there's a whole other side to this song too.... all of that little prince stuff (brilliant book!) in the context of a relationship between two people. she has changed, been tamed, given up her thorns. now what? she feels defenceless. her walls are down and she is at the mercy of this other person, this great love, and i think the person she has become for this relationship is threatening to take over the real 'her', split her in two. and without her thorns, the world is scary, the city is terrifying, and the whole thing is threatening to overwhelm her and make her (and the children she wants to have) into something she doesn't want to be.
there's a whole other side to this song too.... all of that little prince stuff (brilliant book!) in the context of a relationship between two people. she has changed, been tamed, given up her thorns. now what? she feels defenceless. her walls are down and she is at the mercy of this other person, this great love, and i think the person she has become for this relationship is threatening to take over the real 'her', split her in two. and without her thorns, the world is scary, the city is terrifying, and the whole thing is threatening to overwhelm her and make her (and the children she wants to have) into something she doesn't want to be.