To me it sounds like she's talking about a parent leaving.
I've only heard the singers make mentioning of their mother, but never their father. So it sounds like he bolted, and his excuse was that he was "incomplete."
And the part where he/she is telling her to hold on tightly to love, I interpret as her parents each sitting her down and talking to her.
I'm probably way off.
But Tegan has used her parents as an example before, once when she was explaining one of her other songs (I know, I know, I know).
To me it sounds like she's talking about a parent leaving. I've only heard the singers make mentioning of their mother, but never their father. So it sounds like he bolted, and his excuse was that he was "incomplete."
And the part where he/she is telling her to hold on tightly to love, I interpret as her parents each sitting her down and talking to her.
I'm probably way off. But Tegan has used her parents as an example before, once when she was explaining one of her other songs (I know, I know, I know).