Another sweet, sweet breakup song, and it's brilliant, no? I see a story unfolding here, a man and woman who live together and can't quite figure each other out. I see the woman suffering from depression, nothing to do with the man, who doesn't know how to fix it. And they grow apart because she can't get herself together. Nothing movie-like, nothing magic. Nothing romantic, no sappy poetry, no songs playing from an 80s ghetto blaster outside someone's window (see Say Anything). This happened to me. My wife suffered from bipolar disorder and as hard as we tried to get back to where we were when we were first married, the illness dominated. It ruined us. Even the line "Welcome to New York" reminds me of my situation, as our problems started just after moving to a new city. And it really is like a movie that you're sitting in a theater watching, wondering if you've seen the best parts of the movie already. Sigh.
I really like this interpretation. I wish more people would write about what they feel instead of what they think. You hit on every inch of this song in your story, and it's much appreciated :)
I really like this interpretation. I wish more people would write about what they feel instead of what they think. You hit on every inch of this song in your story, and it's much appreciated :)
Another sweet, sweet breakup song, and it's brilliant, no? I see a story unfolding here, a man and woman who live together and can't quite figure each other out. I see the woman suffering from depression, nothing to do with the man, who doesn't know how to fix it. And they grow apart because she can't get herself together. Nothing movie-like, nothing magic. Nothing romantic, no sappy poetry, no songs playing from an 80s ghetto blaster outside someone's window (see Say Anything). This happened to me. My wife suffered from bipolar disorder and as hard as we tried to get back to where we were when we were first married, the illness dominated. It ruined us. Even the line "Welcome to New York" reminds me of my situation, as our problems started just after moving to a new city. And it really is like a movie that you're sitting in a theater watching, wondering if you've seen the best parts of the movie already. Sigh.
I really like this interpretation. I wish more people would write about what they feel instead of what they think. You hit on every inch of this song in your story, and it's much appreciated :)
I really like this interpretation. I wish more people would write about what they feel instead of what they think. You hit on every inch of this song in your story, and it's much appreciated :)