Cohen is an amazing songwriter. I especially the feeling he puts into this song. The avalanche is the relationship: someone trying to keep himself or herself together to make things work, but constantly failing due to self-doubt; loathing; and a refusal to deal with those issues head on. S/he feels she has nothing of substance to offer anyone. I just dumped the most wonderful man who persued me and wooed me for 8 months online and 5 weeks in person (and whom I thought just might be in my life forever) but he has a disorder (like two people I previously befriended), and although it was not a deal-breaker by any means, he refused to let me into his emotional world. Been there. Done that. Ended it. When they toy with you and refuse to let you all the way in, you walk. And if they don't come after you, they don't want you bad enough. And Cohen, with this song, captures the pain and the sadness, but not on the part of the love interest; rather, the heartwreching pain of the one who suffers in silence and sets herself up for failure in relationships.
Cohen is an amazing songwriter. I especially the feeling he puts into this song. The avalanche is the relationship: someone trying to keep himself or herself together to make things work, but constantly failing due to self-doubt; loathing; and a refusal to deal with those issues head on. S/he feels she has nothing of substance to offer anyone. I just dumped the most wonderful man who persued me and wooed me for 8 months online and 5 weeks in person (and whom I thought just might be in my life forever) but he has a disorder (like two people I previously befriended), and although it was not a deal-breaker by any means, he refused to let me into his emotional world. Been there. Done that. Ended it. When they toy with you and refuse to let you all the way in, you walk. And if they don't come after you, they don't want you bad enough. And Cohen, with this song, captures the pain and the sadness, but not on the part of the love interest; rather, the heartwreching pain of the one who suffers in silence and sets herself up for failure in relationships.
"I especially LOVE the feeling"....can't type this morning!
"I especially LOVE the feeling"....can't type this morning!