I have a slightly different interpretation that duhaast.
I agree completely with his first paragraph. This is clearly a couple who have been fighting for years and have been worn down to nothing but numbness.
But, rather than him not giving up, I totally think that he has just given up. So, he says he's sorry for whatever he's done, but then he tells her to "go outside and take a walk, it's the 4th of July.", meaning, you're free from this pain, it's our independence day. We're done.
I'm going to respectfully disagree, for two reasons. 1., He tells her to "dry your tears and take a walk outside".' If it were a breakup, there's not many girls who don't cry getting kicked to the curb. 2., This has more to do with the construction of the song itself. I know X didn't write it, but it's in their style in that the lyrics are very straight forward, they mean what they say. The 'breakup' interpretation requires a shift mid-verse from straight forward to metaphor, the only metaphor in the entire song.
I'm going to respectfully disagree, for two reasons. 1., He tells her to "dry your tears and take a walk outside".' If it were a breakup, there's not many girls who don't cry getting kicked to the curb. 2., This has more to do with the construction of the song itself. I know X didn't write it, but it's in their style in that the lyrics are very straight forward, they mean what they say. The 'breakup' interpretation requires a shift mid-verse from straight forward to metaphor, the only metaphor in the entire song.
I have a slightly different interpretation that duhaast.
I agree completely with his first paragraph. This is clearly a couple who have been fighting for years and have been worn down to nothing but numbness.
But, rather than him not giving up, I totally think that he has just given up. So, he says he's sorry for whatever he's done, but then he tells her to "go outside and take a walk, it's the 4th of July.", meaning, you're free from this pain, it's our independence day. We're done.
I'm going to respectfully disagree, for two reasons. 1., He tells her to "dry your tears and take a walk outside".' If it were a breakup, there's not many girls who don't cry getting kicked to the curb. 2., This has more to do with the construction of the song itself. I know X didn't write it, but it's in their style in that the lyrics are very straight forward, they mean what they say. The 'breakup' interpretation requires a shift mid-verse from straight forward to metaphor, the only metaphor in the entire song.
I'm going to respectfully disagree, for two reasons. 1., He tells her to "dry your tears and take a walk outside".' If it were a breakup, there's not many girls who don't cry getting kicked to the curb. 2., This has more to do with the construction of the song itself. I know X didn't write it, but it's in their style in that the lyrics are very straight forward, they mean what they say. The 'breakup' interpretation requires a shift mid-verse from straight forward to metaphor, the only metaphor in the entire song.
Sorry, I don't see it.
Sorry, I don't see it.