I feel like this song is about someone who's with someone she doesn't feel as strongly for as another who either used to be her partner or perhaps was someone she had an affair with (though I'm leaning more toward former partner). She's with the new guy, but she doesn't feel for him what she felt for the former, she feels like things were more passionate, more perfect with that "one that got away", and, if given the chance, she'd drop her current other half for the former in a heartbeat.
I think every woman has felt what I imagine is that particular longing shiver that Lucy sings about, and it's something that you get addicted to finding and having it happen frequently when you think of the one you care about. Of course, when relationships are over, if it ends on a non-toxic note (and sometimes even when it does), as time goes on, we remember the good times the most, the shiny silvery bits. Then, once a newer relationship has been going on for a while and the "new" wears off, you wonder if that old one that ended was much better than what you have now and thoughts like that sometimes happen, especially if said shiver pops up and rolls through your body.
There's so many good songs on this album, but the sound and lyrics of this one alone may be my favorite - that steel guitar is amazing and haunting and so so perfect later in the tune. Lucy, keep the good stuff coming!
I feel like this song is about someone who's with someone she doesn't feel as strongly for as another who either used to be her partner or perhaps was someone she had an affair with (though I'm leaning more toward former partner). She's with the new guy, but she doesn't feel for him what she felt for the former, she feels like things were more passionate, more perfect with that "one that got away", and, if given the chance, she'd drop her current other half for the former in a heartbeat.
I think every woman has felt what I imagine is that particular longing shiver that Lucy sings about, and it's something that you get addicted to finding and having it happen frequently when you think of the one you care about. Of course, when relationships are over, if it ends on a non-toxic note (and sometimes even when it does), as time goes on, we remember the good times the most, the shiny silvery bits. Then, once a newer relationship has been going on for a while and the "new" wears off, you wonder if that old one that ended was much better than what you have now and thoughts like that sometimes happen, especially if said shiver pops up and rolls through your body.
There's so many good songs on this album, but the sound and lyrics of this one alone may be my favorite - that steel guitar is amazing and haunting and so so perfect later in the tune. Lucy, keep the good stuff coming!