rearviewmirror
OK, this post is going to answer the age old question I'm sure has been on everyone's lips, but they were just afraid to ask... just what the hell does the title of this blog mean? What does Saw Things... mean? Taken literally, yeah, its my views and observations of the world around me. Whoo hoo! But in actuality, its a piece of a lyric to my favorite song of all time. We'll get to just what that is in a second.
Maybe it was my last post before I left for work, but on my drive home while grooving along to Pete Yorn (who's great by the way, check him out), my thoughts turned to Elena and it was all starting to get me down, and the fact that it was starting to get me down pissed me off, royally. So in order to remedy that, I put on my favorite song of all time, because the lyrics, especially when screamed at the top of your lungs, which I did, always have a way of making me feel better, especially about past relationships. So out of the CD player came the Garden State soundtrack, and in went the only other CD I have in my new car. (I use my iPod for everything else, and just wanted it to sound good this time, as the tape deck in my car is busted and I'm forced to use an FM transmitter until I get it replaced on Friday, and the FM thing sucks as far as audio quality, but it does the trick.)
Alright, I'll stop babbling and continue on with the story. Out came Garden State and in went Pearl Jam's Vs. Track 8.... rearviewmirror. The lyrics are as follows:
Time to emancipate
I guess it was the beatings made me wise
But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize
I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down
Wind on my face, pushed to the ground
Enmity gauged, united by fear
S'pose to endure what I could not forgive...
I seem to look away
Wounds in the mirror waved
It wasn't my surface most defiled
Head at your feet, fool to your crown
Fist on my plate, swallowed it down
Enmity gauged, united by fear
Tried to endure what I could not forgive
Saw things... saw things... saw things... saw things...
Clearer... clearer
Once you, were in my... rearviewmirror...
I gather speed from you fucking with me
Once and for all I'm far away
I hardly believe, finally the shades... are raised...hey...
Saw things so much clearer
Once you, once you...
Rearviewmirror
Saw things so much clearer
Once you...oh yeah...
To me, the song is all about escaping whatever is going bad or doing you harm in your life and feeling better about it the further away from it you get. Once you get far enough away and look behind you, the problem is so small, distant and insignificant, you wonder why it was such a big deal in the first place and why you let it cause you so much distress. Trust me, its a great song to speed down an empty highway to. So I popped it in, blasted in, screamed my head off and had my foot on the gas, and let me tell you, I feel so much better now.
So now you know... and knowing is half the battle... G.I. Joe.
Comments
Huh, you know, I actually did wonder where you got the title.
Posted by: Jenniy | March 22, 2005 11:07 AM