I totally get how this song is about a city, it makes sense and obviously the reference is toward "stab city"
but the first time I heard the song, before I knew all that, it meant something a bit different to me. I felt like it was talking about someone who is just completely frustrated about being alone, exhausted from searching for their someone. "I've been so tired, I can barely breathe"
and every time they get close to love, it just falls apart or was never even there in the first place. "'cause even when I find the love it's fake, and everything I want to touch would break"
and you're just begging the person you love to see how you feel and understand "Open your eyes, Once and try to see"
it's a bit of a stretch when he talks about the town with snakes in the grass and the souls crying out, but it makes total sense to me because of the town I am in right now, with so many souls and negative connotations to me - especially now that I've gone through heartbreak again. and the guy will always be associated with this town and the places we've been in it and all that...
"So don't say you'll see me" - this line just kills me, the way he's almost screaming it, but still it's so softly spoken...like he's about to break down every time he says it, it's so desperate.
I totally get how this song is about a city, it makes sense and obviously the reference is toward "stab city"
but the first time I heard the song, before I knew all that, it meant something a bit different to me. I felt like it was talking about someone who is just completely frustrated about being alone, exhausted from searching for their someone. "I've been so tired, I can barely breathe"
and every time they get close to love, it just falls apart or was never even there in the first place. "'cause even when I find the love it's fake, and everything I want to touch would break"
and you're just begging the person you love to see how you feel and understand "Open your eyes, Once and try to see"
it's a bit of a stretch when he talks about the town with snakes in the grass and the souls crying out, but it makes total sense to me because of the town I am in right now, with so many souls and negative connotations to me - especially now that I've gone through heartbreak again. and the guy will always be associated with this town and the places we've been in it and all that...
"So don't say you'll see me" - this line just kills me, the way he's almost screaming it, but still it's so softly spoken...like he's about to break down every time he says it, it's so desperate.
amazing stuff.