I see 'Boys For Pele' as a concept album of self realisation, and so this song being at the end is really relevant to me. It's what makes it different from 'Hey Jupiter'. By this stage in her inner journey she is able to see the man she had been having problems with for who he really is, and she is able to study her feelings towards him more objectively. In Jupiter, she is in incredible amounts of pain, still wants to talk to the guy, to get him back, even. The wounds are very fresh. Here there is still the feeling that the man exercises a certain amount of power over her and that she still has a lot of trouble letting him go ("it's just your ghost passing through") but she is wiser. She knows she's "got to worry" about the way he is ("you still look pretty") but she knows the deal. That's why when the album finishes with 'Twinkle' - the light at her core - it's so sweet and triumphant. She's acknoledged her demon and let him go.
I see 'Boys For Pele' as a concept album of self realisation, and so this song being at the end is really relevant to me. It's what makes it different from 'Hey Jupiter'. By this stage in her inner journey she is able to see the man she had been having problems with for who he really is, and she is able to study her feelings towards him more objectively. In Jupiter, she is in incredible amounts of pain, still wants to talk to the guy, to get him back, even. The wounds are very fresh. Here there is still the feeling that the man exercises a certain amount of power over her and that she still has a lot of trouble letting him go ("it's just your ghost passing through") but she is wiser. She knows she's "got to worry" about the way he is ("you still look pretty") but she knows the deal. That's why when the album finishes with 'Twinkle' - the light at her core - it's so sweet and triumphant. She's acknoledged her demon and let him go.