| Laura Marling – Old Stone Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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At a wild guess, this was not what Laura Marling was thinking of when she wrote this song, and I doubt that there are many others that think this, but to me, this song encapsules asexuality, or at least my own thoughts and feelings as an asexual. "'Honey I'm going your way' / I don't think so" Allusion to the phrase "I don't bend that way", asexuality is kind of seen as an invisible persuasion, so people just assume one is straight/gay. "Honey I was never gonna change" Asexuality is not (necessarily) a fluid thing, or a 'phase'. "ten thousand years and your still on your own / don't you love me (/it) that way?" it = Is solitude the life you choose for yourself? me = romance is still possible within asexuality, but as an asexual I would not ever want a sexual relationship - I could fall in love, but I will not love 'you' that way. "if you swear that you're alright / I'm not gonna try and change your mind" A sort of repetition that asexuality is not a phase/statement/choice - you can't just change your mind about it. "Don't let me walk away from this / if I'm trying to fuck up my own life / and until I figure out why / I think it's best you keep your distance / lest I fall in love." The idea of a platonic relationship of sorts makes me feel this way: overthinking something like that (which I, at least, would definitely do!) would ruin it because no sane conclusion where something can work out happily, for example if the other person is sexual, would be thought out, because I would always feel like I am holding that person back or whatever. ie. "Don't let me back out of this before it has started, but at the same time it is best not to start at all, because I can't "figure out why" it would work and I don't want to come to depend on you too much and then ruin what we have." Like I say, just my thoughts whenever I hear the song. |
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