It's not about an abusive relationship. Read the lyrics. Just because someone is angry doesn't automatically mean violent.
It's clearly about loving someone despite them being imperfect. Or even especially because they're imperfect. (Conventional is boring.) He has a tortured soul (like a Lucifer) which can make a person seem black and cold on the surface, but a beautiful heart (like a Gabriel) that she obviously feels in the way he loves her.
I also don't think it's about explaining to the family, I think addressing the family members is more symbolic than literal. It's about finding someone who makes you happy, and disregarding what others' feel are best for you and deciding for yourself what makes you whole.
Basically it's an anti-Mr. Right song. There's no such thing anyway.
It's not about an abusive relationship. Read the lyrics. Just because someone is angry doesn't automatically mean violent.
It's clearly about loving someone despite them being imperfect. Or even especially because they're imperfect. (Conventional is boring.) He has a tortured soul (like a Lucifer) which can make a person seem black and cold on the surface, but a beautiful heart (like a Gabriel) that she obviously feels in the way he loves her.
I also don't think it's about explaining to the family, I think addressing the family members is more symbolic than literal. It's about finding someone who makes you happy, and disregarding what others' feel are best for you and deciding for yourself what makes you whole.
Basically it's an anti-Mr. Right song. There's no such thing anyway.
@artslut I agree with you on your interpretation, and I think it is a beautiful song...it speaks to me in the same way it spoke to you.
@artslut I agree with you on your interpretation, and I think it is a beautiful song...it speaks to me in the same way it spoke to you.