| Have You Seen Me Lately? From "Recovering The Satellites" Get away from, just get away from me This isn't gonna be easy But I don't need you, believe me Yeah you got a piece of me But it's just a little piece of me And I don't need anyone These days I feel like I'm fading away Like sometimes When I hear myself on the radio Have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately? CHORUS: I was out on the radio Starting to change Somewhere out in America It's starting to rain Could you tell me One thing you'll remember about me? And have you seen me lately? I remember me And all the little things That make up a memory Like she said She loved to watch me sleep Like when she said, "It's the breathin' in and out and in and... Have you seen me lately? CHORUS You know I thought someone would notice I thought somebody would say something If I was missing Well can't you see me? C'mon color me in C'mon color me in Give me your blue rain Give me your black skies Give me your green eyes C'mon give me your white skin C'mon give me your white skin C'mon give me your white skin CHORUS |
| This song is also faster and angrier than most of their stuff. This songs falls into the category of those that were written when AD was stressing out about the bands' success during the touring for "August And Everything After". Also, the fact that he himself was becoming a star and all these different people were starting to fill in the blanks about who and what he was started to eat at him. I think this song is violently beautiful. To me, it's about how people who know little about you cast dispersions on you and assume you're this way or that. I don't always do the right thing, but I try to do what's best for everyone in the LONG RUN. If that means causing grief short term to help someone be happy down the road, then I'll take the hit. But don't in anyway pretend like you know all my reasons and call me names. That's what pisses me off. And I do feel myself changing a little bit each time. I change into this cynical, obnoxious ass who is starting to lose grasp of other peoples' feelings and put his own first. Maybe that's not a bad thing, but it certainly is a change for me. I have always put my feelings on the back burner in order to coddle someone else's. And that ALWAYS leads me to ruin. So not anymore. I'm not the same, but- as AD has been quoted saying- "hey, color me in any way you want". In other words, do what you need to do to make it OK to you, but leave me alone because I don't need you, this, or anybody. It's a very negative place to be. But nonetheless, here I am. By nobody's fault but my own. |