I always thought this was literally about America. The lines, "There is nothing you can say to ever make me want you," and "There is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you," are very similar to what I feel for America. Also the line, "Don't look at me like someone you don't recognize," is that feeling of frustration when you believe America's let you down or treating you like you're not a citizen. And one more: "Anything, anything you can do, do to me for everything I did for you - nothing." I complain about living in the U.S.A. but I never do anything to help or make it better.
@Aquarius121 Exactly my thought. The fact that this is specifically "American" Mary is so strange, that I immediately thought that Mary is only a disguise of the real subject. I don't say I'm sure this is the correct interpretation, but if not than why the heck he calls her "American"?
@Aquarius121 Exactly my thought. The fact that this is specifically "American" Mary is so strange, that I immediately thought that Mary is only a disguise of the real subject. I don't say I'm sure this is the correct interpretation, but if not than why the heck he calls her "American"?
I always thought this was literally about America. The lines, "There is nothing you can say to ever make me want you," and "There is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you," are very similar to what I feel for America. Also the line, "Don't look at me like someone you don't recognize," is that feeling of frustration when you believe America's let you down or treating you like you're not a citizen. And one more: "Anything, anything you can do, do to me for everything I did for you - nothing." I complain about living in the U.S.A. but I never do anything to help or make it better.
@Aquarius121 Exactly my thought. The fact that this is specifically "American" Mary is so strange, that I immediately thought that Mary is only a disguise of the real subject. I don't say I'm sure this is the correct interpretation, but if not than why the heck he calls her "American"?
@Aquarius121 Exactly my thought. The fact that this is specifically "American" Mary is so strange, that I immediately thought that Mary is only a disguise of the real subject. I don't say I'm sure this is the correct interpretation, but if not than why the heck he calls her "American"?