Of The Girl

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edited December 2007 in The Porch
My friend and I were having an argument over what this song is about....

I think it's about a girl he had and then left and now regrets it.

My friend said that it's about a girl that he wants and cannot have.

What do you guys think????
"if you hate something, don't you do it too..."

5/06, 6/06, 8/07
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    a girl he wants but cant have.
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • Posts: 11,210
    Um, its about drugs.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • Posts: 1,943
    of a lost girl I guess
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    drugs??? what???
    "if you hate something, don't you do it too..."

    5/06, 6/06, 8/07
  • Posts: 7,011
    Bound.For.The.Floor wrote:
    drugs??? what???

    nvm its about heroin

    It is clear to me this song is about a heroin adiction. The title "Of the Girl" is just a cleaver way of masking that fact.

    The first stanza deals with actually shooting up. Filling up the syringe, tieing off, and shooting up "with the love of a girl."

    Then there is a period of escapement.

    The second stanza is more about the effect heroin has on his life. A chosen path, the late nights, and devistation heroin has caused on his life (heavy the fall). He is tormented by his addiction.
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • Posts: 9
    interesting... i'll give it a listen with that in mind
    "if you hate something, don't you do it too..."

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  • Posts: 11,210
    Bound.For.The.Floor wrote:
    drugs??? what???

    Oh he deals em off,... off the top,... ties em off...
    Fills it up,... with his past,... gets carried away...

    How he makes his getaway...
    How he makes his getaway...

    I believe someone whispers "marijuana" towards the end of the song as well.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • Posts: 21,415
    I think it's one of those well-made songs that is about both ideas at once.
    Addiction to a drug
    The habit of dreaming about a female
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    justam wrote:
    I think it's one of those well-made songs that is about both ideas at once.
    Addiction to a drug
    The habit of dreaming about a female

    I always interpreted it as a song about addiction in the metaphors of a love relationsship...but you can of course turn it the other way around...or watch it in a simultaneous meaning...if someone's not free in the love to someone a "borrowed love" or a "disease" brings help...at first... ...or when you are influenced by porn "aesthetics" the picture you get of a girl/woman (or girls/women in general) can be filled up with that view on a person or a sexual relationsships and their supposed sexual impact...you get "high" on a picture because of the supposed "inside" of it...in my case, for example, I sometimes get into emotional trouble by writing a song or a poem for a girl I feel inspired by and get "high" on my own writing which I think represents my feelings...but that is only half-true...and when "the picture" (of myself/of her) falls apart...well...
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  • Posts: 168
    i always thought it was about heroin
    If I had known then...what I know now...

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  • Posts: 11,577
    i love the benaroya version!
  • Posts: 79
    This just in, Blood and Habit are about drugs, too.
    "If you love someone... set them free. If someone loves you, don't fuck it up." - Ed
  • Posts: 2,261
    GetALife wrote:
    I always interpreted it as a song about addiction in the metaphors of a love relationsship...but you can of course turn it the other way around...or watch it in a simultaneous meaning...if someone's not free in the love to someone a "borrowed love" or a "disease" brings help...at first... ...or when you are influenced by porn "aesthetics" the picture you get of a girl/woman (or girls/women in general) can be filled up with that view on a person or a sexual relationsships and their supposed sexual impact...you get "high" on a picture because of the supposed "inside" of it...in my case, for example, I sometimes get into emotional trouble by writing a song or a poem for a girl I feel inspired by and get "high" on my own writing which I think represents my feelings...but that is only half-true...and when "the picture" (of myself/of her) falls apart...well...


    totally agree! i always thought it meant this...but couldnt write it as well
  • Posts: 8,066
    Just playing this damn song the next time in Toronto!!!
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Posts: 290
    Obviously Habit is about drug use/abuse, but I beg to differ about Blood. However, before I begin, I will say everything is open to interpretation.

    Blood to me seems to be about Ed dealing with the unwanted fame/spotlight cast on him from the media (tv, magazines, etc.) and how he felt his privacy/life was invaded and everything about himself and the music was being overhyped. I mean, look at the lines such as "...Paint(Ed) big, turn(Ed) into one of HIS enemies..." and "...SPIN me round, Roll me over, fuckin' CIRCUS..." In the first one, you could place the rag NME's for enemies. In the second one, he blantantly states Spin and Circus magazines and references Rolling Stone. Anyway, that's always been my take on it.
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    3sheets wrote:
    Obviously Habit is about drug use/abuse, but I beg to differ about Blood. However, before I begin, I will say everything is open to interpretation.

    Blood to me seems to be about Ed dealing with the unwanted fame/spotlight cast on him from the media (tv, magazines, etc.) and how he felt his privacy/life was invaded and everything about himself and the music was being overhyped. I mean, look at the lines such as "...Paint(Ed) big, turn(Ed) into one of HIS enemies..." and "...SPIN me round, Roll me over, fuckin' CIRCUS..." In the first one, you could place the rag NME's for enemies. In the second one, he blantantly states Spin and Circus magazines and references Rolling Stone. Anyway, that's always been my take on it.
    That's my take, too.

    I tend to agree with the idea of Of The Girl having layers of meaning. It seems to me to be about "addiction" to a girl he can't have -- but that's just my take on it. This is one of my favorite PJ songs, and I like the Benaroya version best.
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  • Posts: 2,261
    yeah blood is about the mags/media vs ed alrite

    "Stab it down, fill the pages, suck my fuckin' life out, man"

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