When I first heard it, I thought it was romantic.Now I think it’s a warning.
Your turn.
DeadStrings:“I Know It’s Over”—The Smiths
He’s just a guy saying he knows he’s not loved, but he can’t stop picturing it anyway.
I used to skip it.Now I replay it.Guess that says enough.
What’s your last one?
StringTheory27:“Landslide”—Fleetwood Mac
I used to think it was about someone else leaving.Now I think it’s about looking in the mirror and realizing you left—bit by bit, version by version—trying to be enough for someone who never asked you to.
And maybe that’s what getting older is.Watching all the versions of yourself you loved...slide off the mountain.
Anyway.That’s five.
Thanks for moving from the thread after the Yes guy broke it.
This was better.
DeadStrings:I thought it was too soft.Like maybe if I kept everything loud and distorted, the quieter feelings wouldn’t catch up.But they always do.
Especially at night.You’re right.It’s not about someone else leaving.It’s about all the selves you can’t get back.I don’t know if I’ve ever told anyone that.
Probably not.
This was better than pretending to argue in a thread.Better than pretending the songs don’t mean anything.
Thanks for this, I didn’t know I needed it.
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Private Message | EchoZone Internal Chat
From: DeadStrings
To: StringTheory27
Date: April 16th, 1997, 10:46 PM
Subject: hey
Wasn’tsure if I should message you again.
I’ve never tried this, but I wanted to give it a shot since I haven’t seen you in any forum—not that I’m searching for you.I’ve tried to connect a few times with other people on here, and it never really ...stuck.I’d throw out a track, and they’d either quote chart stats or ask if I was trolling.One guy said I “over-romanticize lyrics,” which—maybe I do.But that’s kind of the point, right?
Anyway.
You got it.The last time we talked, I kept thinking about it after.Not in a weird way—just ...it stayed with me, like the tail end of a good song that lingers longer than it should.
I haven’t really been listening to anything new lately.I keep going back to the same stuff.Rewinding side B of Disintegration and pretending I don’t know the words by heart.
You around?
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