I think this song is about becoming hard and indifferent in response to a broken world. In the song, the girl shows no emotions, and holds everything inside, just as if she were as solid as concrete. I think in encouraging her to laugh or cry, he's telling her that sometimes everyone needs to let their emotions show through. He doesn't want her to be numb and unfeeling, bottling everything up because then it will be even worse when she finally falls down and can't get back up. Because pretending to have nothing to run from can be even worse than just facing all your fears
I think this song is about becoming hard and indifferent in response to a broken world. In the song, the girl shows no emotions, and holds everything inside, just as if she were as solid as concrete. I think in encouraging her to laugh or cry, he's telling her that sometimes everyone needs to let their emotions show through. He doesn't want her to be numb and unfeeling, bottling everything up because then it will be even worse when she finally falls down and can't get back up. Because pretending to have nothing to run from can be even worse than just facing all your fears