I tried to write an interpretation of this song and it became too long and too much like a written therapy session. So I deleted it and now, all I will say is that I relate to this song in a deep way. And what it speaks to me is about my relationship with my sister and my alcoholic mom... and the 3 way relationship we all have that leaves me feeling in the middle. The lyrics to me are literal... about being the "go to" confidant for a sibling hurt by being neglected by our mother and a mother hurt by being neglected by her mother.... and the cycle continues. It's about being on both sides and neither side simultaneously ( I am hurt by mother, which I can share with my sister, but I still love my mother which I can share with her and my sister can't) and how easy it would be on me if neither parties talked about the other... or just got along. It's also about self fulfilling prophecies... about predicting the future (omens) and therefore creating them. You think, therefore, you are.
Maybe someone else will relate to this interpretation but even if not, I feel comforted thinking this song was written about my own situation.
@2tonbackpack This is pretty much exactly the interpretation that was starting to germinate in my brain. The part about omens makes me think of genetic markers or other events that may have portended the mother's poor health or descent into something like alcoholism; the omens also make me think of the implications of alcoholism, other substance abuse problems, or mental health for offspring and the way a mother's struggles could (but hopefully aren't) a predictor for the two sisters.
@2tonbackpack This is pretty much exactly the interpretation that was starting to germinate in my brain. The part about omens makes me think of genetic markers or other events that may have portended the mother's poor health or descent into something like alcoholism; the omens also make me think of the implications of alcoholism, other substance abuse problems, or mental health for offspring and the way a mother's struggles could (but hopefully aren't) a predictor for the two sisters.
My interpretation is colored by a more positive sibling relationship where my sister and I are support systems for each other,...
My interpretation is colored by a more positive sibling relationship where my sister and I are support systems for each other, and in that sense "[she] can make it easy on me" even though "the way" (perhaps the life long struggle to cope with this) "is long."
Sorry that this reply is about five years after your initial post, but thanks for sharing!
I relate to this so much. It's like the closer I am to my mother the further apart my sister and I get. Feeling responsible for trying to fix their relationship and also feeling like I put more effort into that than either of them do.
I relate to this so much. It's like the closer I am to my mother the further apart my sister and I get. Feeling responsible for trying to fix their relationship and also feeling like I put more effort into that than either of them do.
I tried to write an interpretation of this song and it became too long and too much like a written therapy session. So I deleted it and now, all I will say is that I relate to this song in a deep way. And what it speaks to me is about my relationship with my sister and my alcoholic mom... and the 3 way relationship we all have that leaves me feeling in the middle. The lyrics to me are literal... about being the "go to" confidant for a sibling hurt by being neglected by our mother and a mother hurt by being neglected by her mother.... and the cycle continues. It's about being on both sides and neither side simultaneously ( I am hurt by mother, which I can share with my sister, but I still love my mother which I can share with her and my sister can't) and how easy it would be on me if neither parties talked about the other... or just got along. It's also about self fulfilling prophecies... about predicting the future (omens) and therefore creating them. You think, therefore, you are.
Maybe someone else will relate to this interpretation but even if not, I feel comforted thinking this song was written about my own situation.
@2tonbackpack This is pretty much exactly the interpretation that was starting to germinate in my brain. The part about omens makes me think of genetic markers or other events that may have portended the mother's poor health or descent into something like alcoholism; the omens also make me think of the implications of alcoholism, other substance abuse problems, or mental health for offspring and the way a mother's struggles could (but hopefully aren't) a predictor for the two sisters.
@2tonbackpack This is pretty much exactly the interpretation that was starting to germinate in my brain. The part about omens makes me think of genetic markers or other events that may have portended the mother's poor health or descent into something like alcoholism; the omens also make me think of the implications of alcoholism, other substance abuse problems, or mental health for offspring and the way a mother's struggles could (but hopefully aren't) a predictor for the two sisters.
My interpretation is colored by a more positive sibling relationship where my sister and I are support systems for each other,...
My interpretation is colored by a more positive sibling relationship where my sister and I are support systems for each other, and in that sense "[she] can make it easy on me" even though "the way" (perhaps the life long struggle to cope with this) "is long."
Sorry that this reply is about five years after your initial post, but thanks for sharing!
I relate to this so much. It's like the closer I am to my mother the further apart my sister and I get. Feeling responsible for trying to fix their relationship and also feeling like I put more effort into that than either of them do.
I relate to this so much. It's like the closer I am to my mother the further apart my sister and I get. Feeling responsible for trying to fix their relationship and also feeling like I put more effort into that than either of them do.