| Ben Howard – Oats in the Water Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[catarina_scn:2942] this is brilliant, i'm kinda in love with the lyrics mainly because of what you wrote, i heard the song several times before i searched for the meaning but i've never thought about it that way. this led me to another thought and i just want to add this to your interpretation of te verse - the oxidation that leads to the rust in metals also occurs in our bodies, like you said. so we're basically "rusting" everytime we breathe, but still, awarely, we keep breathing because it is obviously vital for us, even though it is what's killing us basically, if we put it that way. so i guess this is a metaphor for when we keep coming back for someone and don't give up on them even though we realize that they're destroying us, "rusting" us, not necessarily because they keep hurting us but also maybe because the circumstances or timing are messed up. but we keep coming back because that person and those moments are what keeps us alive, metaphorically speaking, and we just can't stay away or give up on what we have or could eventually have and wouldn't know we could have if we just gave up. and i think this verse is a brilliant reflection of the twisted irony in how we, as human and thinking beings, realize something hurts us but choose to stay anyway. it's kinda dumb and reckless but it's also beautiful, in a hopelessly romantic, naive way. | |
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