Ghost

how did they know i was running around with my eyes closed dancing for absolutely nobody

although it feels strange to have such strong feelings towards a comment left 9 years ago, i have to say that i could not agree less with carinapir. ""our"" martin, as they ever-possessively put it, does not seem to me like the vengeful type, or at least not towards a person who likely didnt deliberately bring him to much harm i think it is much more likely that he is taking the perspective of someone he once loved and the person he refers to as "you" is actually himself. as a songwriter myself, i can attest that writing confessional pieces is much easier when you depersonalize it, when you detach how you feel from yourself and act like those difficult feelings belong to someone other than yourself. i can imagine it would be incredibly difficult to admit that, despite your knowledge that someone is no longer part of your life, you cant seem let go of them and, frankly, you cant even imagine not missing them. spilling all your guts to the world is an indescribably horrifying concept to me and neither you nor i can expect martin to do that, especially if its just for the sake of us being able to understand his lyrics more easily id just like to end this by saying that people really gotta quit assuming martins straight. i mean that doesnt have to do with any of the interpretations of this song specifically but just in general. stop it. its a bad idea also songmeanings dot com user billclinton i hope you know i would lay down my life for you

I love, love, love this song. Our Martin has left an imprint on someone and she will never forget him. Possibly his is a "revenge" song to his wife. They probably still float in and out of each others circles because of the kids and when you've been together for so many years, it's hard to make a clean break.