I did wonder what was going on in this relationship, so I did consult some Tori interview stuff to see. In one interview, she talks about how she created this woman (who changed many times in the 7 years it took to figure her out), who "deep down, knew he was a wanderer. And she took the risk anyway." She is in love with a man with wanderlust - maybe both metaphorically AND literally. Tori also says, "deep down she knows that eventually he's going to go -- because that's what he does -- she offers her hand, after a fashion, and he offers her snow cherries from France, which sound delicious, but don't exist." He cannot give anything over to her but his fantasy and can only bring him with her so far before he needs to go off again.
I did wonder what was going on in this relationship, so I did consult some Tori interview stuff to see. In one interview, she talks about how she created this woman (who changed many times in the 7 years it took to figure her out), who "deep down, knew he was a wanderer. And she took the risk anyway." She is in love with a man with wanderlust - maybe both metaphorically AND literally. Tori also says, "deep down she knows that eventually he's going to go -- because that's what he does -- she offers her hand, after a fashion, and he offers her snow cherries from France, which sound delicious, but don't exist." He cannot give anything over to her but his fantasy and can only bring him with her so far before he needs to go off again.
What a beautiful song, but so sad.