This song is set as her relationship is ending, or has ended. The demise appears to be linked to some troubles that her boyfriend was experiencing. These troubles or "heavy boots" are likely a combination of inner battles and outward struggles. She wants so badly to fix anything she can, and as a result, she offers to wear the boots and "retrace every mile." Although she repeats that the boots "are no match for me," this repetition feels just as much a truth as an attempt to convince herself that it's true - that his battles are no match for her. She yearns to make it better. The sea represents the world around them, a consuming world that tires its swimmers and "waits for you to drown." But she again insists that these troubles are no match for her, and she would give anything to wear his "heavy boots" to alleviate the pain and to show even those with "scorpions in their smiles" that they "are no match for [her]."
I adore this song.
This song is set as her relationship is ending, or has ended. The demise appears to be linked to some troubles that her boyfriend was experiencing. These troubles or "heavy boots" are likely a combination of inner battles and outward struggles. She wants so badly to fix anything she can, and as a result, she offers to wear the boots and "retrace every mile." Although she repeats that the boots "are no match for me," this repetition feels just as much a truth as an attempt to convince herself that it's true - that his battles are no match for her. She yearns to make it better. The sea represents the world around them, a consuming world that tires its swimmers and "waits for you to drown." But she again insists that these troubles are no match for her, and she would give anything to wear his "heavy boots" to alleviate the pain and to show even those with "scorpions in their smiles" that they "are no match for [her]."