is it me, or is this song moving circles around me, because the sounds are moving right to left to right to left... i like how the xx arranges their lyrics, pretty much all xx songs about levels and phases in a relationship. by breaking the stanzas into boy and girl sections, the listeners can interpret the song from both gender's perspective and in effect shed light into the overall situation occurring, so we can understand how the boy is feeling and how the girl is feeling. i agree with thisisntjess, very good intepretation, this song is about one who is inexperienced or not ready for sex with the other, and the other one who is ready. perspectives switch between each line, with the exception of lines 3 and 4 and the chorus, so that we cannot determine whether its the girl who is not ready or if its the boy who is not ready.
is it me, or is this song moving circles around me, because the sounds are moving right to left to right to left... i like how the xx arranges their lyrics, pretty much all xx songs about levels and phases in a relationship. by breaking the stanzas into boy and girl sections, the listeners can interpret the song from both gender's perspective and in effect shed light into the overall situation occurring, so we can understand how the boy is feeling and how the girl is feeling. i agree with thisisntjess, very good intepretation, this song is about one who is inexperienced or not ready for sex with the other, and the other one who is ready. perspectives switch between each line, with the exception of lines 3 and 4 and the chorus, so that we cannot determine whether its the girl who is not ready or if its the boy who is not ready.