Insomniac in BA

Glorious shuffle brought this song to my ears tonight, and I remembered what I thought the first time I listened to it.

We'd hit the bottom I thought it was my fault And in a way I guess it was I'm just now finding out What it was all about We'd moved to the west coast Away from everyone She never told me that you called Back when I was still I was still in love 'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door And the clouds came tumbling down And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried And I twisted it wrong just to make it right Had to leave myself behind And I've been flying high all night So come pick me up I've landed... The daily dramas She made from nothing So nothing ever made it right She liked to push me And talk me back down 'Till i believed I was the crazy one And in a way I guess I was 'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door And the clouds came tumbling down And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried Dredging the sea of a trouble mind Had to leave myself behind Singing bye-bye goodbye I tried And if you wrote me off I'd understand it 'Cause I've been on Some other planet So come pick me up I've landed... And you will be so Happy to know I've come alone It's over And I'll open my eyes and walk out the door And the clouds came tumbling down And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried Down comes the reign of the telephone czar It's okay to call And I will answer for myself Come pick me up... Come pick me up... I've landed.

I like this song. I like the guy's voice, and the lyrics, and the strings and piano. I post the video not because I think it's particularly good, though it has things I like; it's mostly because it's proved to be easier than to embed the song.

My interpretation of the lyrics is just that, an interpretation, because nothing in them implies that he's speaking to a woman he now has a romantic interest in. It could just as well be "Hey guys, I'm sorry I was out of reach while I dated that bitch.. Hey! That rhymes!". But well, here's what I thought:

What if she never showed to pick him up? Maybe the guy wrote this beautiful and heartfelt song, went looking for her and she was already gone.. Then the song turns out to be the first single off of his new album, is played everywhere, all his fans love it, and he has to sit at the piano onstage to play it, and sing "come pick me up", but she never did.. and doesn't that hurt?

So, if it was about a girl, I hope she showed up.

[Am I wrong to assume that this particular song is autobiographical? I'd expect most songs that "seem so" not to be, at least not entirely, but this one sounds like it is, 100%.]