This song baffles me to a certain degree. I recently lost my soul mate, and I am clueless as to what happened. She figuratively pulled the rug from under my feet. As any one will attest, Passionate Love is extremely confusing and tumultuous.
One night, out of the blue, after her not speaking with me for a week, she sent me this song via text. She didn't say why, or what to focus on so I have banged my head against the wall trying to figure out what her message was.
For starters - This song is definitely written from the vantage point of a person who suffered intense pain in the relationship/breakup.
Its from a very vulnerable state, saying when they were weak and unable to protect themselves their lover took out his/her frustrations and anger on them. From how I see it the author was also angry and in pain but took the high road, and refused to continue to hurt the other party. Perhaps out of Love?
"And I will not tell, the thoughts of hell, that carried me home" - This is the author stating that the pain was incredible, but they wouldn't use it against their Ex. That they would hold it in and not resort to such behavior.
It was obvious to me that the perspectives are coming from someone who gave up on the relationship and bared the wrath because of it "With my heart like a stone, I put up no fight". During the time when the author was detaching from the relationship they hit several low places in their lives, but kept moving forward with spending less energy and time into the relationship. During this dissention the other party become more irate and difficult to be with. More than likely trying to hold onto the relationship and not understanding why it was failing/ending. We have all suffered loss, and with loss often comes anger (grieving cycle).
Then the wrench in the song comes out - "When I'm on my knees I'll still believe" and "If you'll believe in me I'll still believe".
This part in the song greatly confuses me. Why would someone who is leaving the relationship/shutting off emotion/detaching come to this realization that he/she would come back to the relationship if their lover really did care about them"? It sounds like perhaps the person who was leaving was ending the relationship because he/she felt as their spouse was falling out of love with them. Self preservation at its finest.
Love - Amazingly wonderful and often Amazingly painful
This song baffles me to a certain degree. I recently lost my soul mate, and I am clueless as to what happened. She figuratively pulled the rug from under my feet. As any one will attest, Passionate Love is extremely confusing and tumultuous.
One night, out of the blue, after her not speaking with me for a week, she sent me this song via text. She didn't say why, or what to focus on so I have banged my head against the wall trying to figure out what her message was.
For starters - This song is definitely written from the vantage point of a person who suffered intense pain in the relationship/breakup.
Its from a very vulnerable state, saying when they were weak and unable to protect themselves their lover took out his/her frustrations and anger on them. From how I see it the author was also angry and in pain but took the high road, and refused to continue to hurt the other party. Perhaps out of Love?
"And I will not tell, the thoughts of hell, that carried me home" - This is the author stating that the pain was incredible, but they wouldn't use it against their Ex. That they would hold it in and not resort to such behavior.
It was obvious to me that the perspectives are coming from someone who gave up on the relationship and bared the wrath because of it "With my heart like a stone, I put up no fight". During the time when the author was detaching from the relationship they hit several low places in their lives, but kept moving forward with spending less energy and time into the relationship. During this dissention the other party become more irate and difficult to be with. More than likely trying to hold onto the relationship and not understanding why it was failing/ending. We have all suffered loss, and with loss often comes anger (grieving cycle).
Then the wrench in the song comes out - "When I'm on my knees I'll still believe" and "If you'll believe in me I'll still believe".
This part in the song greatly confuses me. Why would someone who is leaving the relationship/shutting off emotion/detaching come to this realization that he/she would come back to the relationship if their lover really did care about them"? It sounds like perhaps the person who was leaving was ending the relationship because he/she felt as their spouse was falling out of love with them. Self preservation at its finest.
Love - Amazingly wonderful and often Amazingly painful