I love this song so much! I'd say it's about a girl who, despite the upbeat feel to the song, is sort of lost, definitely divided within herself, and possibly depressed. And all of that either runs in her family, or is causing a division within her family (or both). I love the part about the lighthouse. A lighthouse is a sort of beacon of hope, and when she goes to look for that hope, she finds that it was washed out to sea. The singer then sings directly to the girl, "I wanna give you back the open sky." The singer wants to help the girl. And then the girl is either attempting or thinking about suicide. Kind of a sad song, but I really love this one!
A few lines I think are different:
"Acres of longing, mountains of tenderness"
"It's cutting down the family tree"
"Growing in the landscape"
"She saw that the lighthouse had been washed out to sea"
"You put the gun into your mouth to bite
You pull it and spit out"
Depression definitely crossed my mind too. I've got a feeling that the 'She' in the song is Virginia Woolf. She wrote 'To The Lighthouse' and suffered from a very severe depression that led her to commit suicide.
Depression definitely crossed my mind too. I've got a feeling that the 'She' in the song is Virginia Woolf. She wrote 'To The Lighthouse' and suffered from a very severe depression that led her to commit suicide.
I love this song so much! I'd say it's about a girl who, despite the upbeat feel to the song, is sort of lost, definitely divided within herself, and possibly depressed. And all of that either runs in her family, or is causing a division within her family (or both). I love the part about the lighthouse. A lighthouse is a sort of beacon of hope, and when she goes to look for that hope, she finds that it was washed out to sea. The singer then sings directly to the girl, "I wanna give you back the open sky." The singer wants to help the girl. And then the girl is either attempting or thinking about suicide. Kind of a sad song, but I really love this one!
A few lines I think are different: "Acres of longing, mountains of tenderness" "It's cutting down the family tree" "Growing in the landscape" "She saw that the lighthouse had been washed out to sea" "You put the gun into your mouth to bite You pull it and spit out"
Depression definitely crossed my mind too. I've got a feeling that the 'She' in the song is Virginia Woolf. She wrote 'To The Lighthouse' and suffered from a very severe depression that led her to commit suicide.
Depression definitely crossed my mind too. I've got a feeling that the 'She' in the song is Virginia Woolf. She wrote 'To The Lighthouse' and suffered from a very severe depression that led her to commit suicide.