Today's song is rather morose. Paul wrote "Things We Said Today" while sailing the Caribbean with his girlfriend at the time, Jane Asher, on a yacht named, (in)appropriately named Happy Days. I wonder how he wrote this song while taking that idyllic-sounding vacation--or did any work on vacation, really. :P Wikipedia gives us a quote from music critic Ian MacDonald: "The sombre lyric—provoked by the frustrating interruptions of a relationship between two career people—matches the lowering gloom of the music." I wonder if Paul's personal life bled into his music the way John's often did.
The lyrics are about something Paul labeled "future nostalgia": "I wrote this on acoustic. It was a slightly nostalgic thing already, a future nostalgia. We’ll remember the things we said today, sometime in the future, so the song projects itself into the future." I've experienced that sort of thing before, when I'm having a particularly good time and, although I don't want it to end, I know it will, and I end up imagining how much I'll miss it when it's over. It's honestly pretty silly to get lost in future nostalgia, because then you'll miss out on enjoying the present moment.
For me, "Things We Said Today" suits my lugubrious mood. That said, it's not my favorite from this album, but I can tell it's a great rainy day song, something to chill out to while you're watching the rain from your window. That sort of song. :P
Alright, that's it for now... See you later!
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Heard It Tally: 5
Songs Completed: 47
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