John Mayer Explains His Stalker Post

John Mayer wrote a post this morning that made it sound like he was still trying to get rid of a stalker, who could have been Jessica Simpson. Now he’s written a new post on one of his blogs called "Never Complain, (Almost) Never Explain," where he explains rather than complains:

I’m not a big fan of justifying my thoughts to people. I’ve known since grade school that my take on things is not for everyone, and that those who do understand how my head works seem to have a deeper connection with me for it. (Those who don’t are still welcome to use the facilities.)

I wouldn’t traditionally take to a blog to explain a blog, and it begs the question as to whether or not anyone who didn’t understand the first one will make any sense of its follow-up, but when it involves the possibility of hurting someone else, I’ll tuck my tail between my legs and explain my intentions. Even though it makes my teeth itch.

The blog – copied from my lyric/idea journal, is all about the P.S. – it’s a writing technique called "deceptive resolution"; you think the story is going one way, only to find that it twists around at the end, using all its momentum to swing in another direction. In this instance, the writer of the missive is saying in as many certain terms as possible that he does not want to see his ex anymore. At the end, the P.S. leaves that all too common contradiction in terms that makes love so messed up. I call it "I wish you were here so I could tell you to leave".

This actually has some pretty far-reaching ramifications. How will I write an entire record of lyrics when one small blog passage incites so much curiosity? Can I write a song because of somebody but not about them? By way of my experiences but not as a sordid retelling of them? Because if I can’t, I need to rewrite the last line to my new song "Boning you on my helicopter".

Doin’ The Right Thing Like Mookie,
John

Does this mean that Jessica isn’t still calling John at 3 am to tell him about her fight with Tony Romo?