For me, every EBTG album starting with Amplified Heart has been outstanding, and a welcome break with EBTG's earlier jazz-pop sound. This song is the first salvo, and an outstanding one it is, as is true of the opening tracks of Walking Wounded (Before Today) and Temperamental (Five Fathoms).
This is a simple but powerful song. In contrast to other songs about not being able to move on (Missing, Two Star, Am I Walking To You), 1) I think this one is about the period soon after the end of a relationship, and 2) it contains a ray of optimism (this is my road to my redemption).
However, one thing that's similar about these three songs is that they're from the perspective of the person who was more dependent on the friendship (Missing: the years have proved to offer nothing since you moved) or relationship (Rollercoaster: I'm not really in your head; Walking to you: I met your boyfriend...; Two Star: go on, stop listening to me).
I don't completely get the lyrics. "My life is just an image of a rollercoaster" seems to mean "I'm having ups and downs", but "anyway" suggests "that's always been true and this love then breakup are no different".
For me, every EBTG album starting with Amplified Heart has been outstanding, and a welcome break with EBTG's earlier jazz-pop sound. This song is the first salvo, and an outstanding one it is, as is true of the opening tracks of Walking Wounded (Before Today) and Temperamental (Five Fathoms).
This is a simple but powerful song. In contrast to other songs about not being able to move on (Missing, Two Star, Am I Walking To You), 1) I think this one is about the period soon after the end of a relationship, and 2) it contains a ray of optimism (this is my road to my redemption).
However, one thing that's similar about these three songs is that they're from the perspective of the person who was more dependent on the friendship (Missing: the years have proved to offer nothing since you moved) or relationship (Rollercoaster: I'm not really in your head; Walking to you: I met your boyfriend...; Two Star: go on, stop listening to me).
I don't completely get the lyrics. "My life is just an image of a rollercoaster" seems to mean "I'm having ups and downs", but "anyway" suggests "that's always been true and this love then breakup are no different".
I love the lyric "falls to minus zero".