someone defined the "you" and the "she" in the song, but i don't think it's clear cut - it seems like maybe it goes back and forth, at different times the ex is "you" and vice versa, but... i may be way off.
the reason i think this is because of this line:
"Do you still forget the breeze?"
which echoes 'the blower's daughter'
"and so it is just like you said it should be
we both forget the breeze.... most of the time"
i think "the breeze" is his way of describing how they(he and his "ex" {as we're calling her}) feel for each other.
the "elephant" is, to me, about being unforgetable - irreplaceable. like the "elephant in the room", and how "an elephant never forgets". there have been many bad break-ups/losses where i've felt like the absence of that person is like a big elephant following me around... i can ignore it most of the time (like the breeze...huh) but it's there when i'm falling asleep at night and when i first wake up in the morning - let's me know that, nope, i'm still not over that.
what i want to see someone explain (or make an argument for an explanation for) is the line
"And she may rise, if I sing you down
And she may wisely cling to the ground"
random thoughts:
someone defined the "you" and the "she" in the song, but i don't think it's clear cut - it seems like maybe it goes back and forth, at different times the ex is "you" and vice versa, but... i may be way off.
the reason i think this is because of this line:
"Do you still forget the breeze?"
which echoes 'the blower's daughter' "and so it is just like you said it should be we both forget the breeze.... most of the time"
i think "the breeze" is his way of describing how they(he and his "ex" {as we're calling her}) feel for each other.
the "elephant" is, to me, about being unforgetable - irreplaceable. like the "elephant in the room", and how "an elephant never forgets". there have been many bad break-ups/losses where i've felt like the absence of that person is like a big elephant following me around... i can ignore it most of the time (like the breeze...huh) but it's there when i'm falling asleep at night and when i first wake up in the morning - let's me know that, nope, i'm still not over that.
what i want to see someone explain (or make an argument for an explanation for) is the line "And she may rise, if I sing you down And she may wisely cling to the ground"
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