I think this song is about how a girl (perhaps Emilie) who has made a persona of herself ("I'm not a farie but.." "Filthy victorians, they made me what i am made of") all these years due to a growing low confidence and a desire to be remebered in order to lift her confidence("twenty years/ sinking slowly" "I don't want to be a legend/ o well thats a god damned lie, i do"). In a attempt to make herself feel better about all this selfish impulses of being different, she tries to find a way to make herself seem galliant, by trying to convince others she's doing this for music or art or just her fans that look up to her for a breath of fresh air.
Now, i think after all this torment she put herself through, she made a sheild that allowed her to wallow in her sorrow without many people knowing. Then she meets a guy who breaks that sheild. She's torn between the choice of trusting him or staying alone. finaly she decides to "swallow" her sea of pride or whatever it is that stops her from trusting others on such a level. She claims that if this whole trusting others doesnt work, then she'll get her revenge ("But I'll come back to haunt you if i drown")
The guy is trying to tell her that it'l be alright becuase he's felt the same, but the girl doesnt believe that he or maybe anybody could understand the way she feels ("You tell me everything's all right/As though it's something you've been through") I think the guy is so smitten with her that he feels its his duty to save her from self destruction and thinks he's a knight in shining armour. He feels he's doing something so romantic that there's no way she won't be won over. She is the first to tell him that its only romantic to him but it's a major and slightly tramatic life change for her. The guy probably doesnt see it as important as it is to her, which frustrates her. (You think this torment is romantic/Well it's not except to you).
In the end though, it seems she finally made a decision and wants him to go away. She doenst want him to help her. (If I photoshop you/Out of every picture I could/Go quietly quiet) Whether or not he actualy goes away though..I'm not sure about that.
over all (despite my looong ass explination) i really enjoy this song. I can relate to it slightly acutally. I felt like this a year or two ago. EA is amazing!
Sorry for my long comment. :P i like to annotate things...
I think this song is about how a girl (perhaps Emilie) who has made a persona of herself ("I'm not a farie but.." "Filthy victorians, they made me what i am made of") all these years due to a growing low confidence and a desire to be remebered in order to lift her confidence("twenty years/ sinking slowly" "I don't want to be a legend/ o well thats a god damned lie, i do"). In a attempt to make herself feel better about all this selfish impulses of being different, she tries to find a way to make herself seem galliant, by trying to convince others she's doing this for music or art or just her fans that look up to her for a breath of fresh air. Now, i think after all this torment she put herself through, she made a sheild that allowed her to wallow in her sorrow without many people knowing. Then she meets a guy who breaks that sheild. She's torn between the choice of trusting him or staying alone. finaly she decides to "swallow" her sea of pride or whatever it is that stops her from trusting others on such a level. She claims that if this whole trusting others doesnt work, then she'll get her revenge ("But I'll come back to haunt you if i drown") The guy is trying to tell her that it'l be alright becuase he's felt the same, but the girl doesnt believe that he or maybe anybody could understand the way she feels ("You tell me everything's all right/As though it's something you've been through") I think the guy is so smitten with her that he feels its his duty to save her from self destruction and thinks he's a knight in shining armour. He feels he's doing something so romantic that there's no way she won't be won over. She is the first to tell him that its only romantic to him but it's a major and slightly tramatic life change for her. The guy probably doesnt see it as important as it is to her, which frustrates her. (You think this torment is romantic/Well it's not except to you). In the end though, it seems she finally made a decision and wants him to go away. She doenst want him to help her. (If I photoshop you/Out of every picture I could/Go quietly quiet) Whether or not he actualy goes away though..I'm not sure about that.
over all (despite my looong ass explination) i really enjoy this song. I can relate to it slightly acutally. I felt like this a year or two ago. EA is amazing! Sorry for my long comment. :P i like to annotate things...
That's great! I had pieces of it and was trying to put it together, and you basically took my ideas and made them make sense. :)
That's great! I had pieces of it and was trying to put it together, and you basically took my ideas and made them make sense. :)