I was completely confused about the "thousand half-loves" part.
There is a mystical poet by the name of Jalaluddin Rumi, who has written many poems about love and separation. Rumi's most famous quote is:
"A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home."
The connection is pretty obvious here, I guess. Weiss put a different, negative spin on "I'm a thousand half-loves well worth leaving [forsaking] to take your madness [whole heart] home."
He implies that he does not have a 'whole heart' by saying that he still has a 'thousand half-loves.' I could probably go much deeper into this, but I'm not sure how much more there is about it.
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I was completely confused about the "thousand half-loves" part.
There is a mystical poet by the name of Jalaluddin Rumi, who has written many poems about love and separation. Rumi's most famous quote is:
"A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home."
The connection is pretty obvious here, I guess. Weiss put a different, negative spin on "I'm a thousand half-loves well worth leaving [forsaking] to take your madness [whole heart] home."
He implies that he does not have a 'whole heart' by saying that he still has a 'thousand half-loves.' I could probably go much deeper into this, but I'm not sure how much more there is about it.