This song seems to be Frank Ocean's feelings about the relationship he had with his first love that left him so heartbroken. He is clearly very distraught about the "unrequited love" that he feels. I see this song as also making a commentary about the taboo of same sex relationships in our society. Despite the intense emotions that he is feeling he feels that he has to keep them bottled up. "I can't tell you the truth about my disguise" suggests that in addition to feeling heartbroken over the events that transpired, he feels even worse due to the fact that so many things in our lives frown upon relationships of this nature, including religion and the hip-hop/r
&b community which Frank Ocean is a part of. So not only is he feeling heartbroken and despondent, he has to keep these feelings inside of him in order to fit in with people who would not understand.
&b community which Frank Ocean is a part of. So not only is he feeling heartbroken and despondent, he has to keep these feelings inside of him in order to fit in with people who would not understand.
Okay, I'm going to get a lot of hell for this. (No pun intended) But I sometimes wonder...although the lyrics of the first stanza state they say "I could never make him love me." Every time I hear album version of the first stanza. There's a slight change in pitch from first "him" to second "him". It sounds like he's singing: "I could never make God love me. Never make him (aka Him) love me." I wonder if this song is more about his struggle with acceptance of faith. Aka Organized Religion. Possibly even the fact that he feels he...
Okay, I'm going to get a lot of hell for this. (No pun intended) But I sometimes wonder...although the lyrics of the first stanza state they say "I could never make him love me." Every time I hear album version of the first stanza. There's a slight change in pitch from first "him" to second "him". It sounds like he's singing: "I could never make God love me. Never make him (aka Him) love me." I wonder if this song is more about his struggle with acceptance of faith. Aka Organized Religion. Possibly even the fact that he feels he doesn't deserve that love..or faith. That's what I'm getting out of it. Does anybody else hear the "God" instead of "him" from the first stanza? Or is it me hearing it cos I was listening to it while having my "herbal tea"?
This song seems to be Frank Ocean's feelings about the relationship he had with his first love that left him so heartbroken. He is clearly very distraught about the "unrequited love" that he feels. I see this song as also making a commentary about the taboo of same sex relationships in our society. Despite the intense emotions that he is feeling he feels that he has to keep them bottled up. "I can't tell you the truth about my disguise" suggests that in addition to feeling heartbroken over the events that transpired, he feels even worse due to the fact that so many things in our lives frown upon relationships of this nature, including religion and the hip-hop/r
&b community which Frank Ocean is a part of. So not only is he feeling heartbroken and despondent, he has to keep these feelings inside of him in order to fit in with people who would not understand.
&b community which Frank Ocean is a part of. So not only is he feeling heartbroken and despondent, he has to keep these feelings inside of him in order to fit in with people who would not understand.
Okay, I'm going to get a lot of hell for this. (No pun intended) But I sometimes wonder...although the lyrics of the first stanza state they say "I could never make him love me." Every time I hear album version of the first stanza. There's a slight change in pitch from first "him" to second "him". It sounds like he's singing: "I could never make God love me. Never make him (aka Him) love me." I wonder if this song is more about his struggle with acceptance of faith. Aka Organized Religion. Possibly even the fact that he feels he...
Okay, I'm going to get a lot of hell for this. (No pun intended) But I sometimes wonder...although the lyrics of the first stanza state they say "I could never make him love me." Every time I hear album version of the first stanza. There's a slight change in pitch from first "him" to second "him". It sounds like he's singing: "I could never make God love me. Never make him (aka Him) love me." I wonder if this song is more about his struggle with acceptance of faith. Aka Organized Religion. Possibly even the fact that he feels he doesn't deserve that love..or faith. That's what I'm getting out of it. Does anybody else hear the "God" instead of "him" from the first stanza? Or is it me hearing it cos I was listening to it while having my "herbal tea"?