This songs makes me think that it is about how a woman in her thirties (or older) begins to see relationships. She has had a break up and now she is alone, again, maybe it is even a divorce. "time is all around, except for in my clock" and noting that leaves "dry up" are references to the biological clock, i think. "lover's to unlock" suggests that people are waiting around for prince charging to make them happy, that love will make life worth living, but she she finds herself getting older and without anyone to love. She doesn't want to have to love someone to feel happy or fulfilled. She imagines a cat, a symbol of a spinster. She says that people say she's changed, and she has. She has changed from a person looking for love to a person content in her own happiness. People who are settled down with a family might not understand that because their family is everything to them, but she is telling them that she has found something else. She doesn't need the love of others to be complete. She knows that with her age she has grown (more beautiful in all ways) and that she is happy with her transformation and doesn't need a lover to validate her.
This songs makes me think that it is about how a woman in her thirties (or older) begins to see relationships. She has had a break up and now she is alone, again, maybe it is even a divorce. "time is all around, except for in my clock" and noting that leaves "dry up" are references to the biological clock, i think. "lover's to unlock" suggests that people are waiting around for prince charging to make them happy, that love will make life worth living, but she she finds herself getting older and without anyone to love. She doesn't want to have to love someone to feel happy or fulfilled. She imagines a cat, a symbol of a spinster. She says that people say she's changed, and she has. She has changed from a person looking for love to a person content in her own happiness. People who are settled down with a family might not understand that because their family is everything to them, but she is telling them that she has found something else. She doesn't need the love of others to be complete. She knows that with her age she has grown (more beautiful in all ways) and that she is happy with her transformation and doesn't need a lover to validate her.
Great and thoughtful interpretation! A delightful read. Thank you.
Great and thoughtful interpretation! A delightful read. Thank you.
ps- i'm in my 20s so i hope i'm not just projecting :P
ps- i'm in my 20s so i hope i'm not just projecting :P
In my 30s here and yeah I agree with the biological clock thing...
In my 30s here and yeah I agree with the biological clock thing...