Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
Looking back, through the chapters of your life
Searching for a storyline
'cause the one you're leading now is doing nothing for you
Say goodbye to your friends and the ones who love you
Moving on
JJ's song has been pushing you along
Gypsy man on a one night stand
Moving to the night far from the lights
On an asphalt path drifting over the white line
Gypsy man nobody knows
Cocaine cowgirl, she's out catching eyes
On the other end of the desert sky
Taking you down to the dark side of town
A dark side of town
Cocaine cowgirl nobody knows
Looking back, through the chapters of your life
Searching for a storyline
'cause any line is a good time for you
Living what the World's been writing for you
Cocaine cowgirl nobody knows
'cause any line is a good time for you
Living what the world has written for you
Gypsy man nobody knows
'cause any line is a good time for you
Living what the world has written for you
Cocaine cowgirl nobody knows
Searching for a storyline
'cause the one you're leading now is doing nothing for you
Say goodbye to your friends and the ones who love you
Moving on
JJ's song has been pushing you along
Gypsy man on a one night stand
Moving to the night far from the lights
On an asphalt path drifting over the white line
Gypsy man nobody knows
Cocaine cowgirl, she's out catching eyes
On the other end of the desert sky
Taking you down to the dark side of town
A dark side of town
Cocaine cowgirl nobody knows
Looking back, through the chapters of your life
Searching for a storyline
'cause any line is a good time for you
Living what the World's been writing for you
Cocaine cowgirl nobody knows
'cause any line is a good time for you
Living what the world has written for you
Gypsy man nobody knows
'cause any line is a good time for you
Living what the world has written for you
Cocaine cowgirl nobody knows
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
The Night We Met
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Cajun Girl
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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Holiday
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
b_ecky... matt is NOT from Hamilton or NFLD for that matter.. Matt Mays is from Cole Harbour!! In Darmouth, NS. And in case you didnt already know that anyway, he makes several references to Dartmouth in his songs. "at the end of the day i will return to the city of lakes" --- Dartmouth is often called the City of Lakes
"She grew up on St Georges Lane, she drove slow and had a really fast backhand"--- St Georges Lane is a street in Downtown Dartmouth that hosts "St Georges Tennis Club, hence the tennis refference.
"Taking you down to the Darkside of town" --- Dartmouth is often reffered to by Dartmouthians and Halagonians as "The Darkside"
what an amazing song pretty obvious... two ppl, the cocaine cowgirl and the gypsy man who are cocaine addicts who are trying just to live day to day. its clear that any time he says "line" hes talkin about cocaine, not a storyline or a line on the road
this song is so sweet... and the chick in the video is really cool, there's something about her - WEIRD! anyways.. the bst line is 'cause any line is a good time for you'. yeaaaah
Matt Mays is an awesome guitar player and he's from Hamilton Ont! He really brings a great style and balance to his music with the influence of Newfoundland where he lived most of his life.
This is the best song of his!!! " 'cause any line is a good tme for you..."
He's not from Hamilton. He was born and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Great song, I can definitely hear the Neil Young influence here
JJ Cale wrote a song called Gypsy man, and it goes "A gypsy man on a one night stand" that is the reference to JJ and Gypsy Man
It may be referring to the song "I'm A Gypsy Man"; however, I believe that "JJ's song" is quite likely an intended double-reference (which Matt Mays uses quite nicely) also referring to a song JJ Cale wrote called "Cocaine" (seems appropriate considering the theme of the song). Most people recognize it as an Eric Clapton tune, but Clapton only made it famous. <br /> <br /> A story I've heard regarding that song (but not sure if it is entirely true) is, upon hearing the JJ Cale song, Clapton felt it was far too similar to his "Sunshine of Your Love" riff, and decided to cover Cale's tune and make it his own and make it much more popular than Cale would have.
its seems to me that its about a girl who always wanted sumthin her whole life but not 100 percent sure what it is so she runs away trying to find it.She just wants her life to make sense and to be worth living but where she is now isnt doing it for her so she moves away from it
This song is about cocaine addiction. "Any line is a good time for you, say goodbye to your friends and the ones that love you" is about moving farther and farther away from the person she once was to becoming cocaine cowgirl'. "Read what the world has written for you" is not taking responsibility for your life, instead trying to escape through drugs and leaving your former world behind. Isntead of creating her own destiny, coke and the negetive consequences and sequences will create her new reality.