it's bad news when counting crows lyrics sound profound
I really don't feel like writing anything. So I'll let The Counting Crows say it all. I wish I could use this tactic for my essays!
In any case, one thing is clear: I need to go to Baltimore.
Raining In Baltimore
This circus is falling down on its knees
The big top is crumbling down
It's raining in Baltimore fifty miles east
Where you should be, no one's around
I need a phone callI need a raincoat
I need a big love
I need a phone call
These train conversations are passing me by
And I don't have nothing to say
You get what you pay for
But I just had no intention of living this way
I need a phone callI need a plane ride
I need a sunburnI need a raincoat
And I get no answers
And I don't get no change
It's raining in Baltimore, baby
But everything else is the same
There's things I remember and things I forget
I miss you I guess that I should
Three thousand five hundred miles away
But what would you change if you could?
I need a phone call Maybe I should buy a new car
I can always hear a freight train If I listen real hard
And I wish it was a small world
Because I'm lonely for the big towns
I'd like to hear a little guitar
I think it's time to put the top down
I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
posted by Sonal @ 2:38 a.m.
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2 Comments:
You never did say what the lyrics mean to you. What's in Baltimore for you?
I always found it interesting to compare what the same words can mean to different people, and especially finding out what the author intended the words to mean in the first place.
Adam Duritz: It's about being on the road a long way from someone ... you're supposed to realize that even though he wishes he is far away, he set it up like that. It's probably easier for him to be miserable and far away.
I don't know if you knew his thoughts on it already, but does it change how you feel about the words after hearing it?
Baltimore is...anywhere but here. Actually, I don't if that's exactly true. Do you know when you just feel like you need something? Nothing feels right, and you just need something to make everything okay again - to make you okay again. The song is (one of) my sad songs. I listen to it when I'm upset and it makes me feel a little bit better. To me, the song was always about needing something. Somebody, maybe. But you didn't really know what/who it was that you needed.
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