TIL that I've been mishearing/misremembering the lyrics to one of my favorite QOTSA songs, "I Sat By The Ocean".
Official lyrics:
Imagine I'd be your one and only
Instead I'm the lonely one
You, me, and a lie
How I've heard it:
If I could just be your one and only
Instead of your only one
You, me, and the night
In my head the song was about someone who felt like their partner was *too* dependent on them, like their partner had no social life outside of the relationship and it was suffocating them.
I heard it the same way, but I interpreted it as someone who desperately wants to be their partner's one true love (...be your one and only), but their partner is only with them because they haven't found anyone else (Instead of your only one). Ultimately, the relationship falls apart, hence the rest of the song.




















