I love this song too, but i really really can't figure out what it means - and i've really tried. has anyone got any ideas? I was hoping to go to missy's concert but unfortunately missed out. I don't suppose there are any auzzies here who have been already - perhaps she's talked a little about the song?
@letheredge for me personally it's about mental abuse, more specifically bullying and all the ramifications of it. The whole metaphor of the ballerina is the personification of your younger self, like in the second verse where she wishes the ballerina could hide herself the way the narrator can now. "She will leave our games to never be the same" - being abused so much and being torn as to whether stand up or to hide and hope you stay invisible, the whole imagery of the mirror and button in the second verse is referring to the wall you learn...
@letheredge for me personally it's about mental abuse, more specifically bullying and all the ramifications of it. The whole metaphor of the ballerina is the personification of your younger self, like in the second verse where she wishes the ballerina could hide herself the way the narrator can now. "She will leave our games to never be the same" - being abused so much and being torn as to whether stand up or to hide and hope you stay invisible, the whole imagery of the mirror and button in the second verse is referring to the wall you learn to put up; and being able to be free to dance in your own mind without the contant worrying about others opinions.
The chorus is the older self telling the ballerina (younger self) to look after herself no matter what, to 'eat the soil and drink the rain" to grow above the abuse and pain so you can run.
A song all about personal hindsight.
I love this song too, but i really really can't figure out what it means - and i've really tried. has anyone got any ideas? I was hoping to go to missy's concert but unfortunately missed out. I don't suppose there are any auzzies here who have been already - perhaps she's talked a little about the song?
@letheredge for me personally it's about mental abuse, more specifically bullying and all the ramifications of it. The whole metaphor of the ballerina is the personification of your younger self, like in the second verse where she wishes the ballerina could hide herself the way the narrator can now. "She will leave our games to never be the same" - being abused so much and being torn as to whether stand up or to hide and hope you stay invisible, the whole imagery of the mirror and button in the second verse is referring to the wall you learn...
@letheredge for me personally it's about mental abuse, more specifically bullying and all the ramifications of it. The whole metaphor of the ballerina is the personification of your younger self, like in the second verse where she wishes the ballerina could hide herself the way the narrator can now. "She will leave our games to never be the same" - being abused so much and being torn as to whether stand up or to hide and hope you stay invisible, the whole imagery of the mirror and button in the second verse is referring to the wall you learn to put up; and being able to be free to dance in your own mind without the contant worrying about others opinions. The chorus is the older self telling the ballerina (younger self) to look after herself no matter what, to 'eat the soil and drink the rain" to grow above the abuse and pain so you can run. A song all about personal hindsight.