I love this song, it's a lot more sombre and dark than most of her album but I think it's one of the more powerful songs.
To me it sounds like someone dealing with the death of someone really important to them, (the "body in the garden") and struggling to wake up afterwards.
When she says "no more dreaming of the dead as if death was undone" it's like her trying to tell herself to stop dreaming of him as if she could wake him up. She's in "love with the wrong world" because she's in love with the world where he is still alive and she's trying to get herself to let him go.
Snow white was the one that was put to sleep and people assumed she was dead, right? So she could be comparing herself to snow white and her brain to a circuitboard, sort of like she's stitching up her own story in her head so she won't have to face the fact that the guy is gone. Not sure about this one, this is just an idea. I also like the explanation that "snow white" actually means cocaine, and it's drugs that are messing with her brain as she tries to forget him, although that's a little darker.
"Synapse slipping through the hidden door" could be saying that she is unable to function properly now, and because the door is "hidden" she won't be able to find the ability to again.
There are really hundreds of interpretations that you could make. It's definitely one of her best songs.
I agree with you the most, but I would add in how someone said she dies by the end of the song to be with the person that died. It makes sense if you think of the Snow White/synapse section as being her brain function ceasing.
I agree with you the most, but I would add in how someone said she dies by the end of the song to be with the person that died. It makes sense if you think of the Snow White/synapse section as being her brain function ceasing.
I almost feel like she's been going to therapy to try to break herself of being so obsessed with the person that died and has been trying to emulate the response she was supposed to display of being able to go on with her life.
I almost feel like she's been going to therapy to try to break herself of being so obsessed with the person that died and has been trying to emulate the response she was supposed to display of being able to go on with her life.
The heavy breathing at the end seems to...
The heavy breathing at the end seems to go with the dying interpretation because it sounds pretty "last-breathy" to me.
Florence is the drum master. Between this and Drumming Song the drums make me act a little crazy, they're so amazing.
I never thought of the dying thing, it definitely makes sense, though. Especially the way she sings the last bit, like she's fading away. Maybe when she says no more "dreaming" of the wrong world she's not trying to convince herself to let go, she's just saying that she won't have to dream anymore, because she'll be with the boy who died when she dies. In that way it's not about letting go at all, it's kind of the opposite really.
I never thought of the dying thing, it definitely makes sense, though. Especially the way she sings the last bit, like she's fading away. Maybe when she says no more "dreaming" of the wrong world she's not trying to convince herself to let go, she's just saying that she won't have to dream anymore, because she'll be with the boy who died when she dies. In that way it's not about letting go at all, it's kind of the opposite really.
I also like the idea of therapy. "Snow White stitching up the circuit board" could be her...
I also like the idea of therapy. "Snow White stitching up the circuit board" could be her going through the motions of everyday life. It's never going to be the same as it was before, no matter how much it looks like it's fixed, since you can't just stitch up a circuit board and make it work properly again.
Either way, I don't think by the end of the song she is any closer to letting go of him as she was at the start, which could be saying that we never really let go of the people we love when they die, that they'll always take a little part of our ability to function with them.
I love this song, it's a lot more sombre and dark than most of her album but I think it's one of the more powerful songs.
To me it sounds like someone dealing with the death of someone really important to them, (the "body in the garden") and struggling to wake up afterwards.
When she says "no more dreaming of the dead as if death was undone" it's like her trying to tell herself to stop dreaming of him as if she could wake him up. She's in "love with the wrong world" because she's in love with the world where he is still alive and she's trying to get herself to let him go.
Snow white was the one that was put to sleep and people assumed she was dead, right? So she could be comparing herself to snow white and her brain to a circuitboard, sort of like she's stitching up her own story in her head so she won't have to face the fact that the guy is gone. Not sure about this one, this is just an idea. I also like the explanation that "snow white" actually means cocaine, and it's drugs that are messing with her brain as she tries to forget him, although that's a little darker.
"Synapse slipping through the hidden door" could be saying that she is unable to function properly now, and because the door is "hidden" she won't be able to find the ability to again.
There are really hundreds of interpretations that you could make. It's definitely one of her best songs.
I agree with you the most, but I would add in how someone said she dies by the end of the song to be with the person that died. It makes sense if you think of the Snow White/synapse section as being her brain function ceasing.
I agree with you the most, but I would add in how someone said she dies by the end of the song to be with the person that died. It makes sense if you think of the Snow White/synapse section as being her brain function ceasing.
I almost feel like she's been going to therapy to try to break herself of being so obsessed with the person that died and has been trying to emulate the response she was supposed to display of being able to go on with her life.
I almost feel like she's been going to therapy to try to break herself of being so obsessed with the person that died and has been trying to emulate the response she was supposed to display of being able to go on with her life.
The heavy breathing at the end seems to...
The heavy breathing at the end seems to go with the dying interpretation because it sounds pretty "last-breathy" to me.
Florence is the drum master. Between this and Drumming Song the drums make me act a little crazy, they're so amazing.
I never thought of the dying thing, it definitely makes sense, though. Especially the way she sings the last bit, like she's fading away. Maybe when she says no more "dreaming" of the wrong world she's not trying to convince herself to let go, she's just saying that she won't have to dream anymore, because she'll be with the boy who died when she dies. In that way it's not about letting go at all, it's kind of the opposite really.
I never thought of the dying thing, it definitely makes sense, though. Especially the way she sings the last bit, like she's fading away. Maybe when she says no more "dreaming" of the wrong world she's not trying to convince herself to let go, she's just saying that she won't have to dream anymore, because she'll be with the boy who died when she dies. In that way it's not about letting go at all, it's kind of the opposite really.
I also like the idea of therapy. "Snow White stitching up the circuit board" could be her...
I also like the idea of therapy. "Snow White stitching up the circuit board" could be her going through the motions of everyday life. It's never going to be the same as it was before, no matter how much it looks like it's fixed, since you can't just stitch up a circuit board and make it work properly again.
Either way, I don't think by the end of the song she is any closer to letting go of him as she was at the start, which could be saying that we never really let go of the people we love when they die, that they'll always take a little part of our ability to function with them.