Apparently about love and when it goes bad. Fires raging, hell is here, "hair and bone and Maybelline" conjures an image of a bullimic fan of cosmetics.
"Bad vibes from love on the side" might be the issues in a partnership when one part becomes unfaithful, but confiding seems to be a decent thing even it it doesn't heal the bleeding. The rest of the second stanza is about lack of reflection (mirrors, eyes) and action (tied hands).
The Kennedy curse is an interesting one, does it mean that one can't get rid of love? Or that it hurts, injures, even "kills", over and over?
The victim role, painting over mistakes but not being able to completely cure it if the foundation had been a fake is other issues in partnerships.
So all in all I think it's about when love has lost its guarantee, not generally but in a particular relationship. Once you lose it you get the issues he counts in the song. Or you lose it when you have those issues, whichever way you prefer.
"Your one shot to where you are" to me is the chance to make love happen in a relationship that supposedly already has it. Thus to where you are.
Apparently about love and when it goes bad. Fires raging, hell is here, "hair and bone and Maybelline" conjures an image of a bullimic fan of cosmetics. "Bad vibes from love on the side" might be the issues in a partnership when one part becomes unfaithful, but confiding seems to be a decent thing even it it doesn't heal the bleeding. The rest of the second stanza is about lack of reflection (mirrors, eyes) and action (tied hands).
The Kennedy curse is an interesting one, does it mean that one can't get rid of love? Or that it hurts, injures, even "kills", over and over? The victim role, painting over mistakes but not being able to completely cure it if the foundation had been a fake is other issues in partnerships.
So all in all I think it's about when love has lost its guarantee, not generally but in a particular relationship. Once you lose it you get the issues he counts in the song. Or you lose it when you have those issues, whichever way you prefer. "Your one shot to where you are" to me is the chance to make love happen in a relationship that supposedly already has it. Thus to where you are.
I think when he refers to the Kenedy curse, he means that it is unavoidable, and like you said, it does often hurt. I love the symbolism in this song.
I think when he refers to the Kenedy curse, he means that it is unavoidable, and like you said, it does often hurt. I love the symbolism in this song.