This song is quite obviously about his relationships with women and how he's not good at/has no interest in maintaining them. I like the lines:
At first her warmth felt good between my legs
Living breathing heart-beating flesh
But soon that warmth turned to an itch
Turned to a scratch
Turned to a gash
I break horses
I don't tend to them
At first, he enjoys being with this woman, she is lively, fresh, but then as time went on, their relationship, or just she, became an irritation to him and to her, it festered into a wound (emotional hurt) and it became worse until she was "broken"
Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island
And I don't want to see you swimming behind
Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island
And I don't want to see you swimming behind
No I break horses
I don't tend to them
I think this is basically about him venturing to be by himself so that he doesn't have anyone else depending on him in any way (ie, so that he doesn't have to tend to them). He wants to be by himself and doesn't need a "horse" (woman) to be his beast of burden becasue he can carry his own personal burdens and has no need/desire to carry hers
Its important to start with the title. To break a horse is to teach it to take a passenger. To break can also be taken as to soil or dirty something so in male/female relationship it could be taken as degrading through sex.
I realise there are suggestions about the meaning-friend getting beefed and dumped bla bla- but reader response is what matters. To break a horse suggests, for a while, a certain level of commitment and thus a more apparent loss.
Sounds very much like a serial monogamist.
Its important to start with the title. To break a horse is to teach it to take a passenger. To break can also be taken as to soil or dirty something so in male/female relationship it could be taken as degrading through sex.
I realise there are suggestions about the meaning-friend getting beefed and dumped bla bla- but reader response is what matters. To break a horse suggests, for a while, a certain level of commitment and thus a more apparent loss.
Sounds very much like a serial monogamist.
This song is quite obviously about his relationships with women and how he's not good at/has no interest in maintaining them. I like the lines: At first her warmth felt good between my legs Living breathing heart-beating flesh But soon that warmth turned to an itch Turned to a scratch Turned to a gash I break horses I don't tend to them At first, he enjoys being with this woman, she is lively, fresh, but then as time went on, their relationship, or just she, became an irritation to him and to her, it festered into a wound (emotional hurt) and it became worse until she was "broken"
Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island And I don't want to see you swimming behind Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island And I don't want to see you swimming behind No I break horses I don't tend to them I think this is basically about him venturing to be by himself so that he doesn't have anyone else depending on him in any way (ie, so that he doesn't have to tend to them). He wants to be by himself and doesn't need a "horse" (woman) to be his beast of burden becasue he can carry his own personal burdens and has no need/desire to carry hers
Good song though, I really like his voice :)
Its important to start with the title. To break a horse is to teach it to take a passenger. To break can also be taken as to soil or dirty something so in male/female relationship it could be taken as degrading through sex. I realise there are suggestions about the meaning-friend getting beefed and dumped bla bla- but reader response is what matters. To break a horse suggests, for a while, a certain level of commitment and thus a more apparent loss. Sounds very much like a serial monogamist.
Its important to start with the title. To break a horse is to teach it to take a passenger. To break can also be taken as to soil or dirty something so in male/female relationship it could be taken as degrading through sex. I realise there are suggestions about the meaning-friend getting beefed and dumped bla bla- but reader response is what matters. To break a horse suggests, for a while, a certain level of commitment and thus a more apparent loss. Sounds very much like a serial monogamist.