Relief Next to Me

Beautiful song; I think it's about realizing how difficult of a person you are.

To me the artist is singing about themself in a still in a relationship that she is questioning. Perhaps they are back together after a recent break up:

" I miss you now like I should have missed you then." And she is questioning if being back together is something that is more harm than good or if it might work out. She is unable to sleep when she's sleeping next to her lover because she is thinking too much and questioning everything, she cant get relief and therefore cannot offer relief. She is too uptight and uncertain to really open herself or to give any kind of deep affection and emotion to her lover. : "I can't untangle what I feel and what would matter most I can't close an eye, can't close an eyelid...Now there's no point in reaching out for me In the dark, I'm just no good at giving relief In the dark, it won't be easy to find relief"

I think she is then conisdering what the end will be like. she thinks her lover will be very confused and have a hard time understanding where she is coming from and will be thrown off that the singer is taking a stand and is strong enough to end things. the singer has always been so passive and seemingly content until now: " And I'm not proud that nothing will seem easy about me But I promise this, I won't go my whole life telling you I don't need I'll tell you now, I guess like I should have told you then That thunder moves like damn drawers slamming in my frame Slamming in my framework"

Thats just a total guess, but i know thats exactly how i have felt in a relationship before. losing my love, losing sleep and being totally void of giving relief or getting any myself.

"i promise this- i won't go my whole life telling you i don't need"

i think thats one of the most beautiful lines on this whole album.

in the song, she could be saying that consolation isn't really her strong point. because she is in the dark herself. she can't give relief to someone else when she can't even provide it for herself.

this lady i know, i think her names Oprah?, once told me that you can't "fix" others without first "fixing" yourself.. wise woman

i think this is sara's best songwriting yet.

I agree with what everyone is saying, but I'd like to add something. I always thought when she said she couldn't give relief, it meant sexually. I feel like she's expressing that she's a very private person, and feels like she can't surrender her body.

Catchiest song of the new album IMO.

Sounds like there's some regret over a hasty breakup?

That first line is so hauntingly good...

I just love the way they sing this one. I'm enjoying this album more than I ever thought I would, it's amazing.

I think this song is about trying to figure yourself out. - "I can't untangle, I can't untangle, what i feel and what would matter most."

Mmmm... I think it's about the songwriter (Sara), ending up wih a relationship that she must have ended but then realizing that even though it was the best choice (maybe because there weren't good togehter or the didn't work), she stills misses the person and she cannot let her go... supposing it's a love relationship.. it's like she wants to go back to te relationship but she knows that she shouldn't and now there's no point coming back because things have changed...

what do uthink?