10 Songs With Meanings That Are Completely Misunderstood
6. There She Goes By Sixpence None The Richer Is About Heroin Addiction
Though it was actually written by English rock band The La's, There She Goes was made popular by Sixpence None The Richer. Released in 1999, their cover was one of the last massive hits of the nineties.
Though the lyrics appear to detail a narrator who is madly in love with a woman, the song is actually about crippling heroin addiction, and the fleeting nature of its high.
The key lyrics that make this apparent are there she blows again / pulsing through my veins / and I just can't contain / the feeling that remains. But the sweet vocal delivery and upbeat tune have obscured this meaning to many for almost two decades.