I love it when weird lyrics inspire me to make a caption. Which song is it from? Take a guess!
Did you guess correctly? I hope you did!
I am/was a lyricist in every original band I've been in. As the singer, you want the words to matter to you, and the best way to get some passion into them, and feel them, is to create them yourself. I was also the arranger, usually the lone arranger (Hi-ho Silver!) where the other musicians would write riffs/melodies and I would pick what I liked, and what each piece was, so that I could make the song flow best. From there, I could suggest different chords, shortening or lengthening bars, etc ..
I understand where the words, "and no one heard at all, not even the chair," meant something to Neil Diamond .. and goddess knows he's written a ton of best selling songs, but that is an awful lyric, regardless of who wrote it. For some reason, it's stuck with me though, probably because it's so bad, it's become good again, even if only ironically. Others include Neil's "Song she brang to me." and Steve Miller's "knows exactly what the facts is" .. uggh, grammar should be our friends!
So, by changing two words, I made the lyrics mean more to our community, I think. And that "emptiness deep inside," could be taken two ways, either the metaphorical missing something emotional that will fulfill our longing, or .. she wants the man meat, or perhaps artificial phallus type object, either inserted manually or of a strap-on variety. And isn't that what is so wonderful about music and poetry .. it has different meanings for different people, and it's all in the translation / interpretation?!?
Speaking of, if you feel like the chair changed her, I'm fine with it. Guess that would maybe make the song make more sense. If it can change you, perhaps its sentience could make it hear and talk?
More captions on the way, including one Sunday night, as long as I have time to write it up. Not sure which one it will be, so it's nice to have options. Enjoy this bit of silliness, and comment below on the caption, or mention some songs that you like that you cringe about the lyrics, whether they have improper grammar, are nonsensical, or just stupid beyond reason!