This is definitely my favourite song by Daughter. this has so many powerful lyrics embedded in it that its incomprehensible. I have an interpretation of this, so here it goes.
"I can't forget it.
Though I've tried.
I know you regret it love.
You've told me so many, times."
-The singer is troubled by the time she has spent with this boy, and how it all not only ended so quickly, but ended nastily, with him telling her he regrets their relationship (Which I don't think they were necessarily 'Dating' but just romantically involved.)
"But I still wonder, why.
You left with her, and left me behind."
-This could be poetic or literal; as in maybe they were at an event like a dance, or a club/bar and all three of them were there, and she was expecting him to take her home but he left with this other girl. Or, it was just poetic and she is saying that he left her for the other female.
"Take your hands off, Him.
'Cause he's the only one that I, have ever loved."
-I imagine the singer looking at him with this other girl and the girl is touching him on the chest or the arm and it is making the singer very angry and remorseful,
and wanting to tell this girl to get her hands of her lover.
"And please don't find her, skin.
When you turn the lights out."
-I think this is her internally begging this man she loves so dearly not to be physical with the other girl, because she couldn't bear the emotional pain.
"I can't erase it.
From my mind.
I just replay it, love.
Think of it all of the time."
-She is expressing how she wishes she could just erase this all from her mind so that he could just be happy with her, but can't. The images of their time together just keep running through her mind. She cannot stop thinking about it.
"And I don't want to imagine,
Words you spoke to her that, night."
-In this chorus she expresses how she doesn't even want to think about the things that he says to the other girl, that the singer wishes he would say to her. She doesn't think she can handle the emotional trauma of imagining the romantic coos exchanged between the two lovers that she believes aren't meant to be.
"Naked bodies look like, porcelain.
You both knew I'd be bleeding inside"
-Here she is envisioning either her and this boy, or the other girl and this boy laying together naked after making love and looking so beautiful. If it's the singer and the boy, she is trying to show him how perfect they could be together. But if it's the other girl and the boy, She is being envious of how beautiful they look too.
"Did she make your heart beat faster than I could.
Did she give you what you hoped for.
Oh on nights so loveless, love, I hope it made you feel good.
Knowing how much I adored you X2."
-She is now making the boy question 'Was it worth leaving me for her?' and 'Is she all that you hoped she would be?'. then she is spiting him by saying 'I love you so much and you threw it all away, so i hope it makes you feel good to see how loveless I am.'
"You're making me sick love."
-She is articulating how upset and uneasy she feels about his new lover.
Again this is one of the most lyrically and musically beautiful songs I've ever heard, And I love Daughter and Elena Tonra's music.
This is definitely my favourite song by Daughter. this has so many powerful lyrics embedded in it that its incomprehensible. I have an interpretation of this, so here it goes.
"I can't forget it. Though I've tried. I know you regret it love. You've told me so many, times." -The singer is troubled by the time she has spent with this boy, and how it all not only ended so quickly, but ended nastily, with him telling her he regrets their relationship (Which I don't think they were necessarily 'Dating' but just romantically involved.)
"But I still wonder, why. You left with her, and left me behind." -This could be poetic or literal; as in maybe they were at an event like a dance, or a club/bar and all three of them were there, and she was expecting him to take her home but he left with this other girl. Or, it was just poetic and she is saying that he left her for the other female.
"Take your hands off, Him. 'Cause he's the only one that I, have ever loved." -I imagine the singer looking at him with this other girl and the girl is touching him on the chest or the arm and it is making the singer very angry and remorseful, and wanting to tell this girl to get her hands of her lover.
"And please don't find her, skin. When you turn the lights out." -I think this is her internally begging this man she loves so dearly not to be physical with the other girl, because she couldn't bear the emotional pain.
"I can't erase it. From my mind. I just replay it, love. Think of it all of the time." -She is expressing how she wishes she could just erase this all from her mind so that he could just be happy with her, but can't. The images of their time together just keep running through her mind. She cannot stop thinking about it.
"And I don't want to imagine, Words you spoke to her that, night." -In this chorus she expresses how she doesn't even want to think about the things that he says to the other girl, that the singer wishes he would say to her. She doesn't think she can handle the emotional trauma of imagining the romantic coos exchanged between the two lovers that she believes aren't meant to be.
"Naked bodies look like, porcelain. You both knew I'd be bleeding inside" -Here she is envisioning either her and this boy, or the other girl and this boy laying together naked after making love and looking so beautiful. If it's the singer and the boy, she is trying to show him how perfect they could be together. But if it's the other girl and the boy, She is being envious of how beautiful they look too.
"Did she make your heart beat faster than I could. Did she give you what you hoped for. Oh on nights so loveless, love, I hope it made you feel good. Knowing how much I adored you X2." -She is now making the boy question 'Was it worth leaving me for her?' and 'Is she all that you hoped she would be?'. then she is spiting him by saying 'I love you so much and you threw it all away, so i hope it makes you feel good to see how loveless I am.'
"You're making me sick love." -She is articulating how upset and uneasy she feels about his new lover.
Again this is one of the most lyrically and musically beautiful songs I've ever heard, And I love Daughter and Elena Tonra's music.