| Arcade Fire – Empty Room Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The way I see this song, it seems to be about an independent person who has fallen in love. They likely had a relationship- good or bad- but then it ended, and then they were forced to acknowledge the fact that some part of them still hung on to those feelings, that person, those memories. They're saying their name in an empty room, where no one else can hear the fact that they haven't completely moved on yet. Usually, I'd say that the person in question would project themselves as a independent, strong person that's more or less alright no matter what they go through in life, hence "something I would never do." Saying their name, admitting even to themselves that they aren't as indestructible as they might have thought and that their heart is still aching... those are things that they can only do when they're 'by themselves' in an empty room. They know their 'life is coming,' they know they'll be alright eventually, but for this moment they've allowed a weakness. |
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