Talking Heads: And She Was Meaning

Song Released: 1985

And She Was Lyrics

Hey!

And she was lying in the grass
And she could hear the highway breathing
And she could see a nearby factory
She's making sure she is not dreaming
See the lights of a neighbor's house
Now she's starting to rise
Take a minute to...

1. anonymous

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   Jun 8th 2023 !⃝

   I can't decide between
   
   A. She hung herself
   B. Alien abduction
   
   My mind says "A," but my heart wants "B."
2. anonymous

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   Oct 31st 2022 !⃝

   I believe she was a drug user, her mind became more aware of reality that that factory was something more ,Illuminati & with the warning sign from the neighbours light, the neighbour there who was part of her punishment,punishment for the mistakes she had made in life,her sins & from confusion forced to look at herself and what she had done and since she was high in state of confusion by the factory,the neighbours, the tv playing scenes feeling like they were about her and she was right, the mysterious secret group had decided she was to be no longer a part of the world and she was, no longer suffering by her past mistakes
3. anonymous

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   Oct 21st 2022 !⃝

   I thought it was about death too but I didn't think it was suicide. I figured "She was glad about what she'd done" just referred to her life, now that it was over. I thought maybe she was murdered since she joined the world of missing persons.
4. anonymous

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   Dec 15th 2019 !⃝

   It’s about a girl on acid.
5. anonymous

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   Jan 29th 2019 !⃝

   At the time of its initial release I seem to recall Byrne hinting that it WAS about suicide. There was some blowback about the song "glamorizing" suicide and I believe that is when he constructed the "hippie chick/acid trip" premise.
6. anonymous

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   May 22nd 2017 !⃝

   It's about a girl who runs away from a small life. She's a missing person, doesn't fit into the mold. She is rising above it to the unknown. The unknown is the rest of the world she inhabits, after fleeing. She joins the universe and expands her horizons.
7. anonymous

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   Sep 5th 2015 !⃝

   I think it was a man who found her in himself. notice feet are a mans feet and she was created by him
8. anonymous

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   Sep 24th 2014 !⃝

   Unquestionably she killed herself. First of all, the title is past tense -- she was, but is no longer. She joined "the world of missing persons" -- she's gone. And she died by her own hand, since they sing "She was glad about ... what she's done."
   
   Some of the lyrics describing her experience could be describing a drug-induced state, but would she, under the influence of a hallucinogen, make sure she's not dreaming and "take a minute to concentrate"?
   
   Gotta be suicide.
9. anonymous

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   Feb 29th 2012 !⃝

   This is about a hippie chick David Burne used to know who would drop trips in the industrial zone.
10. stshine09

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    Jun 14th 2011 !⃝

    about a chick trippin....she is on an acid trip.
11. anonymous

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    Apr 22nd 2011 !⃝

    The song is about a woman who has died and/or having an out of body experience just after death.

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