Dagger

He isn't able to feel, he is numb and is only now realizing how much he hurt someone. she loves him but left him and being alone is the loudest silence ever. he sees himself as nothing but a cause for her pain.

"I didn't really lose you I just lost it for a while" gives me the chills. maybe about 2 people who cant be together due to being bad for each other. the wound is the perfect partner for a dagger. but however perfect they fit, they're slowly killing each other.

My friend sadly took his own life recently, and requested that 3 songs be played at his funeral, and this was one of them... It was his and his ex-girlfriend's song. :(

It happens all the time

God how I love this song....I listen to it on repeat every day.

supposedly, if you go by the liner notes to the reissue, neil wrote this about him and rachel (both singers and songwriters in slowdive) breaking up. beautiful.

So gentle and sexy. One of the best album closers ever.

beautiful harmonies.

a perfect song. beautiful forever.

Ah, this song. I always listen to it after a break-up or when I'm missing a usually abusive ex. It's clear this song is about a break-up, or loss of a connection with someone. As a previous commentor mentioned, it involves two people, who are wrong for each other, but somehow they are involved with one another. However, their time together hurts one another. They inflict pain into each other, particularly the songwriter. He knows he is the source of her pain. "I didn't really lose you...I just lost it for a while" Denial that it is over. Likely, it was a tumultuous relationship, causing the person who inflicted the pain or both parties perhaps to be unable to see the truth...that the relationship is over because they were so invested in it. I must say, as a victim of abusive relationships...it's often difficult to let go of abusive partners despite the pain and daggers that they inflict over and over again in me. This song always rings a bell to me in terms of relationships like that. Also, I highly recommend the electric version over the acoustic...it's way more haunting, and emotional.