I seem to be in minority here, but I never thought this song to be about "false love" or "hate" or anything like that. It might be because of my personal experiences.
I think it's like if you were doing something (anything, even singing this) and thinking about the person you loved the most, the person you are no longer with, in this case probably because of your own fault (one I've left). Kind of "wish you were here" sentiment. Whatever you do "goes out to the one you love" in the sense that you wish this person was here with you participating in whatever you are doing (in other words "this one" doesn't have to mean the song, it could be anything). To me this song is about obsessive love.
And the "prop" is not the person, it's whatever you fill your time with to try to forget about the one you love, the one you can't be with. The variation at the end just states that the prop, whatever it was, has occupied some of his time, but the feeling hasn't changed.
And "Fire...!!!" to me represents the torment of being in this position of being able to do nothing but miss what you had and what is now gone. It does almost feel like burning from inside. Especially the way MS sings this song in the acoustic version. I don't think it's full of hate, more like extreme pain.
I wouldn't want it on my wedding that's for sure, but on the other hand I think love is completely real in this one, even too real. It's an obsession.
@elfy I agree, nice take. Fire I think could also represent the destructive nature the speaker (the singer, you, whatever) now has because they are without the subject of that obsessive love. Because they are without them or it, all the speaker can do destroy things around them.
@elfy I agree, nice take. Fire I think could also represent the destructive nature the speaker (the singer, you, whatever) now has because they are without the subject of that obsessive love. Because they are without them or it, all the speaker can do destroy things around them.
I seem to be in minority here, but I never thought this song to be about "false love" or "hate" or anything like that. It might be because of my personal experiences.
I think it's like if you were doing something (anything, even singing this) and thinking about the person you loved the most, the person you are no longer with, in this case probably because of your own fault (one I've left). Kind of "wish you were here" sentiment. Whatever you do "goes out to the one you love" in the sense that you wish this person was here with you participating in whatever you are doing (in other words "this one" doesn't have to mean the song, it could be anything). To me this song is about obsessive love.
And the "prop" is not the person, it's whatever you fill your time with to try to forget about the one you love, the one you can't be with. The variation at the end just states that the prop, whatever it was, has occupied some of his time, but the feeling hasn't changed.
And "Fire...!!!" to me represents the torment of being in this position of being able to do nothing but miss what you had and what is now gone. It does almost feel like burning from inside. Especially the way MS sings this song in the acoustic version. I don't think it's full of hate, more like extreme pain.
I wouldn't want it on my wedding that's for sure, but on the other hand I think love is completely real in this one, even too real. It's an obsession.
Just my take on this.
@elfy I agree, nice take. Fire I think could also represent the destructive nature the speaker (the singer, you, whatever) now has because they are without the subject of that obsessive love. Because they are without them or it, all the speaker can do destroy things around them.
@elfy I agree, nice take. Fire I think could also represent the destructive nature the speaker (the singer, you, whatever) now has because they are without the subject of that obsessive love. Because they are without them or it, all the speaker can do destroy things around them.