OH GOD I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT. I'M DOING THE TEARS-IN-MY-EYES HEART-CLUTCHING AGAIN. Just that moment of realisation that that's what they're singing about...and then the fact that Alison ends up singing the same lyrics Jamie wrote about her. Oddly enough, I'm rewatching some interviews right now and just as I got your comment, they were talking about their psychic songwriting abilities and Jamie was saying it's good because you don't have to talk about it. And he's talking about music rather than lyrics, but even so. I imagine they didn't ever sit down and go "is this about-?" They just knew.
OMG THE DRUM THING. IT'S ALL FALLING INTO PLACE. That's not silly, that totally makes sense. And yesss, I was going to quote that line too, because it totally sounds like he's referencing the fact that something has happened AGAIN and that she shouldn't blame love in general, she's just falling for the wrong people. I also thought that the refrain at the end of DNA sounds like it's from Jamie to Alison, the 'love love love til you've got no love around you', like she wears herself out loving the wrong people and doesn't get anything in return, and then 'dance dance dance til there's no one left you hound you' sounds like...don't let anyone get on your case about it, just keep going, you know?
What do you make of Satellite and Pots And Pans? Jamie said Satellite was inspired by a phone call from Kate when the signal kept going, but I've never been convinced because he said he was on tour at the time, which means he would've written it waaay before they technically started writing the album. It sounds to me like it's about Alison being away from him - he also said it was sort of a nightmare about losing someone physically, and there's all the 'don't take her' stuff, and obviously they were been talking on the phone a lot too while she was on tour.
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OMG THE DRUM THING. IT'S ALL FALLING INTO PLACE. That's not silly, that totally makes sense. And yesss, I was going to quote that line too, because it totally sounds like he's referencing the fact that something has happened AGAIN and that she shouldn't blame love in general, she's just falling for the wrong people. I also thought that the refrain at the end of DNA sounds like it's from Jamie to Alison, the 'love love love til you've got no love around you', like she wears herself out loving the wrong people and doesn't get anything in return, and then 'dance dance dance til there's no one left you hound you' sounds like...don't let anyone get on your case about it, just keep going, you know?
What do you make of Satellite and Pots And Pans? Jamie said Satellite was inspired by a phone call from Kate when the signal kept going, but I've never been convinced because he said he was on tour at the time, which means he would've written it waaay before they technically started writing the album. It sounds to me like it's about Alison being away from him - he also said it was sort of a nightmare about losing someone physically, and there's all the 'don't take her' stuff, and obviously they were been talking on the phone a lot too while she was on tour.