Love this song...especially the live version she did on the Colbert Report.
Ok, here's my take.
She's boarded a plane on a rainy day and she's looking out at the wings. The wings are wide (this represents her hope that things will be Ok). She's the "wild card" inside the plane. This represents the uncertainty in her future. She's getting ready to fly away somewhere to get a fresh start.
She's leaving a relationship that she previously fought to maintain (I didn't rest, I didn't stop). She's not leaving because she feels numb or because she just doesn't care anymore. Indeed, she "feels it all"...she loves the one she's leaving as much now as she ever did ("I love you more"). It's easy to get back into an old relationship because its comfortable. It's also much easier to leave a relationship when you no longer care anymore. This is not the case for her and her determination to do what's best for her (despite what she feels) is really the core theme of the song.
She's also willing to concede that maybe she was wrong about her perception of the truth the first time around (I don't know what I knew before). This is one of the hardest parts of letting go of love...the realization that everything you thought was "true" (your love), might not have been ("The truth lied"). You may have just been in denial or delusional. And "lies divide"...it's over...they no longer have the trust needed to keep it going.
So, she's going to be proactive and "fly away" this time around...even though it hurts and even though he's the one who came back to her.
The middle verse is more free association and less obvious.
"Put your weight against the door" -- Denial
"Kickdrum on the basement floor" -- Loneliness
"Stranded in a fog of words" -- All the fights and "talks", and the frustration (fog) that nothing ever got worked out .
"Loved him like a winter bird" -- They had an "off-and-on" relationship.
"On my head the water pours, gulfstream though the open door" -- This could be a reference to grief, or it could be a more literal account of her climbing aboard the plane (Gulfstream) on a rainy day.
Love this song...especially the live version she did on the Colbert Report.
Ok, here's my take.
She's boarded a plane on a rainy day and she's looking out at the wings. The wings are wide (this represents her hope that things will be Ok). She's the "wild card" inside the plane. This represents the uncertainty in her future. She's getting ready to fly away somewhere to get a fresh start.
She's leaving a relationship that she previously fought to maintain (I didn't rest, I didn't stop). She's not leaving because she feels numb or because she just doesn't care anymore. Indeed, she "feels it all"...she loves the one she's leaving as much now as she ever did ("I love you more"). It's easy to get back into an old relationship because its comfortable. It's also much easier to leave a relationship when you no longer care anymore. This is not the case for her and her determination to do what's best for her (despite what she feels) is really the core theme of the song.
She's also willing to concede that maybe she was wrong about her perception of the truth the first time around (I don't know what I knew before). This is one of the hardest parts of letting go of love...the realization that everything you thought was "true" (your love), might not have been ("The truth lied"). You may have just been in denial or delusional. And "lies divide"...it's over...they no longer have the trust needed to keep it going.
So, she's going to be proactive and "fly away" this time around...even though it hurts and even though he's the one who came back to her.
The middle verse is more free association and less obvious.
"Put your weight against the door" -- Denial
"Kickdrum on the basement floor" -- Loneliness
"Stranded in a fog of words" -- All the fights and "talks", and the frustration (fog) that nothing ever got worked out .
"Loved him like a winter bird" -- They had an "off-and-on" relationship.
"On my head the water pours, gulfstream though the open door" -- This could be a reference to grief, or it could be a more literal account of her climbing aboard the plane (Gulfstream) on a rainy day.
so far, this has been the best of all post here.. i feel it all :)
so far, this has been the best of all post here.. i feel it all :)