Dstar999@aol.com wrote:

<< Jonny boy either I am missing something or you need help. It seems to me that the song in question is dealing with the suicide of a friend and the pained response of the writer who failed to notice the signs or was incapable of preventing it. If this cheers you I need you to explain that to me. >>

I thought it was about the losing of a friend or lover from the stagnation of the relationship possibly, or just because things went wrong maybe due to troubles the friend had... I wouldn't have thought suicide because of the line "Will stay with us till we get old." I just thought the person left, with no real place to go to. But, lyrics and poetry of all sorts are so often open to the interpretation of the person listening/reading them -- and what life experiences that person brings to the hearing of them. There is no denying that beauty is often found in the telling of painful things, especially when the telling is done through the medium of an art form. Then, even ugliness is beauty, when it is well and truthfully done. And beauty should bring us joy. And, this is a beautiful song, in itself. Even sad beautiful songs make me happy, just by their existance. I might politely add that it is rude to personally attack people -- we are happy bunnies here. Wait, no! -- we've become a legion of bedroom saddoes... (I just canNOT keep up! Now I'm worried about myself -- maybe I've become an idea, like StarFluff) but that's no call for bad manners. Listen... this is pish and I'm leaving :) --michele +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+