I think 'stay loose' refers to the girl's whole demeanour, not just their relationship. When they speak she offers solutions which are blunt and skirt around the problems at hand instead of solving them - e.g. going to bed, not asking what's been keeping him up. The she's content with her humdrum life, which makes her happy (playing Mother Hen, following the news, watching TV) while he's searching for something more.
At first he's OK with this detached relationship, he thinks he can make it work ('my faith is like a bolt') but he grows tired of trying to squeeze more out of it ('asking for more') when she's so apathetic - 'everything is flat and dreary'.
He knows that she won't understand his discontent (the 'echo') or his ambitions - 'she will in me doubt confide'.
To an extent the 'echo' could be a Greek reference, he feels like he doesn't have a voice in the relationship since she dismisses what he has to say - he just has to echo her and wish they were something more.
I'm not sure I understand the blanket/wilting grass part. I think maybe it means she's there and alright to have around, but not ideal (e.g. a blanket isn't as good as a duvet when you're cold, and wilting grass isn't half as nice and living grass). Or maybe it means she's like a furnishing - you can't interact with her, she's just there and part of the environment. Either way it sounds like she isn't flourishing either, she's wilting - both of them are just being hindered by the relationship.
I love this song. Even the music sounds detached and disjointed, like the couple - acknowledging each other, but not seeing eye to eye.
I think 'stay loose' refers to the girl's whole demeanour, not just their relationship. When they speak she offers solutions which are blunt and skirt around the problems at hand instead of solving them - e.g. going to bed, not asking what's been keeping him up. The she's content with her humdrum life, which makes her happy (playing Mother Hen, following the news, watching TV) while he's searching for something more.
At first he's OK with this detached relationship, he thinks he can make it work ('my faith is like a bolt') but he grows tired of trying to squeeze more out of it ('asking for more') when she's so apathetic - 'everything is flat and dreary'. He knows that she won't understand his discontent (the 'echo') or his ambitions - 'she will in me doubt confide'. To an extent the 'echo' could be a Greek reference, he feels like he doesn't have a voice in the relationship since she dismisses what he has to say - he just has to echo her and wish they were something more.
I'm not sure I understand the blanket/wilting grass part. I think maybe it means she's there and alright to have around, but not ideal (e.g. a blanket isn't as good as a duvet when you're cold, and wilting grass isn't half as nice and living grass). Or maybe it means she's like a furnishing - you can't interact with her, she's just there and part of the environment. Either way it sounds like she isn't flourishing either, she's wilting - both of them are just being hindered by the relationship.
I love this song. Even the music sounds detached and disjointed, like the couple - acknowledging each other, but not seeing eye to eye.