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John Mayer has taken to his blog to address comments he wrote in a previous blog after his writings were misinterpreted by gossip websites, saying, "I’ll tuck my tail between my legs and explain my intentions. Even though it makes my teeth itch."

The musician posted the following message on March 2:

"Dear Ex Lover,
Perhaps you didn’t understand the last time I told you to stop contacting me, so I’ll do my best to spell it out for you. I do not wish to have you in my life anymore. I don’t know how much more clear I can be about it. It would serve you best to move on with your life and find someone who can put up with you, because I’m done trying.
I hope this is enough closure for you.
Goodbye.

P.S. If you need me, you know how to find me."

The ambiguous post was lapped up by the gossip websites, with Perez Hilton declaring that "This is Totally About Jessica Simpson!", as did numerous copycat websites.

Mayer has addressed the writings in a new message posted on Saturday (March 8) saying, "I wouldn’t traditionally take to a blog to explain a blog… 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.," he explains.

"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’."

Mayer urged readers to not "read too far into this [posting] on a personal level", saying that there are no hidden messages – "I just thought it sums up how crazy love can be."

He adds, "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".

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