• by sherbert lemon on 02-24-2007 @ 02:16:10 PM Nope sorry its definately violins, it doesnt sound like violence at all and violins fits much better anyway, im glad that someone looked on imogen heaps own website to clarify it VIOLINS VIOLINS! lol i really liked Maaatt's reading of the song, i think he is correct in his reading and the song can be applied to any situation and relationship - the message of living and getting on with life in a practical way is obviously the most important aspect of this song. HOWEVER, i think that the song is evidently about a long relationship where the women discovers that years ago down the line the man has cheated on her and that he has been immaturely keeping it secret and letting it become a dark cload in the background of thier relationship. obviously affecting his enjoyment of life and making him suffer guilt. she says that truth should be confronted and dealt with so that they can move on and move on they must. she is much more mature about it and realises that it doesnt really matter at all, she forgive him - because it was so long ago and shit happens - we move on. This song makes me think of Toni Morrison's novel, Jazz which i am writing about at the moment. In the book the husband cheats on his wife with a much younger girl, because thier marraige has gone very stale, even though he still loves his wife, the girl dumps him and he ends up shooting her, even though he loves her, the wife mutilates the body of the girl at the funeral but later she comes to realise that she has to make do with what she has, their relationship becomes mended by their shared grief - over the death of the girl, who was both mother and daughter substitute for them. read it its good, very relavent to this song too.

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