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Or at least that's when you lose yourself
For a minute or two
As you stand, under the bar lights
And the band plays some song
About forgetting yourself for a while
And the piano's this melancholy sound check to her smile
And that white dress she's wearing
You haven't seen her for a while
But you know that she's watching
She's laughing, she's turning
She's holding her tonic like a cross
The room's suddenly spinning
She walks up and asks how you are
So you can smell her perfume
You can see her lying naked in your arms
And so there's a change, in your emotions
And all these memories come rushing
Like feral waves to your mind
Of the curl of your bodies
Like two perfect circles entwined
And you feel hopeless and homeless
And lost in the haze of the wine
Then she leaves, with someone you don't know
But she makes sure you saw her
She looks right at you and bolts
As she walks out the door
Your blood boiling
Your stomach in ropes
Oh and when your friends say,
"What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost."
Then you walk, under the streetlights
And you're too drunk to notice
That everyone is staring at you
You just don't care what you look like
The world is falling around you
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You know that she'll break you in two
this song is an epic listen 10.
Thanks for the TPOH quote!! Man that is one of my all-time fav bands that would have a happy home here at RP. Just sayin'.
Yay! Nice to know that there are other RP listeners that remember TPOH and I’m an Adult Now. I’m surprised to see that Wikipedia says they still play “selected events”. I thought they broke up over 30 years ago.
Just did it again
Reminds me of Heros by David Bowie
No song better captures the hyper-real moment of true unrequited love. Gives me goose bumps every time I hear it.
yes. yes. yes.
On Reddit, the vociferous ones deride it as "too literal".
I completely disagree.
When struggling with a battered & bruised heart ( gonna name you: Lauren M), the soul oft times has not the desire for subtle reflections, or quiet prose.
No, when the Heart is rent asunder, it is ruled by raw, direct emotion.
The memories of the tactile, and the ethereal.
The scent of Her, the feel of Her.
To see Her again, is at both Pleasure, and Pain.
This song fits it perfectly.
I think the whole album deserves a 7 and this song maybe an 8.
No song better captures the hyper-real moment of true unrequited love. Gives me goose bumps every time I hear it.
this comment should be at the top of the most liked list.
Someone said - 'women are from venus, men are from mars'
someone else said - 'Men need to have sex to feel loved, Women need to feel loved to have sex'
dunno who, or if any of thats true,
but, to quote 'I'm An Adult Now' by 'The Pursuit Of Happiness' -
'Can't write songs about girls anymore,
Gotta write songs about women,
No more boy meets girl, boy loses girl,
More like, man tries to understand what the hell went wrong'
Thanks for the TPOH quote!! Man that is one of my all-time fav bands that would have a happy home here at RP. Just sayin'.
This is one of my current top 10 songs on my playlist. No, make that top 2. I distinctly remember this emotion from about 30 years ago. I don't think it makes a difference that I'm a woman. It's the same shock and regret. The music falling like tonal curtains around the setting that the writer paints here is incredible. Love this band!
Full agreement from this guy who has also rated this a 10 due to the heartache from (almost) 30 years ago it reminds me of - actually it's quite impressive how the knot in the stomach happens just hearing about someone else's pain.
Long Live RP and having a stomach not in knots!!
Please, please - I strongly urge you to read Mikel Jollett's book Hollywood Park.
I just read Mikel Jollett's book Hollywood Park and loved it! There's so much in there. How he grew up in a commune/school and had to figure out his place with his parents. Helped me sort out my own stuff. Will second your commendation for others to read it.
Reading through the comments of this song makes me think that just about every RP listener has had that one love that got away. I do too. Admittedly it was more lust than love, but the memory is just as painful. An absence that can't be filled. A wound that won't heal. We men are an emotional lot, try as we might to hide it.
Yup.
Pathetic. Man-child. Trying so hard to be epic, profound poetically emotional - just weak and desperate.
Normally you only get that much projection at the movies.
who was it that said “ women make the highs higher, and the lows more frequent” ?
That would be me.
Reading through the comments of this song makes me think that just about every RP listener has had that one love that got away. I do too. Admittedly it was more lust than love, but the memory is just as painful. An absence that can't be filled. A wound that won't heal. We men are an emotional lot, try as we might to hide it.
And don't forget... we're pigs too!
Don't tell him that- they may end up getting back together again.
Did they piss on your chips or something?
Possibly, but it's still a pretty good listen.
And while we're reading, might as well pick up "White Noise" by Don DeLillo, which is where the band got its name.
I've already forgotten.
Good advice, but the world won't listen, not just the man.
Might still have to give it a listen for an IMO moment? Thanks for the heads up, though
You are in your teens or 20s and she leaves you for someone else: catastrophe
You are in your 50s and she leaves: no biggie, a relief actually
I'm in my 50s, now I know who I want to leave with.
That's an instant 7 for me, whatever genre it is.
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rate 7
Amazing how clear it is for us after having had this happen in our lives....and my daughter is going through the same "he doesn't love me anymore" drama and I feel for her even if she doesn't get that I get it....it's her world now and she'll learn (hopefully) from this experience. Long Live RP and short live the heartbreak caused by ending relationships (except when great art is created as a result)
But she's HOT!!!
I must have felt that way when I originally rated it an 8, and today, after a couple weeks of thinking about past loves, wow....this one hits me hard. Up to a 9 now. And BillG - you can stop the theme now of painful post-relationship songs. PEACE
Yeah...I just had to bump it to a "10" - the soulful expression captured in this tune is amazing; I only wish the rest of their music was a few levels higher overall.
Amazing how things change as you age.
You are in your teens or 20s and she leaves you for someone else: catastrophe
You are in your 50 and she leaves: no biggie, a relief actually
Grayson wrote:
LMAO! Hate to champion such a truth, and I'm not. It's just that thewiseking is right. Otherwise he wouldn't be known as so gosh darn wise. The self-fulfilling wishful thinking is strong in that one.
Grayson...thank you for commenting on thewiseking's 'wise' post....hell that's one funny ass truth post, one of the best....hahahahaha…..still I like the song and it's a 9 for me...but damn if it really only applies to youngsters, eh? Long Live RP!!
You are in your teens or 20s and she leaves you for someone else: catastrophe
You are in your 50 and she leaves: no biggie, a relief actually
LMAO! Hate to champion such a truth, and I'm not. It's just that thewiseking is right. Otherwise he wouldn't be known as so gosh darn wise. The self-fulfilling wishful thinking is strong in that one.
singer's comment: "I guess our tech meeting with God went well"
one of the best live music moments of my life
That's a great moment!
singer's comment: "I guess our tech meeting with God went well"
one of the best live music moments of my life
Yes!
You said it perfectly.
This song always makes me think of Dustin Hoffman crashing the wedding in The Graduate.
And that white dress she's wearing
You haven't seen her for a while
You don't care what you look like
The world is falling around you
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
I must have felt that way when I originally rated it an 8, and today, after a couple weeks of thinking about past loves, wow....this one hits me hard. Up to a 9 now. And BillG - you can stop the theme now of painful post-relationship songs. PEACE
You are in your teens or 20s and she leaves you for someone else: catastrophe
You are in your 50 and she leaves: no biggie, a relief actually
Really? Lucky you! I guess...
True unrequited love. Perhaps. Or true proof he loved the wrong girl. Maybe he should have left the bar before she did and saved himself the anguish.
Yeah, the U2 guitar driving this piece. I think that this singer leads with his emotions, I have a hard time connecting with Bono, but this guy I can feel.
Bono lies awake every night because you two have not connected lol
Bit like U?
Yeah, the U2 guitar driving this piece. I think that this singer leads with his emotions, I have a hard time connecting with Bono, but this guy I can feel.
Someone said - 'women are from venus, men are from mars'
someone else said - 'Men need to have sex to feel loved, Women need to feel loved to have sex'
dunno who, or if any of thats true,
but, to quote 'I'm An Adult Now' by 'The Pursuit Of Happiness' -
'Can't write songs about girls anymore,
Gotta write songs about women,
No more boy meets girl, boy loses girl,
More like, man tries to understand what the hell went wrong'
Amen!
You are in your teens or 20s and she leaves you for someone else: catastrophe
You are in your 50 and she leaves: no biggie, a relief actually
This I like. Now I have the remote.
You are in your teens or 20s and she leaves you for someone else: catastrophe
You are in your 50s and she leaves: no biggie, a relief actually
Bit like U?
Rockin on this rainy Vancouver Friday afternoon....
Hey Tsawwassen! My home town.
Upon reflection, his voice is somewhat like Neil Diamond's. But everything else you've said here is totally wrong. This song is epic, the emotion is visceral.
TheWiseKing's comment pretty much nails it (other comments pretty out of it)—where would we be without RP.....
...and neither does the guy before her. She is a vine-clinger.
I think this comment says more about you than the supposed protagonist of the song......
Yep - sure does.