Hello luvvies. Nick made the unprecedented and frankly shocking move of bringing up that belle & sebastian band. "Subtle as the wind is grey". Days in general, and not so much the wind, are what you could often describe as grey. I shouldn't really do what I'm about to, as it might make me sound all arty litterrati, but I'm trying to make a point, alright. In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce is always banging on about how the air was grey during his schooldays, and I remember it cuz it paints an evocative atmosphere without trying very hard at all. I think the fact that you have to look at the wind in a certain frame of mind to be able to say, Well yes, it *is* grey, is part of Simple Things. Struan saying that "IF you want me, I'll be there... to deal with all your problems" fits in with his presence being subtle, and something you have to search to find, and look at in a certain way to realise what you've got. He's letting the girl (or even us fans) know that he feels something strong, but he's not being pushy or overbearing about it, which might scare her off. Saying he does feel strongly about her, but will only act on his feelings if she wants it too, is so much more mature and secure than declaring undying love and expecting the girl to go all gooey and pledge hers in return, just because he has. I know some boys/men think this is an effective way to win the object of what they imagine is their love, but from experience, personally it freaks me out and makes me feel guilty, like I owe said boy something, especially if the attraction traffic isn't flowing both ways. I might be reading far more into Simple Things than Struan intended there to be, but if the song is capable of taking on a life of its own after leaving his pretty tonsils, then that's one hell of a compliment to the band's song writing abilities. That round of applause for being almost entirely ON topic. I'll take it with fries to go please. Natasha xx (who also finds a million other things that just have to be done crop up when she's supposed to be revising) "One can be just as attached to futilities as to anything else." _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+