reading a bit into it, and taking a Weberian angle of analysis...
sounds almost like a lament of the over-rationalization of our world --
shake their hands
but they don't speak
only demanding the right numbers (rationalization)
of me, breaking into pieces (rationalization breaks and reifies everything into pieces)
it's so cold around me
I hurry to the next stop
My world is turning too fast
She hides the burden she feels from the steel shell of rationality by "Faking a Smile". In reality she wonders when will it all break --
when will I break
when does the ice break
when will I dare to press rewind and start all over?
but 'breaking' is irrational. all she can do is Fake a Smile.
well that's my two cents. Thematically it fits with her N. European heritage though too.
reading a bit into it, and taking a Weberian angle of analysis...
sounds almost like a lament of the over-rationalization of our world -- shake their hands but they don't speak only demanding the right numbers (rationalization) of me, breaking into pieces (rationalization breaks and reifies everything into pieces)
it's so cold around me I hurry to the next stop
My world is turning too fast
She hides the burden she feels from the steel shell of rationality by "Faking a Smile". In reality she wonders when will it all break --
when will I break when does the ice break when will I dare to press rewind and start all over?
but 'breaking' is irrational. all she can do is Fake a Smile.
well that's my two cents. Thematically it fits with her N. European heritage though too.