July Lyrics

Lyric discussion by LeonieGrey 

Cover art for July lyrics by Katatonia

My personal interpretation is that it is about seasonal depression (fancy name: Seasonal Affective Disorder). During summer, one feels satisfied, energetic, fulfilled, sociable, stable. Happy. Then the lights begin to dim and the cold starts to creep in, and one's guts seem to stir with anxiety, one's mind full with lethargic and negative moods. Once it's happened to you last year, and the year before that, you can tell already, the damn summer is leaving (Lyrics: "Why have you left me...") and everything will go to hell. You tell yourself not this year, not the same BS again. But it happens (See the end of the song). Then summer comes back and you wonder how you survived, but who cares, everything's great now. Well, it isn't - nothing's great, but the summer seems to protect you (Lyrics: "If only you could stay and keep my in") Is it normal to suffer depression every year in a cycle? No. At least where I live, the largest number of suicides occur during spring.

My Interpretation