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Originally Posted by GateandGarden
[If I allow myself to think about it any further, it pisses me off, knowing a bit of the story. They were getting a divorce. He didn't want to get a divorce. He was very much in love with her. Okay, I'm putting myself in his shoes. I would be feeling really, really ****ty. And then she writes this song for me, this "oh, you'll get over it" and "turn that frown upside down" song. That would make me want to say "Go f*ck yourself!" The last thing I want is the person who rejected me saying, "Oh, you'll get over it. Tomorrow is a brand new day!"  If I were the suicidal type, that might be the nail in coffin. I would be like, "Lady, get a clue! You are the love of my life! 'It'll be better than before' is not going to alleviate a damn thing!" I mean, it's just so amazingly shallow and it doesn't acknowledge the pain he must have felt at all. |
This gave me a chuckle, as this is what i think too whenever I hear Don't Stop. I have heard from a source that John really was in a very bad way for awhile regarding depression, just withdrawing from life etc. He has alluded to the fact that 'it would have been easy just to dig a pit and jump in it' so I think it's safe to say there were occasionial suicidal thoughts. (Frankly, hearing Songbird for the first time might have been enough to make me jump in front of train if I were him, but I digress.)
And in Chris' defense, she must have been worried sick about him. And this was all during the time when she and John weren't even
talking, so it must have been a really horrible, helpless feeling seeing him that way. and i guess she couldn't write "i still love you, but I'm not coming back to you... please don't kill yourself." Doesn't have the makings of a hit single LOL. so maybe writing that lighthearted little ditty was just the only way she could express to him that she was thinking about him, and worried about him. and i also think it was a nice added touch that it was a blues shuffle,something she knew he'd probably enjoy playing.
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Originally Posted by GateandGarden
The only thing worse than that is knowing that she's say "You make lovin' fun and I don't have to tell you that you're the only one" and "I never did believe in miracles" etc. and she's talking about someone else!
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Agreed. And yet how amazing is the bassline on that song?! Amazing. it's the little stories behind the songs that always made FM so special to me.
-Lis