So I was working out the other day and the gym played a remix/remake of Mrs. Robinson. it was the first time in forever I'd actually listened to the words -- I'd sung along for ages. But because it was a different singer and a slightly different beat, I could hear the lyrics.
I always thought it was a song about the movie plot, but I realize I was wrong. I think it's about a woman who's had a nervous breakdown and is in the hospital/asylum. You've got the second verse -- "We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files/we'd like to help you learn to help yourself/look around you all you see are sympathetic eyes/stroll around the grounds until you feel at home" is what convinced me, and the rest I could see someone trying to come to grips with the world after the breakdown. Or it could regard Mrs Robinson herself after Elaine runs off (on the subject, did anyone else see Rumor Has It? Not bad for an Anniston work, but I think Ruffalo really blows it).
But I can't find any corroberation anywhere, so I thought I'd ask what anyone else thought.
I always thought it was a song about the movie plot, but I realize I was wrong. I think it's about a woman who's had a nervous breakdown and is in the hospital/asylum. You've got the second verse -- "We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files/we'd like to help you learn to help yourself/look around you all you see are sympathetic eyes/stroll around the grounds until you feel at home" is what convinced me, and the rest I could see someone trying to come to grips with the world after the breakdown. Or it could regard Mrs Robinson herself after Elaine runs off (on the subject, did anyone else see Rumor Has It? Not bad for an Anniston work, but I think Ruffalo really blows it).
But I can't find any corroberation anywhere, so I thought I'd ask what anyone else thought.
