Let me start by saying I think Damien Rice and I must have dated the same girl...on first glance, this song is oviously about the struggle to get over a relationship in which the two people still love/hate each other, and probably always will.
After reading through the lyrics a couple of times, though, it seems there could be some struggle to escape the religious dogma embedded as a child.
"They say be true, don't stain your bed/We go blind when we needed to see"
Think about all that can mean...and it's not limited to sexuality. Follow that up with "And it leans on me like a rootless tree," which can be interpreted as something powerful with no foundation. I don't think these quotes are taken out of context, either.
Let me start by saying I think Damien Rice and I must have dated the same girl...on first glance, this song is oviously about the struggle to get over a relationship in which the two people still love/hate each other, and probably always will.
After reading through the lyrics a couple of times, though, it seems there could be some struggle to escape the religious dogma embedded as a child.
"They say be true, don't stain your bed/We go blind when we needed to see"
Think about all that can mean...and it's not limited to sexuality. Follow that up with "And it leans on me like a rootless tree," which can be interpreted as something powerful with no foundation. I don't think these quotes are taken out of context, either.
Just food for thought.