"And She Was" (by the Talking Heads) is supposedly about a girl on an acid trip, but I like to think of it more as a song about a girl who is so in tune with the world she can leave her body at will, in perfect peace. Of course, the LCD theory is probably more likely, since David Byrne himself has explained it as such (see below!)
The great thing about great music (or great art, in general) is that you can put your own spin on it. That's why I like song facts, where (especially with more provocative tracks) people will actually debate the meanings of various song lyrics. Reading the comments can be quite entertaining!!!
This is just one of the many you'll often find:
In David Byrne Live at Union Chapel (on DVD), just before performing this song, David says, "This is a song I wrote about a girl I knew in high school in Baltimore, Maryland who used to take LSD and lie out in a field behind the Yoohoo chocolate drink factory." Astral travel experiences aren't uncommon with LSD. But I always thought of this song as being about an experience of astral travel induced by young woman's stumbling accidentally upon powerful Tantric sexual techniques, perhaps (quite extraordinarily) during her first sexual experience.
- Patrick, Portland, OR
And some songs (such as "A Horse With No Name") can generate very heated discussions that you make want to double check you haven't landed in the middle of a Sunday morning news show.:)
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