This song is about Alex's guilt (at least that's what I think...well actually I'm pretty sure I'm right about that cuz it's kinda obvious). Anyways, in one of the TLSP's live performances, Alex looks extremely sad while he sings this songs and at the end of it he sings his ex girlfriend's name, "Johannaaa". So apparently he dated some girl named Johanna Bennett for two years (2005-2007). Everyone was extremely surprised that he would mention her because he has never talked about her before and many people are wondering why he is singing about her now after all these years (especially since he is already currently in a relationship)... is it cuz he misses her? Nope. It's cuz he's guilty and I believe that he has written a song about her before.
2007 is when the album Favourite Worst Nightmare (by the Arctic Monkeys) was released. One of the songs called "Do me a Favour" is about a relationship that Alex screwed up (he cheated on her out of his desire for someone else because "curiosity becomes a heavy load, too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold" And in this case it did cause him to be a "cold" jerk. In the song he also says "do me a favour and break my nose" because he's guilty and he deserves pain, he deserves the pain he put the girl through. But now that he has fallen for someone else he needs to "break apart the ties that bind" and end the relationship. At the end he says "perhaps fuck off might be too kind" cuz she probably told him to "fuck off" and he thinks that's too kind cuz he deserves so much worse.) That was an analyzation of whole other song but I think these two songs are directly related because I'm pretty sure Johanna was Alex's first girlfriend and they broke up in 2007 which is when the song was released (connecting the dots?)
Meeting Place is also obviously about Johanna cuz Alex revealed that to us at one of the TLSP concerts soooo the thing is that the poor guy is still guilty and "she clings to his consciousness" because he did something really wrong and it probably haunts him at night which his why "he struggles to sleep at night". She says "I'm sorry I met you" because he hurt her. He says "I'm sorry I met you darling" so that he never would've hurt her and it never would've happened. He also says "Im sorry I've left you" because he is sorry that he DID hurt her. Yet he "stranded himself there" because everything that happened was his fault.
I think the song is a continuation of "Do me a Favour" to show that he is still guilty after all those years but now he's thinking that he wouldn't feel this horrible feeling of guilt and Johanna wouldn't have to have memories of pain if they had just never met because they are both in happy places now but every once in awhile 'he's worried she's waiting in his dreams to drag him back to the meeting place" where he is dragged back into depression and is overtaken by guilt.
...sorry, my mistake I just realized that "Meeting Place" is one of TLSP's older songs (from 2008) but Alex still sung her name on stage (2016) and in that one performance you could tell he was really sad while singing so it still goes to show that some of the guilt has stayed with him through time.
...sorry, my mistake I just realized that "Meeting Place" is one of TLSP's older songs (from 2008) but Alex still sung her name on stage (2016) and in that one performance you could tell he was really sad while singing so it still goes to show that some of the guilt has stayed with him through time.
@deejq Here it is 2023. I've had this album since it's release and still really enjoy listening to it. This song is one of my favorites and I have read your post about it more times over the years than I care to mention. With that being said, you really nailed it. Having read your comment, listening to this song, just has more meaning and feelings. I finally decided to reply after all these years to simply say, "Thank you!"
@deejq Here it is 2023. I've had this album since it's release and still really enjoy listening to it. This song is one of my favorites and I have read your post about it more times over the years than I care to mention. With that being said, you really nailed it. Having read your comment, listening to this song, just has more meaning and feelings. I finally decided to reply after all these years to simply say, "Thank you!"
This song is about Alex's guilt (at least that's what I think...well actually I'm pretty sure I'm right about that cuz it's kinda obvious). Anyways, in one of the TLSP's live performances, Alex looks extremely sad while he sings this songs and at the end of it he sings his ex girlfriend's name, "Johannaaa". So apparently he dated some girl named Johanna Bennett for two years (2005-2007). Everyone was extremely surprised that he would mention her because he has never talked about her before and many people are wondering why he is singing about her now after all these years (especially since he is already currently in a relationship)... is it cuz he misses her? Nope. It's cuz he's guilty and I believe that he has written a song about her before.
2007 is when the album Favourite Worst Nightmare (by the Arctic Monkeys) was released. One of the songs called "Do me a Favour" is about a relationship that Alex screwed up (he cheated on her out of his desire for someone else because "curiosity becomes a heavy load, too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold" And in this case it did cause him to be a "cold" jerk. In the song he also says "do me a favour and break my nose" because he's guilty and he deserves pain, he deserves the pain he put the girl through. But now that he has fallen for someone else he needs to "break apart the ties that bind" and end the relationship. At the end he says "perhaps fuck off might be too kind" cuz she probably told him to "fuck off" and he thinks that's too kind cuz he deserves so much worse.) That was an analyzation of whole other song but I think these two songs are directly related because I'm pretty sure Johanna was Alex's first girlfriend and they broke up in 2007 which is when the song was released (connecting the dots?)
Meeting Place is also obviously about Johanna cuz Alex revealed that to us at one of the TLSP concerts soooo the thing is that the poor guy is still guilty and "she clings to his consciousness" because he did something really wrong and it probably haunts him at night which his why "he struggles to sleep at night". She says "I'm sorry I met you" because he hurt her. He says "I'm sorry I met you darling" so that he never would've hurt her and it never would've happened. He also says "Im sorry I've left you" because he is sorry that he DID hurt her. Yet he "stranded himself there" because everything that happened was his fault.
I think the song is a continuation of "Do me a Favour" to show that he is still guilty after all those years but now he's thinking that he wouldn't feel this horrible feeling of guilt and Johanna wouldn't have to have memories of pain if they had just never met because they are both in happy places now but every once in awhile 'he's worried she's waiting in his dreams to drag him back to the meeting place" where he is dragged back into depression and is overtaken by guilt.
...sorry, my mistake I just realized that "Meeting Place" is one of TLSP's older songs (from 2008) but Alex still sung her name on stage (2016) and in that one performance you could tell he was really sad while singing so it still goes to show that some of the guilt has stayed with him through time.
...sorry, my mistake I just realized that "Meeting Place" is one of TLSP's older songs (from 2008) but Alex still sung her name on stage (2016) and in that one performance you could tell he was really sad while singing so it still goes to show that some of the guilt has stayed with him through time.
@deejq Here it is 2023. I've had this album since it's release and still really enjoy listening to it. This song is one of my favorites and I have read your post about it more times over the years than I care to mention. With that being said, you really nailed it. Having read your comment, listening to this song, just has more meaning and feelings. I finally decided to reply after all these years to simply say, "Thank you!"
@deejq Here it is 2023. I've had this album since it's release and still really enjoy listening to it. This song is one of my favorites and I have read your post about it more times over the years than I care to mention. With that being said, you really nailed it. Having read your comment, listening to this song, just has more meaning and feelings. I finally decided to reply after all these years to simply say, "Thank you!"