Doiron started playing guitar (later switching to bass) in Eric's Trip at age 18, having joined the band under the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip. Shortly before the band's break-up in 1996, she released a solo album under the name Broken Girl, which followed two previous 7" EPs under that name. All of her subsequent material, however, has been released under her own name.
In 1999, Doiron recorded an album with the Ottawa band Wooden Stars, the first time she had worked with a band since the end of Eric's Trip. She was honoured with a Juno Award for Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars in March of 2000. She has also appeared as a guest musician on albums by The Tragically Hip, Gordon Downie and Herman Düne, and has also released a split record co-credited to the alternative country band Okkervil River.
Although most of her solo material has been written and performed in English, she has also released an album of French language material, Désormais.
Apart from her musical career, Doiron is an avid photographer, having published a book of her photographs entitled The Longest Winter with words by Ottawa writer Ian Roy. She often does her own promotional photos and cover artwork along with her husband, painter Jon Claytor.
Too Much
Julie Doiron Lyrics
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Today you're not here
And I thought if I ignored you
You would go away
Maybe you love me too much
Maybe I should call a taxi and have him take me to nowhere
Or maybe I should call a taxi and have him take me straight to you
Well me, I've never been ignored like this
About time I dreamed that everything was good
And you were here with me, and everything was good
Maybe I love you too much
(Maybe I love you too much)
Maybe I love you too much
(Maybe I love you too much)
Maybe I love you too much
(Maybe I love you too much)
Maybe I love you too much
The lyrics of the song Too Much by Julie Doiron reflects the struggles of a person in a relationship who thinks that their partner might love them more than they should. The singer of the song is hurt and doesn't want to make their partner cry anymore. The first line of the song "I don't want to make you cry" conveys the message that the singer doesn't want to hurt their partner anymore. The second line, "Today you're not here," speaks to the absence of the partner and how the singer is feeling lonely without them.
The next few lines, "And I thought if I ignored you, You would go away," suggest the singer's conflicting feelings. They are confused about their feelings and are unsure about what they want. The next line, "Maybe you love me too much," shows how the singer is questioning the intensity of their partner's love. The singer then contemplates calling a taxi and taking themselves away from the situation, but then has second thoughts and wants to take the taxi straight to their partner.
The chorus then repeats the line "Maybe I love you too much" which shows how the singer is conflicted about their own feelings. The last line of the song sums up the whole theme of the song, "Maybe I love you too much," conveying how the singer questions the intensity of their own feelings.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't want to make you cry
I don't want to hurt you or cause you pain.
Today you're not here
You're not with me today or right now.
And I thought if I ignored you
I believed that if I didn't pay attention to you, you would disappear from my life.
You would go away
I thought you would leave my life for good.
Maybe you love me too much
Maybe you care for me more than I expected or want you to.
Maybe I should call a taxi and have him take me to nowhere
Maybe I should just disappear or run away from my problems and not know where I'm going.
Or maybe I should call a taxi and have him take me straight to you
Maybe I should just come to you and face my problems head-on.
Well me, I've never been ignored like this
I am not used to being ignored or neglected by people.
About time I dreamed that everything was good
It's been a while since I had a good dream where everything was perfect or happy.
And you were here with me, and everything was good
In my dream, you were by my side, and we were happy together.
Maybe I love you too much
Perhaps I have more feelings for you than I am comfortable with.
(Maybe I love you too much)
I might be exaggerating my feelings of love for you.
(Maybe I love you too much)
My feelings towards you might be overwhelming and not entirely healthy.
(Maybe I love you too much)
I am questioning if my love for you is too much for me to handle.
Maybe I love you too much
I am trying to figure out how I really feel about you.
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB., BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: JULIE DOIRON
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