meaning

Thanks to everyone who submitted lyrics!  Below are some of the favorites—just click to expand.

{this suggestion tried to escape reality but drowned}

{this suggestion ate its lover}

{this suggestion forgot how to exist}

{this suggestion buried its diary deep inside your head}

Inspiration for Tune Remedy often comes from the unlikeliest of places.  For those unfamiliar with the proverb, let me start off by explaining that the title for this particular case stems from the old Celtic saying, “a friend’s eye is a good mirror.”

The meaning is actually quite simple: only a true friend will give you their honest opinion and therefore a clear assessment of your situation when you ask them for guidance.

It is when you find yourself staring at a twisted reflection much like those found at the carnival or in a circus that this proverb falters.

Unfortunately, not every friend that you have always wishes you the best in all of your endeavors.  By no means should you believe that they constantly root for you to fail. Rather, try to understand that the personal problems in their own lives, and sometimes even jealousy, are capable of making even a historically ‘good’ friend’s opinion biased.

The underpaid (and underqualified) researchers at Tune Remedy have been working overtime in the recent months in search for the perfect tune to open up your eyes to these slightly twisted friendships but we regret to say that we have fallen quite short.

At this point, the best we can aim to achieve is to make you generally more weary of the relationships you cultivate around yourself.

Prescription:

Check out Sex in a Cavalier, a tune by With Bare Eyes. This performer is a perfect example of a walking, talking, singing manifestation of such faulty friendships.

All this kid needs is a webcam, an acoustic guitar, a whole lot of talent and the absence of his pals for him to spill all of their dirtiest secrets onto the internet for the masses to devour.  But, hey, look at the bright side–the drama can be pretty damn entertaining for the rest of us.  Cheer up, my friends.

With Bare Eyes - Sex in a Cavalier  (YouTube link)

have a better suggestion for a song to remedy faulty friendships?  Have you had any experience with such friends? Are you yourself a “twisted” friend? Let us know!