Matthew Wayne Selznick

Words: 02-14-16-2001
Music: 02-14-16-2001

What’s It All About?

This was written thinking about my old high-school girlfriend. She and I had a relationship that, as I remember it, was even more tumultuous and full of drama than most at that age. It wasn’t until twenty years later that we finally understood: our continual crises weren’t thanks to my melodramatic nature, her abusive father, or her own self destructive tendencies. Well, not entirely. Turns out she’s also had a form of schizophrenia that wasn’t diagnosed until late in her thirties.

Damn, that explained a lot.

The Sonic Youth song “Schizophrenia” always reminded me of her, so this is a kind of thematic sequel to that tune. Toward the end of my time with Running Erin, we played it, but I don’t have any recordings of us doing it. The version here was recorded solo, acoustic guitar and vocals, direct to hard drive. No effects or overdubs.

Lyrics:

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