i agree with the eel. i don't feel any disomfort in the narrator. the secrets and exotic terms of endearment are all just things they do to show their love and even entertain each other, not some method of making things seem like something they aren't. haven't you ever had some silly game you played with your boyfriend/girlfriend?
the most powerful line in the song, in my opinion, is "and i want to go home / but i am home". However, this isn't about homesickness or a feeling that they have a house together but not a "home". i see this more as a statement that, while this couple have had some "hard times" together, perhaps leaving them without a physical "home" to speak of, he (the narrator) stil has an emotional home in his partner. Sort of a "home is where the heart is" kind of thing. maybe the line is presented in that manner to give a sense of realization, as if he sings the first half then, in the moment, realizes and says that he is home.
i agree with the eel. i don't feel any disomfort in the narrator. the secrets and exotic terms of endearment are all just things they do to show their love and even entertain each other, not some method of making things seem like something they aren't. haven't you ever had some silly game you played with your boyfriend/girlfriend?
the most powerful line in the song, in my opinion, is "and i want to go home / but i am home". However, this isn't about homesickness or a feeling that they have a house together but not a "home". i see this more as a statement that, while this couple have had some "hard times" together, perhaps leaving them without a physical "home" to speak of, he (the narrator) stil has an emotional home in his partner. Sort of a "home is where the heart is" kind of thing. maybe the line is presented in that manner to give a sense of realization, as if he sings the first half then, in the moment, realizes and says that he is home.