One thing to add is that on VW's official album lyrics, "In Santa Barbara, Hannah cried, ' I miss those freezing beaches.'"
This distinction is important here since Hannah is not only unhappy, but also missing the way things were back at their relationship's earlier days (perhaps back on the East Coast where they visited a beach on a cold day). Hannah is realizing the turning point of the relationship and unwilling to remedy it, tears up the New York times up into pieces, where as the narrator is eager to nurture it by buying kindling for the fire.
A truly beautiful song and one of my favorites from the new album.
One thing to add is that on VW's official album lyrics, "In Santa Barbara, Hannah cried, ' I miss those freezing beaches.'"
This distinction is important here since Hannah is not only unhappy, but also missing the way things were back at their relationship's earlier days (perhaps back on the East Coast where they visited a beach on a cold day). Hannah is realizing the turning point of the relationship and unwilling to remedy it, tears up the New York times up into pieces, where as the narrator is eager to nurture it by buying kindling for the fire.
A truly beautiful song and one of my favorites from the new album.