The Kitchen Floor

And in a moment, I had forgotten all the things that you had said to me I think just like a child You try to burn my mind All it is is dangerous to me

The speaker is deeply belied, he starts to think that all the partner does is directed against him. He does not really reflect upon this, he intuits it like a child would do.

And through the kitchen door I see you're on the floor Said you never wanted me to see I guess what's done is done It looks like you had fun I'll just go inside and watch tv

The speaker witnesses his partner doing something upsetting. He decides to accept it and pretend that nothing happend (he watches tv). We cannot really say what kind of secret it is.

I've been enough and it gets rough when all the people stare talk on the streets and in my faces that we are not living I'm just a cast you had removed when all the pain was over I'll sit at home you'll never know the things you make me think of you make me think of

The speaker perceives himself as a “cast”, having been “enough” to help his partner to come to terms with his/her pain. By using the word “removed” the author delineates that the partner did not even consider the speaker as a person but more as a thing that can be removed. Moreover, the speaker suffers from other people staring at him and being the object of their conversations. Accused of “not living”, it seems that the relationship of the speaker and his beloved is nothing but burden since they are not able to “live”. The speaker claims that he won't share his life with this partner any longer, no more compliments, no more “things” he/she “makes him think of”.

And when I think about the times you carried out everything you said you never would Pick up the telephone I ring my friends at home they say I should stop I think I should

As the partner breaks promises, the speaker calls his friends who advise him to stop sticking with his beloved. He himself doubts this relationship now, but nevertheless he does not terminate it.

And in a moment I try forgetting everything you've ever said to me I think about the mountain and how I've never been there probably because I was with you In these lines the speaker seems to recognize that he has been smitten, he remembers a situation in which he was on a mountain. He cannot really remember the situation because he only had eyes for his partner.

You say enough You think you're tough to say to me it's over I'm out the door but I'm not sure if I've forgotten something You lie awake you try to make amends cause your not sleeping I'll sit at home you'll never know the things you make me think of You make me think of

The partner is convinced of being on the right track by breaking up. The speaker leaves the house without knowing whether he has forgotten to say something. Feeling certain about being wronged, the speaker knows his partner will feel guilty. He will not share his insights with this partner anymore.

All in all, we can state that the speaker is a person that is not “tough” enough to terminate the relationship he is in. His partner starts to break his promises and does something traumatizing in the kitchen of which we cannot definitely say whether it is drug usage, an affair or a secret of a different kind. The speaker treats this situation with indifference since he knows the relationship has to end. As he himself cannot do it, he waits until his partner does it, he/she feels very “tough” - the speaker knows his value for his partner and seems to finally find deliverance in knowing that the partner would feel guilty and would not get to sleep any longer.

Any other interpretations?