I know lots of people are complaining that this song (particularly the parts below) are chavvy and crap songwriting. But I think that in the context of the song as a whole (eg the chorus being quite complex and melodic in structure)it just makes these lines even more powerful - she's clearly a smart person, yet this relationship is causing her to be increasingly shallow and petty:
"You said I must eat so many lemons 'cause I am so bitter
I said:
"I'd rather be with your friends, mate
'Cause they are much fitter,"
&
You've gone and got sick on my trainers
I only got these yesterday
Oh my gosh, I cannot be bothered with this"
I think these words (and the way she sings them) when contrasted with the beautiful melody of the chorus make it even more apparent that she's wasting herself and her life here, making herself a worse person in the relationship - and hints that the guy is maybe not that bad, just stuck in the same spiral too.
It's a tragically beautiful song about relationships and how we seem to prefer to grind each other down and screw each other over out of desperation to simply avoid being alone, or having to start again with someone else.
I know lots of people are complaining that this song (particularly the parts below) are chavvy and crap songwriting. But I think that in the context of the song as a whole (eg the chorus being quite complex and melodic in structure)it just makes these lines even more powerful - she's clearly a smart person, yet this relationship is causing her to be increasingly shallow and petty:
"You said I must eat so many lemons 'cause I am so bitter I said: "I'd rather be with your friends, mate 'Cause they are much fitter,"
&
You've gone and got sick on my trainers I only got these yesterday Oh my gosh, I cannot be bothered with this"
I think these words (and the way she sings them) when contrasted with the beautiful melody of the chorus make it even more apparent that she's wasting herself and her life here, making herself a worse person in the relationship - and hints that the guy is maybe not that bad, just stuck in the same spiral too.
It's a tragically beautiful song about relationships and how we seem to prefer to grind each other down and screw each other over out of desperation to simply avoid being alone, or having to start again with someone else.