"Now you go unseen, perfect youll stay hidden
and i can dream of things youll never see"
Simple, Alli has died. Hence, is unseen. The speaker talks of the glory of dying young as "perfect, you'll stay hidden." But the benefits of life that he "can dream of things you'll never see"
"when youd finally gone
he tells me "you were dead all along"
he was wrong, he hadnt lived a day
the way you lived your final days
a teenager in love with christ and heroin"
When she has died, her boyfriend tells the speaker that because of her addiction and the state she was in, she was dead all along really. The singer disagrees, commenting on the intensity of feeling and the passion of being alive when "a teenager in love with christ and heaven."
"now you feel ashamed
but he feels nothing of the kind
he talks of things he wouldnt mind to try sometime,"
I think this is sexual rather than to do with the drugs. This boyfriend has seduced her and she is ashamed, while he thinks about the things he'd like to try with her, backed up by the line "his touch is not a thing you'll ever miss"
I think the song is generally about this arrogant boyfriend taking advantage of her and not seeing the pain and beauty in her desperate position. The singer offers his help and understanding "If you made a stand..." but she rebukes it, choosing her love for Christ and heroin, and ultimately death. The singer does not disapprove of her lifestyle, and always has seen the romance and tragedy to it.
"Now you go unseen, perfect youll stay hidden and i can dream of things youll never see" Simple, Alli has died. Hence, is unseen. The speaker talks of the glory of dying young as "perfect, you'll stay hidden." But the benefits of life that he "can dream of things you'll never see"
"when youd finally gone he tells me "you were dead all along" he was wrong, he hadnt lived a day the way you lived your final days a teenager in love with christ and heroin" When she has died, her boyfriend tells the speaker that because of her addiction and the state she was in, she was dead all along really. The singer disagrees, commenting on the intensity of feeling and the passion of being alive when "a teenager in love with christ and heaven."
"now you feel ashamed but he feels nothing of the kind he talks of things he wouldnt mind to try sometime," I think this is sexual rather than to do with the drugs. This boyfriend has seduced her and she is ashamed, while he thinks about the things he'd like to try with her, backed up by the line "his touch is not a thing you'll ever miss"
I think the song is generally about this arrogant boyfriend taking advantage of her and not seeing the pain and beauty in her desperate position. The singer offers his help and understanding "If you made a stand..." but she rebukes it, choosing her love for Christ and heroin, and ultimately death. The singer does not disapprove of her lifestyle, and always has seen the romance and tragedy to it.