I really like this song. Everytime I listen to it new lines seem to stick out and grab my attention.
I like the part:
"we said let's name thirty good reasons
why we shouldn't be together
i started by saying things like 'you smoke' 'you live in new jersey (too far)'
you started saying things like 'you belong to the world'
all of which could have been easily refuted
but the conversation was hypothetical
I am totally short of breath for you
why can't you shut your stuff off...... "
The relationship is so negative that they're trying to come up with reasons to break up. He speaks abstractly and says she belongs to the world . . . she's famous perhaps, or she travels all the time and isn't there for him in a physical sense. She says he lives in NJ and smokes . . . things that can be changed. Then, she relizes that all of this brainstorming isn't going to change anything because she is so into him . . . an emotional-mental bond rather than physical . . . she asks why he can't shut his stuff off . . . probably referring to the way his mind works and how she loves that despite the fact that the relationship isn't working.
i also like the line:
"You laughed a wicked laugh and said 'come here, yet me clip your wings"
She recognizes that being with him is causing her to lose her spirit and freedom. In a way it seems like she admires him so much that she neglects her own thoughts and opinions . . . she's infatuated and it's taking away part of who she is. Perhaps this goes back to his reason for why they should break up . . . "you belong to the world" He wants to ground her and prevent her from traveling and doing what she wants to do. He wants to clip her wings and keep her to himself . . . like a pet bird. The very thing she likes most about him (his mind and freedom) is what he wants to supress in her.
I really like this song. Everytime I listen to it new lines seem to stick out and grab my attention.
I like the part:
"we said let's name thirty good reasons why we shouldn't be together i started by saying things like 'you smoke' 'you live in new jersey (too far)' you started saying things like 'you belong to the world' all of which could have been easily refuted but the conversation was hypothetical I am totally short of breath for you why can't you shut your stuff off...... "
The relationship is so negative that they're trying to come up with reasons to break up. He speaks abstractly and says she belongs to the world . . . she's famous perhaps, or she travels all the time and isn't there for him in a physical sense. She says he lives in NJ and smokes . . . things that can be changed. Then, she relizes that all of this brainstorming isn't going to change anything because she is so into him . . . an emotional-mental bond rather than physical . . . she asks why he can't shut his stuff off . . . probably referring to the way his mind works and how she loves that despite the fact that the relationship isn't working.
i also like the line:
"You laughed a wicked laugh and said 'come here, yet me clip your wings"
She recognizes that being with him is causing her to lose her spirit and freedom. In a way it seems like she admires him so much that she neglects her own thoughts and opinions . . . she's infatuated and it's taking away part of who she is. Perhaps this goes back to his reason for why they should break up . . . "you belong to the world" He wants to ground her and prevent her from traveling and doing what she wants to do. He wants to clip her wings and keep her to himself . . . like a pet bird. The very thing she likes most about him (his mind and freedom) is what he wants to supress in her.