This songs seem to be about a relationship that is very meaningful. But the guy seems to be treating her not too well, for some reason. And maybe he is thinking about leaving. She is mad at him for many reasons, for his weakness. The chores (I'll be a thorn in your side...) just seems to be saying that if he leaves she will never forgive him and that she will just be something painful to him or make sure that she is something painful to him... She seems to be talking out of anger. And my favorite part is ''We sink, we lift our love''. It is a nice contrast with the rest of the chorus that sounds spiteful. Just saying that even if everything goes wrong and they are lost and sinking they will lift their love, so that it doesn't sink with them. As if they can actually go throuhg anything, they just have to hold on.
This song is kind of killing me right now, and if it is going to eat my brain and become 3/5ths of my consciousness, I want to at least know what it means. I think you have it right, especially about "We sink, we lift our love." It is despairing and hopeful all in a breath: we may not make it, but this somehow will survive us.
This song is kind of killing me right now, and if it is going to eat my brain and become 3/5ths of my consciousness, I want to at least know what it means. I think you have it right, especially about "We sink, we lift our love." It is despairing and hopeful all in a breath: we may not make it, but this somehow will survive us.
This part though, has its hooks deep in me, and I can't quite sort it:
This part though, has its hooks deep in me, and I can't quite sort it:
We are
Let me stop for a second
Held heart
Only beats in the evening
Low tide
Watching for flight...
We are
Let me stop for a second
Held heart
Only beats in the evening
Low tide
Watching for flight
I think it can be read this way:
We are (Let me stop for a second) held. Heart only beats in the evening. Low tide.
Watching for flight.
So: The love affair is stopped. (Because, I think, of his indecision.) The heart, the love, is stilled when it should be moving. Low tide is when you can't set sail; they are caught there. They are waiting for flight, but it is ambiguous as to whether the flight will be running away, or lifting right up off the ground.
Hey. I probably have a lot of this wrong, but even only approximately right, this kills. It should be eating my brain. That's what my brain is for. All right then.
This songs seem to be about a relationship that is very meaningful. But the guy seems to be treating her not too well, for some reason. And maybe he is thinking about leaving. She is mad at him for many reasons, for his weakness. The chores (I'll be a thorn in your side...) just seems to be saying that if he leaves she will never forgive him and that she will just be something painful to him or make sure that she is something painful to him... She seems to be talking out of anger. And my favorite part is ''We sink, we lift our love''. It is a nice contrast with the rest of the chorus that sounds spiteful. Just saying that even if everything goes wrong and they are lost and sinking they will lift their love, so that it doesn't sink with them. As if they can actually go throuhg anything, they just have to hold on.
This song is kind of killing me right now, and if it is going to eat my brain and become 3/5ths of my consciousness, I want to at least know what it means. I think you have it right, especially about "We sink, we lift our love." It is despairing and hopeful all in a breath: we may not make it, but this somehow will survive us.
This song is kind of killing me right now, and if it is going to eat my brain and become 3/5ths of my consciousness, I want to at least know what it means. I think you have it right, especially about "We sink, we lift our love." It is despairing and hopeful all in a breath: we may not make it, but this somehow will survive us.
This part though, has its hooks deep in me, and I can't quite sort it:
This part though, has its hooks deep in me, and I can't quite sort it:
We are Let me stop for a second Held heart Only beats in the evening Low tide Watching for flight...
We are Let me stop for a second Held heart Only beats in the evening Low tide Watching for flight
I think it can be read this way:
We are (Let me stop for a second) held. Heart only beats in the evening. Low tide. Watching for flight.
So: The love affair is stopped. (Because, I think, of his indecision.) The heart, the love, is stilled when it should be moving. Low tide is when you can't set sail; they are caught there. They are waiting for flight, but it is ambiguous as to whether the flight will be running away, or lifting right up off the ground.
Hey. I probably have a lot of this wrong, but even only approximately right, this kills. It should be eating my brain. That's what my brain is for. All right then.