I think La roux is a duo. and it definitely has been influenced by Prince. I really enjoy this song, very 80's (Synths and Vocals) and melancholy.
This might sound a little gloomy:
To me the song is about is knowing that you love someone and that they do not love you/cannot love you back, and the slow painful realisation that as much as you want to be with them they do not feel the same [in this case it is an affair]. Quicksand is the doomed relationship, being stuck, knowing that it is sinking but not being able to escape, as the more you try, the more you sink. It is saying that we cannot control who we fall in love with even when our head says differently.
The three verses are three stages.
The first is the love, blinding obsession, intimate moments, we still see this acknowledgment that there is another person, yet slight hope but realisation the other person is in a relationship.
The second verse, the cracks appear, the "lover" is the upsetter and is consoling by "stroking." We see there is further realisation that the relationship is not going to go anywhere and is shown through the questioning of the obsessors value to the other person. However the obsessor is still in love "Oh when you turn to me" is like they still melt and are under the spell.
The third verse is the realisation that they still love and think about the person (freely moving in their mind (thoughts) however the person realiases "oh, oh when will I learn" as in they know it is not good for them (head versus their heart) and that it is doomed "broken ground AGAIN."
I think La roux is a duo. and it definitely has been influenced by Prince. I really enjoy this song, very 80's (Synths and Vocals) and melancholy.
This might sound a little gloomy:
To me the song is about is knowing that you love someone and that they do not love you/cannot love you back, and the slow painful realisation that as much as you want to be with them they do not feel the same [in this case it is an affair]. Quicksand is the doomed relationship, being stuck, knowing that it is sinking but not being able to escape, as the more you try, the more you sink. It is saying that we cannot control who we fall in love with even when our head says differently.
The three verses are three stages.
The first is the love, blinding obsession, intimate moments, we still see this acknowledgment that there is another person, yet slight hope but realisation the other person is in a relationship.
The second verse, the cracks appear, the "lover" is the upsetter and is consoling by "stroking." We see there is further realisation that the relationship is not going to go anywhere and is shown through the questioning of the obsessors value to the other person. However the obsessor is still in love "Oh when you turn to me" is like they still melt and are under the spell.
The third verse is the realisation that they still love and think about the person (freely moving in their mind (thoughts) however the person realiases "oh, oh when will I learn" as in they know it is not good for them (head versus their heart) and that it is doomed "broken ground AGAIN."