![]() "She's sneaky and smoked out" refers to his friend/lover/wife/relative who has more than likely become a pothead from hanging around the skank. ![]() All we know about the third party is that she's female and she's highly influenced by the listener. The singer is very concerned about the relationship between the listener and a third party. And I use the word "his" as a convenience, since there's no indication that the song is from the point of view of a man. You obviously failed to notice that his statements aren't just about one person. Now the turning your backs on each other is contradictory to never letting one go, and no matter who you are, breaking promises to your mother is bad!ĭarryl: Jerry, you ignorant slut! This song is really pretty transparent. Then to further confuse the chorus he talks about turning your backs on each other and breaking promises to your mother. But then he jumps into the "I'll never let you go" stuff, which makes me wonder if he's just a masochistic freak. My first impressions are that this guy is with a girl that is a skanky lying pothead, and he knows she's not worth it. The 2019 album Screamer may find the band soaking up the kids’ edgy synthesizers and indie-rock moves, but deep down, the humor, sass, and smarts therein are quintessential Third Eye Blind.Interpretation: Jerry: I'm not exactly sure where to start with this song Darryl. It’s this very quality-an ability to laugh in the face of life’s succession of tragedies-that has helped Third Eye Blind retain such a doggedly loyal fanbase well into the 21st century. On 2003’s Out of the Vein, which plays out like a bummer breakup album, Jenkins can’t help but insert the cheeky rocker “Crystal Baller,” on which he sounds both extremely heartbroken and utterly hilarious. ![]() Another prime example of the band’s deceptive songcraft arrived in the form of “Never Let You Go,” which anchored Third Eye Blind’s second album, 1999’s Blue: The hit single wears its Cars influences proudly on its sleeve while the singer cleverly blurs the lines between heartfelt love and creepy obsession. “Semi-Charmed Life” on its face sounds lighthearted a close listen, however, reveals Jenkins addressing issues of addiction and existential insecurity. A good deal of the credit goes to vocalist Stephan Jenkins, a nuanced lyricist who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in English literature before co-founding the band in 1993. Along with Weezer and The Presidents of the United States of America, the San Francisco outfit signaled a new breed of alt-rock, one eschewing grunge’s bludgeoning heaviness and brooding sincerity for power-pop hooks and lyrics capable of twisting ironic humor and heartfelt sincerity into a pretzel. ![]() ![]() When Third Eye Blind dropped “Semi-Charmed Life” in 1997, the earworm chorus and scrappy melody sounded downright fresh. ![]()
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