Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012-12-04
- Album Name: Spotify Sessions – Curated by Jim Eno
Song Meaning (Interpretation) of “I’m Writing A Novel – Spotify Sessions Curated by Jim Eno” by Father John Misty
The song “I’m Writing A Novel” by Father John Misty is an uptempo, whimsical track about a man who has decided to take a break from the stressors of life by writing a novel. The narrator of the song appears to be going through a rough patch in his life, and sees his attempt at being a novelist as a way of “getting away” from the day-to-day troubles. He sings of his newfound sense of freedom, crafted through writing his own story, and decides to “say goodbye” to all of the mundane tasks that used to take up his time. While aspects of the narrator’s real life seem to pervade his novel—his wife becoming a main character, for example—he ultimately finds a much-needed escape in the creative form of writing a novel.