Album: Third Eye Blind (1997)

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• Everything is quiet, Since you're not around,
  And I live in the numbness now.
  In the background.
  I do the things we did before,
  I walk Haight Street to the store,
  And they say where's that crazy girl?
  
  You don't get drunk on red wine, and fight no more,
  'Cause I don't see you anymore,
  Since the hospital,
  But the plans I make still have you in them,
  Then you come swimming into view,
  And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
  The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
  I only know this because I carry you around,
  In the background.
  
  Words they come and memories all repeat,
  I lift your head while,
  They change the hospital sheets,
  I would never lie to you, No
  I would never lie to you, No
  I felt you long after we were through.
  And the plans I make still have you in them,
  Cause you come swimming into view,
  And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do,
  The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you,
  I only know this because I carry you around,
  In the background. Writer/s: ARION SALAZAR, KEVIN CADOGAN, STEPHAN JENKINS
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 10

• Cate from Maineto austin who commented, i also thought it was about an abortion or miscarriage that resulted in them not being together anymore. i just went through that exact scenario so this song hits me so hard every time
• Austin from AustinI always thought it was about a relationship that ended with an abortion and now there’s only regret left at what could’ve been.
• Look2the5ky from FloridaIt's about a partner who's now in a coma; she can hear him in the background but she's no longer there.
• Breeauna from Amarillo TxWhen I listen to this song I think about my mom, I know she's here, but most of the time it really isn't her she's just sitting there high. This song is the best by far.
• Rb from IndianaTo me, the song comes down to hearing the line "All my plans still have you in them." I was dating a girl and realized she had made her way into all of my plans and just maybe she might be the one. We've been married 22 years tomorrow!
• Patrick from Overland Park, KsBest Third Eye Blind song
• Lydia from New York City, Nyhe wrote this song about his girlfriend who was in a mental hospital
• Joey from Cleveland, GaUm thats one way of looking at it Suii. There's a very extensive forum discussion about the meaning of this song at thevillagechurchyard.uk. Very great sight for Third Eye Blind fans.
• Amber from San Francisco, CaI love this song. It's always been my favorite by Third Eye Blind. Somehow, it helped me get through a bad breakup a few years back. Very sad song.
• Suii from Holtville, CaIm still confuzed...
  is it about sumone who died?

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