I certainly hope that's not it. If it's a metaphor for a girl, it's a boring, banal song; the rest of the song instantly becomes familiar from any of another thousand random love songs. If it isn't a metaphor, it's awesome - going away with only a valued object to start a new life and relating to it like a person is a far more interesting song. This is a case where "reading into" a song makes it shallower, not deeper.
I certainly hope that's not it. If it's a metaphor for a girl, it's a boring, banal song; the rest of the song instantly becomes familiar from any of another thousand random love songs. If it isn't a metaphor, it's awesome - going away with only a valued object to start a new life and relating to it like a person is a far more interesting song. This is a case where "reading into" a song makes it shallower, not deeper.
It's about falling in love with someone and the feeling that it will last forever. The knife is a metaphor for the girl.
I certainly hope that's not it. If it's a metaphor for a girl, it's a boring, banal song; the rest of the song instantly becomes familiar from any of another thousand random love songs. If it isn't a metaphor, it's awesome - going away with only a valued object to start a new life and relating to it like a person is a far more interesting song. This is a case where "reading into" a song makes it shallower, not deeper.
I certainly hope that's not it. If it's a metaphor for a girl, it's a boring, banal song; the rest of the song instantly becomes familiar from any of another thousand random love songs. If it isn't a metaphor, it's awesome - going away with only a valued object to start a new life and relating to it like a person is a far more interesting song. This is a case where "reading into" a song makes it shallower, not deeper.