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Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.

I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination.

I don't really like to explain my songs.

I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.

I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything.