i asked jamie about the meanings about some of reubens' songs.
wooden.boy
this song (wooden boy) is about uh… jesus actually, and the fear of being alone, which might be the same thing.scared.of.the.police
this is about my genuine fear of policemen, but the serious parts are about my fear of not changing, specifically, at the time, musically. but also in other ways. it’s also about (snore) a relationship, this chick who was always angry with me, but i hung in there like a fool.eating.only.apples
this song is about the summer, i hoped i could convey how the summer of 2000 felt, and i really did. i was so looking forward to playing it at reading… it’s also about this chick from sweden called mindi, who featured pretty heavily in that summer.stux
the lyrics for this aren’t too hot, i wrote them when i was very young. basically just about the end of a relationship, (boooring) with that chick who was angry all the time. just not wanting to fight. but it dragged on and on cos i hung in there like a twat, and that’s where the quote ‘until it ends there is no end’ comes in – cos it was over before it was over, if you know what i mean. the quote is from a cyndi lauper song called ‘all through the night’. it’s on her album ‘twelve deadly cyns and then some’, which is rocking – check it out.stealing.is.easy
this used to be an older song, but i wrote on top of it, so there are different parts. the verses, which are the new parts, are about this chick i was seeing who just wanted to fuck all the time, which kinda put me off. mad, i know. she was hot, man! i just wasn’t in that place at that time. oh well. anyway the middle bit is just about being lazy and liking it, kind of the motto of our drummer at the time, mark lawton. very special guy. written with him in mind. the very last bit about the music is the only surviving lyric of the whole song, very special, cos it’s about being at a 'floor' gig, which is the band 'hundred reasons' used to be before larry joined. just about how special they were. all the ‘fuck’s were changed to ‘mess’s at the insistence of my then idiot press officer.banner.held.high
this song was just about how much i can’t stand listening to people who whine about their situations instead of sorting them out. the title of the song is just about how much i’d like to have a huge fucking banner to walk around with that says ‘i don't care’ on it. you get the idea. this was gonna be the second single, so the ‘fuck’s had to go.
