| alt-J – Breezeblocks Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I believe this poem/song is also referring to an abusive relationship. He WANTS to hold her down (with soggy clothes and breezeblocks), and he is justifying his abuse with how much he loves her (I love you so, I'll eat you whole). He is stifling her to keep her as his own, and he has no intention of letting her go. She is miserable (break down now weep) but they go on pretending as though nothing is wrong (build up breakfast now lets eat). In Alt-J's allusion to "Where the Wild Things are" by Maurice Sendak, the lyrics play on the quote from the book "please don't go, we'll eat you up, we love you so!" The man in this song is showing his love and affection by "gnashing his terrible teeth" and "showing his terrible claws" and condoning it with "I love you so, I love you so." He is addicted to her yes, definitely. He is keeping her, the woman he is addicted to (which is equated with love in this song) by diminishing her: "she may contain the urge to run away/ but hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks." | |
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