Reminder, ‘OCMA’ stands for ‘Obsessive Compulsive Music Awards.’
Do you remember the old late night TV ads for music collections by ‘K-Tel Records’? For whatever reason, I remember one being ‘The Best of Bread.’ Really? They had enough songs to have such a collection?
Anyway, I imagine in the future that someone will have a music collection entitled ‘Best Songs from the WB Network’ or something.
This song would make that collection. But I like it anyway.
As I’ve often said, I don’t look to music lyrics for meaning. If I want meaning, I’ll try Shakespeare or the Bible. Regardless, this song does a remarkable job of being incoherent. Did I mention I like it anyway?
From the title, the song is obviously about solitude. Not that I know anything about that, but I can relate. It is also about reconnecting:
“We thought we lost you
We thought we lost you
We thought we lost you
Welcome back “
There’s also an understanding that solitude has its reasons (did I just type that? What blahblah):
“I know you want to
Run far away from one more
And that it's comin' at a bad time
Some cold place
Heartless ways
For all we know
I know you need to
Breathe through
Come back
Come too
But it's comin' at a bad time
Tangled day
For all we know “
I couldn’t possibly explain coherently what those lyrics mean.
But, the song is really f%%king pretty, which is why it won an OCMA.