little misunderstood she has trouble acting normal when she's nervous"
My family member actually did strip down naked in the mental institution declaring that " this is how god made her". Also, knowing that they are misunderstood.
"She says It's only in my head She says Shhh I know it's only in my head"
recognizing the mental illness....
"But the girl in car in the parking lot says "Man you should try to take a shot can't you see my walls are crumbling?" Then she looks up at the building and says she's thinking of jumping She says she's tired of life she must be tired of something"
Suicidal behavior....
Those are pretty straight forward. But I even think that some of the more ambiguous lyrics could be perceived to support the mental illness interpretation.
"like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white."
If you've ever tried to talk to someone having an episode they are definitely in a fog. I would often say that after my family member's initial breakdown that it was like being with a ghost of them. The shell is there but the person I knew before is gone. Also, often the mentally ill will have delusional thoughts you can't follow i.e "no one notices the contrast of white on white"
"just like she's walking on a wire in the circus"
The instability like walking on a wire...
For me though, as a loved one coping with it all...
"Round here, she's slipping through my hands......round here she's always on my mind"
I agree with you
I agree with you
@csjones love that description wow! suits how I feel as I write this, particularly the fog and being a ghost (you can feel it and makes the anxiety worse) to all people I meet so outside of work I don't interact socially ever because Im a person who battles major depression and attempted x2.
@csjones love that description wow! suits how I feel as I write this, particularly the fog and being a ghost (you can feel it and makes the anxiety worse) to all people I meet so outside of work I don't interact socially ever because Im a person who battles major depression and attempted x2.
Thank you for sharing those beautifully written words and I am actually amazed someone outside can actually feel it/ see it (how I/we can feel for no reason nonmatter what help you reach for at times)
Thank you for sharing those beautifully written words and I am actually amazed someone outside can actually feel it/ see it (how I/we can feel for no reason nonmatter what help you reach for at times)
Whatever the intention behind the lyrics and the personal meaning to CC, it's so much to so many and these words and delivery are what supports me daily somehow to me they are the most magical lyrics and it gives me slight hope and that gets to through the night when I listen to this song.
@csjones I’ve been in a mental institution. This describes how it goes on there. De singer has been admitted, so I wonder if he’s telling the truth. The time I was there we stayed up very very late and we looked all the same. Singing about the girl is the feelings you have for other fellow patients.
@csjones I’ve been in a mental institution. This describes how it goes on there. De singer has been admitted, so I wonder if he’s telling the truth. The time I was there we stayed up very very late and we looked all the same. Singing about the girl is the feelings you have for other fellow patients.
When I hear this song it takes me straight back even though it’s 12 years ago. Beautiful song.
When I hear this song it takes me straight back even though it’s 12 years ago. Beautiful song.