The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could mean to you and then kinda forget the words. Just imagine how you felt when you heard it, if it was one of your songs. If it became one of your songs. If it meant whatever it meant for you and as soon as you see the visual, you get a rapid eye movement relationship with the song instead of an imaginative one. I think that can be dangerous because I don't think I'd want to be listening to a song on the radio and thinking about the video. Whatever that one interpretation was
Ric OcasekSometimes you want to run away Sometimes you think you do But you never had a dream like this before And you don't want to ask for more Sometimes you leave a mark Before you know the score
Ric OcasekNever mind a world That can't see past brutality Answers are getting the gas Live gestures Have constantly been used As weapons
Ric OcasekOnce they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.
Ric OcasekI love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.
Ric Ocasek