i think this could be partly inspired by hemingway's novel the sun also rises. we read it last year in my english class and i brought this in as a connection piece.
first of all, the whole reference to the sun rising and falling which also appears in the book's title. secondly, "now she's here on someone else's arm" may refer to the woman jake loved, brett, who was engaged to one of his friends. she couldn't be with jake because he was impotent even though he treated her really well ("i've been good to you"). "about lovers and how they should lay" could be about how he's impotent because of the war and insisted that she be with someone who can give her what she wants. and also, "wasn't it you who said life was like a plastic cup": brett was kind of wild and did what she wanted so that could be about that.
all of that could be very construed but i think it fits really well! haha =)
i think this could be partly inspired by hemingway's novel the sun also rises. we read it last year in my english class and i brought this in as a connection piece.
first of all, the whole reference to the sun rising and falling which also appears in the book's title. secondly, "now she's here on someone else's arm" may refer to the woman jake loved, brett, who was engaged to one of his friends. she couldn't be with jake because he was impotent even though he treated her really well ("i've been good to you"). "about lovers and how they should lay" could be about how he's impotent because of the war and insisted that she be with someone who can give her what she wants. and also, "wasn't it you who said life was like a plastic cup": brett was kind of wild and did what she wanted so that could be about that.
all of that could be very construed but i think it fits really well! haha =)