the metaphor of love as weather is great. the last few lines are cool because of the way Darnielle delivers them. the lines: "If we never make it back to California/I want you to know I love you" could be taken as tender and sweet, and they are, but there's a certain menace to them in the way he spits them out.
the metaphor of love as weather is great. the last few lines are cool because of the way Darnielle delivers them. the lines: "If we never make it back to California/I want you to know I love you" could be taken as tender and sweet, and they are, but there's a certain menace to them in the way he spits them out.