Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 42-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
The woman in the drawing looks forlorn. That the buildings take up so much of the drawing seems to indicate her solitude or loneliness.
Conversely, turns out the character in the song (me) is thrilled to have ended up alone.
“I’m Not Into Being The Woman You’re With While You’re Looking For The Woman You Want” from The Observer (Kill Rock Stars, 2006) (download):
