Until I heard Stars perform this song, I thought that Torquil sang "Nearly died, it felt so cool." I think I like it this way better. I really identified with that feeling, that you're a teenager, and you've got it all figured out. You're doing things that are so new to you and life is exhilarating because of it. I liked interpreting it as if they were inhaling something that was completely harmless, but they felt so cool from doing it, that they almost died. Of course, "Nearly dying felt so cool" works too, but it doesn't trigger that same spark of a memory for me.
"Nearly dying felt so cool"
Until I heard Stars perform this song, I thought that Torquil sang "Nearly died, it felt so cool." I think I like it this way better. I really identified with that feeling, that you're a teenager, and you've got it all figured out. You're doing things that are so new to you and life is exhilarating because of it. I liked interpreting it as if they were inhaling something that was completely harmless, but they felt so cool from doing it, that they almost died. Of course, "Nearly dying felt so cool" works too, but it doesn't trigger that same spark of a memory for me.