The way I think of it is just that the speaker has had her heart broken and is going through a really terrible time, and she's so upset she can't sleep and goes for walks all night in the valley--and just her different feelings as she goes through this period of her life. Obviously everything is really bad, but she "doesn't see everything as wrong" because she can't bring herself to think that way. "How'd you get there, to be there, it must be great for you" could be directed at the person who broke her heart, or someone else who she feels is judging her for her situation.
Now that I write this out it sounds bland, but the feeling the song gives me is so complicated. I guess it's a simple idea but it feels so specific and intense.
i don't she's literally walking in a valley, but it's symbolic. saying she's been in a really low point; and it's all mess now, but eventually she'll keep 'walking through the valley until everything is fine' i.e. she just rides out the problems, until it all sorts itself out.
i don't she's literally walking in a valley, but it's symbolic. saying she's been in a really low point; and it's all mess now, but eventually she'll keep 'walking through the valley until everything is fine' i.e. she just rides out the problems, until it all sorts itself out.
The way I think of it is just that the speaker has had her heart broken and is going through a really terrible time, and she's so upset she can't sleep and goes for walks all night in the valley--and just her different feelings as she goes through this period of her life. Obviously everything is really bad, but she "doesn't see everything as wrong" because she can't bring herself to think that way. "How'd you get there, to be there, it must be great for you" could be directed at the person who broke her heart, or someone else who she feels is judging her for her situation.
Now that I write this out it sounds bland, but the feeling the song gives me is so complicated. I guess it's a simple idea but it feels so specific and intense.
I think the valley is a metaphor for a low point in her life.
I think the valley is a metaphor for a low point in her life.
i don't she's literally walking in a valley, but it's symbolic. saying she's been in a really low point; and it's all mess now, but eventually she'll keep 'walking through the valley until everything is fine' i.e. she just rides out the problems, until it all sorts itself out.
i don't she's literally walking in a valley, but it's symbolic. saying she's been in a really low point; and it's all mess now, but eventually she'll keep 'walking through the valley until everything is fine' i.e. she just rides out the problems, until it all sorts itself out.