i feel like this songs about being afraid to let someone in because they've hurt you before. she really wants to trust this relationship, but it seems like she has abandonment issues cause of her dad leaving her "that same winter my old man made tracks, and i did too but i came back." anyways she really misses whoever the song is dedicated to, but can't muster enough courage to just tell him outright.
I believe this song is about a relationship that has ended but Thao still can't stop thinking about how it was and wants to give it another try.
I believe this song is about a relationship that has ended but Thao still can't stop thinking about how it was and wants to give it another try.
"I can't explain it I'm afraid of noise
And all this time still afraid of boys"
"I can't explain it I'm afraid of noise
And all this time still afraid of boys"
Thao's afraid of getting into arguments and still weary of relationships.
Thao's afraid of getting into arguments and still weary of relationships.
"It's in the winter
It's in my head
Well don't look now
I think it's under my bed"
"It's in the winter
It's in my head
Well don't look now
I think it's under my bed"
It's in the winter could refer to the past -- the relationship is in the past and she's still thinking about it but...
It's in the winter could refer to the past -- the relationship is in the past and she's still thinking about it but she trys to hide it, but not very well. Hence why it's under her bed.
"And we drop drop tears like tallymarks
And it builds like snow and it keeps us apart"
This part explains how the relationship was, she was always crying, hurt and upset with the other person.
"And I drop drop tears like tallymarks
And I'm keeping score so I keep us apart"
She kept track of every time she was hurt by the other person and decided she was hurt too many times so she broke it off.
"But I think I might miss you enough to say so
And I think I already did
Well I think I might miss you enough to say so
There you go I just said it again"
She regrets breaking off the relationship but is still afraid to admit that she misses the other person.
"That same winter my old man made tracks
And I did, too, but I came back"
This part may be saying that it's in her nature by ways of her father to leave people. But she's still her own person and she came back. (?)
"So don't don't don't explain love to me
Love, love, love, is not why we leave
It is real life dreams, make-believe people
You can't build cathedrals out of finger steeples"
Thao is saying that she knows what love is and that people who are in love still leave each other because of prior dreams or for people that they just met -- "make-believe" in that when someone is new they seem more interesting since they are not as well known it's harder to see their flaws. She then goes on to say that it's silly to do that because those things are not real and have no foundation.
"Steady on steady on steady on my mind
Steady on my mind
Steady on steady on steady on my mind
Steady on my mind
Surely surely I
Surely surely I want love just as bad as the next
But deeper down in my, deeper down in my
Bones
Is where it sets"
I think this just goes back to saying that she misses the other person and is always thinking about them.
i feel like this songs about being afraid to let someone in because they've hurt you before. she really wants to trust this relationship, but it seems like she has abandonment issues cause of her dad leaving her "that same winter my old man made tracks, and i did too but i came back." anyways she really misses whoever the song is dedicated to, but can't muster enough courage to just tell him outright.
I believe this song is about a relationship that has ended but Thao still can't stop thinking about how it was and wants to give it another try.
I believe this song is about a relationship that has ended but Thao still can't stop thinking about how it was and wants to give it another try.
"I can't explain it I'm afraid of noise And all this time still afraid of boys"
"I can't explain it I'm afraid of noise And all this time still afraid of boys"
Thao's afraid of getting into arguments and still weary of relationships.
Thao's afraid of getting into arguments and still weary of relationships.
"It's in the winter It's in my head Well don't look now I think it's under my bed"
"It's in the winter It's in my head Well don't look now I think it's under my bed"
It's in the winter could refer to the past -- the relationship is in the past and she's still thinking about it but...
It's in the winter could refer to the past -- the relationship is in the past and she's still thinking about it but she trys to hide it, but not very well. Hence why it's under her bed.
"And we drop drop tears like tallymarks And it builds like snow and it keeps us apart"
This part explains how the relationship was, she was always crying, hurt and upset with the other person.
"And I drop drop tears like tallymarks And I'm keeping score so I keep us apart"
She kept track of every time she was hurt by the other person and decided she was hurt too many times so she broke it off.
"But I think I might miss you enough to say so And I think I already did Well I think I might miss you enough to say so There you go I just said it again"
She regrets breaking off the relationship but is still afraid to admit that she misses the other person.
"That same winter my old man made tracks And I did, too, but I came back"
This part may be saying that it's in her nature by ways of her father to leave people. But she's still her own person and she came back. (?)
"So don't don't don't explain love to me Love, love, love, is not why we leave It is real life dreams, make-believe people You can't build cathedrals out of finger steeples"
Thao is saying that she knows what love is and that people who are in love still leave each other because of prior dreams or for people that they just met -- "make-believe" in that when someone is new they seem more interesting since they are not as well known it's harder to see their flaws. She then goes on to say that it's silly to do that because those things are not real and have no foundation.
"Steady on steady on steady on my mind Steady on my mind Steady on steady on steady on my mind Steady on my mind
Surely surely I Surely surely I want love just as bad as the next But deeper down in my, deeper down in my Bones Is where it sets"
I think this just goes back to saying that she misses the other person and is always thinking about them.