I Love You, Sleepyhead

I personally think this song is about a relationship that is falling apart, the narrator is making excuses for the other person because she loves them so much. She is relating to being a shore and her lover being the sea.

"There's a fallen shore, I know." She realises that her 'shore' - the relationship has fallen, she knows and she finally understands. A shore is the land along water, I almost envision the shore to symbol stability, especially against water which is not predictable. But now that the shore has fa OOOIllen, the narrator must finally admit defeat and find another way to protect herself against "the sea"- the sea being her lover who simply cannot commit to her and wants to change her- the same as the sea rising and falling on the shore.

"And I'm thinking of going home tonight", the narrator has reached breaking point and is desperately trying to find some security, she is falling apart and needs to feel safe.

"There's a spark in our eyes, but I'm letting you down tonight." She knows there is obvious love there, it might even just be lust. I feel like the narrator is almost is telling her lover she is fed up of their excuses, she knows they love each other but it is not enough, she needs to let her lover go unless they can give more to the relationship. She needs to know she is going to have a future with her lover and is going to have a guranteed future.

"And so you say, "I do, I do want you. Want me too." The narrator's lover realises this is their last chance, I almost imagine this is a desperate plea. The narrators lover does want her, they realise she is at breaking point and is begging her to want them too, they are trying to sweet talk her. To remind her of their love and that she is wanted.

"You're just in time. I was thinking of lines for you" The narrator, confident that their lover wouldn't come up with a decent excuse for her to stay is almost relieved. Her lover has said what she needed to hear but the narrator was thinking of futile excuses that her lover would say.

"I was singing words and now I can't stop. Now I can't stop." However, even though her lover has somewhat comforted her. The narrator's insecurities are still there, they are singing and they won't stop, no matter what the lover says.

"You're just in time. To save a life." However, she has to save herself. The lovers excuses have not swayed her, it is destroying her and she wants to stop the pain. Perhaps at this point the narrator has realised her lovers true colours, it has finally clicked that as long as she is like the shore and the lover is like the sea, they will never mix. As it is the sea that destroys the shore and it is the shore that has to adapt in order for the water to thrive. So she lets them go and saves herselt.

Thanks for reading my thoughts. This is truly a beautiful song.

Ko

Wow, this is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard.. but I can't tell if it's a happy sad or a really depressing sad. She's saying "I'm letting you down tonight", but it also has a happy tone to it, like she's finally getting to be with someone she loves. And I can't figure out the "You're just in time to save a life." Would love to hear other interpretations.

I think the singer is going through some personal things, possibly depression or some other anxiety.

When she says "There's a fallen shore, I know and I'm thinking of home tonight", I think she means she recognizes that she is broken and although she has left, she is thinking of him.

When she says "There's a spark in our eyes", she knows they still have something worth fighting for. "But I'm letting you down tonight" could simply mean she is contemplating suicide and also just the fact she left. She's hoping he'll reach out and tell her he still wants her and he wants her to want him too when she says "And so you'll say "I do, I do want you. Want me too."

The stance that says "You're just in time, I was thinking of lines for you" is is her fantasy that he has reached out before she has done something drastic since she was thinking of what she was going to say in her suicide letter to him. "I was singing words, And now I can't stop, Now I can't stop" could be about her suicidal thoughts escalating.

The final stance "You're just in time to save a life" is her hope that he reaches out to save her before her dark thoughts take over and she ends her life.