The meaning of this song, by itself, is pretty apparent. I think where it gets interesting is the song's placement on the album and its context.
The album opens with a piano reprise of this song, though it's not truly a reprise, because you haven't actually heard the song yet. You hear this sparse, pretty melody, but don't know what it means yet.
You then go through the rest of the album and hear Jens struggling with his break up, trying to make sense of love, and by the end of it, maybe coming around to finding some peace with it all.
But then the last song comes up, and it's this one. You hear that melody again, but now it's accompanied by lyrics telling you that no matter what came before, it was all futile. No matter what he does or thinks or sings, it makes no difference. He can't forget the person that broke his heart.
The next time you listen to the album and it starts with the piano melody, you understand.
By teasing the song at the beginning of the album, he's basically letting you know: this is a foregone conclusion. Like secretly telling the reader on the first page how the story is going to end. He's going to work through this and try to figure it out, but by the end of the album he still won't be able to forget this person, because they have, literally, become a part of his body. They are with him through the entire album.
The meaning of this song, by itself, is pretty apparent. I think where it gets interesting is the song's placement on the album and its context.
The album opens with a piano reprise of this song, though it's not truly a reprise, because you haven't actually heard the song yet. You hear this sparse, pretty melody, but don't know what it means yet.
You then go through the rest of the album and hear Jens struggling with his break up, trying to make sense of love, and by the end of it, maybe coming around to finding some peace with it all.
But then the last song comes up, and it's this one. You hear that melody again, but now it's accompanied by lyrics telling you that no matter what came before, it was all futile. No matter what he does or thinks or sings, it makes no difference. He can't forget the person that broke his heart.
The next time you listen to the album and it starts with the piano melody, you understand.
By teasing the song at the beginning of the album, he's basically letting you know: this is a foregone conclusion. Like secretly telling the reader on the first page how the story is going to end. He's going to work through this and try to figure it out, but by the end of the album he still won't be able to forget this person, because they have, literally, become a part of his body. They are with him through the entire album.