As for me, I think this song is more about the singer's developed attraction to this unnamed "soldier" - metaphor, obviously. Long read, I know. Bear with me! :)
She's sounds like she wants to be emotionally detached to everything, whereas he's actually getting her out of it, just by being there. And he probably doesn't even know he's doing it.
The singer wonders if he's for real or not, if he sees her the way she starts seeing him:
"Photographs paint mistakes in your suitcase
So listen, Conversation, I've lost the way.
I want to be the fool in your suitcase."
I take this line as her wanting to be a part of his memory - because she in turn, is learning so much from him. "Photographs" being memories, "suitcase" refering to his experiences in life, maybe. But it sounds like she thinks he should treat her like a bad memory, yet even so, she hopes he'll remember her. "Fool in your suitcase"
She also praises him as if she's his secret audience in:
"Soldier, shine on, with your conscience open
and the curtain falls in with the drums"
(possibly referenicing someone stepping out on stage and the curtain falling down behind them while introductory music plays in the background)
Hence her reference about him being 'conversation' - he's friendly, understanding, and listens.
She's the 'game' - someone who doesn't take things seriously.
As for me, I think this song is more about the singer's developed attraction to this unnamed "soldier" - metaphor, obviously. Long read, I know. Bear with me! :)
She's sounds like she wants to be emotionally detached to everything, whereas he's actually getting her out of it, just by being there. And he probably doesn't even know he's doing it.
The singer wonders if he's for real or not, if he sees her the way she starts seeing him:
"Photographs paint mistakes in your suitcase So listen, Conversation, I've lost the way. I want to be the fool in your suitcase."
I take this line as her wanting to be a part of his memory - because she in turn, is learning so much from him. "Photographs" being memories, "suitcase" refering to his experiences in life, maybe. But it sounds like she thinks he should treat her like a bad memory, yet even so, she hopes he'll remember her. "Fool in your suitcase"
She also praises him as if she's his secret audience in:
"Soldier, shine on, with your conscience open and the curtain falls in with the drums"
(possibly referenicing someone stepping out on stage and the curtain falling down behind them while introductory music plays in the background)
Hence her reference about him being 'conversation' - he's friendly, understanding, and listens. She's the 'game' - someone who doesn't take things seriously.