sounds to me like the song is about striving to be the exact type of person you think the person you love is looking for. the song sounds like she is referring to someone specific - maybe a past lover or someone she knows her lover to have eyes for. when she speaks of the person as holding her head in her arms etc I think she is referring to the duality in her character between her true self who she has no connection with and the idea of perfection that she is continually striving toward. i also think these references highlight the connection between obsession and perfection - making it sound like her idea of perfection is an entirely separate entity.
i can definitely relate to this but on a more general level - whenever my boyfriend makes any compliment or nice comment about any female (even fictional characters) you bet your ass I've put them all into my "collection"
i guess my interpretation could be quite superficial (a lot of Oh Land seems quite abstract) so does anyone else have opinions?
You struck the right chord with your interpretation. What's the most intriguing part of this song is the way Oh Land addresses any subject in this song. First she's talking to her lover, then her alter ego, then another girl? It's all very confusing. I wonder if it's attributed to the fact that Oh Land's first language isn't English, but she seems more than competent in the language to make that sort of mistake.
You struck the right chord with your interpretation. What's the most intriguing part of this song is the way Oh Land addresses any subject in this song. First she's talking to her lover, then her alter ego, then another girl? It's all very confusing. I wonder if it's attributed to the fact that Oh Land's first language isn't English, but she seems more than competent in the language to make that sort of mistake.
sounds to me like the song is about striving to be the exact type of person you think the person you love is looking for. the song sounds like she is referring to someone specific - maybe a past lover or someone she knows her lover to have eyes for. when she speaks of the person as holding her head in her arms etc I think she is referring to the duality in her character between her true self who she has no connection with and the idea of perfection that she is continually striving toward. i also think these references highlight the connection between obsession and perfection - making it sound like her idea of perfection is an entirely separate entity.
i can definitely relate to this but on a more general level - whenever my boyfriend makes any compliment or nice comment about any female (even fictional characters) you bet your ass I've put them all into my "collection"
i guess my interpretation could be quite superficial (a lot of Oh Land seems quite abstract) so does anyone else have opinions?
i forgot to say - this song is heartbreaking and beatiful :)
i forgot to say - this song is heartbreaking and beatiful :)
You struck the right chord with your interpretation. What's the most intriguing part of this song is the way Oh Land addresses any subject in this song. First she's talking to her lover, then her alter ego, then another girl? It's all very confusing. I wonder if it's attributed to the fact that Oh Land's first language isn't English, but she seems more than competent in the language to make that sort of mistake.
You struck the right chord with your interpretation. What's the most intriguing part of this song is the way Oh Land addresses any subject in this song. First she's talking to her lover, then her alter ego, then another girl? It's all very confusing. I wonder if it's attributed to the fact that Oh Land's first language isn't English, but she seems more than competent in the language to make that sort of mistake.