It's definitely NOT a break-up song. It's about a woman's fears of loving a "cowboy who's running away from himself", and of a man who's afraid he isn't worthy to stand in the presence of a pretty woman. They are both stuck in these fears, in these darksides.
The riptide is a division of ways, a decision. The woman asks him whether he's going to stay or not. "I just wanna, I just wanna know
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay" - he's remembering when she said it, how she looked.
He answers that he will be her "left hand man", marry her. And it transforms their relationship from one of fear to one of hope.
They become unstuck - it's a reference to a song by The Cure called "Doing the Unstuck" - a couple in love are about to break up, but then decide to start over again. It's a very positive and moving song, and its reference shouldn't be missed.
@yarlypip I think of the riptide as love/commitment. "they come unstuck" from their fears and insecurities and let themselves get swept away to the "dark side" aka the unknown future. So I agree, it goes from fear and insecurity to hope and a willingness to run to and be carried away to an uncertain future together.
@yarlypip I think of the riptide as love/commitment. "they come unstuck" from their fears and insecurities and let themselves get swept away to the "dark side" aka the unknown future. So I agree, it goes from fear and insecurity to hope and a willingness to run to and be carried away to an uncertain future together.
It's definitely NOT a break-up song. It's about a woman's fears of loving a "cowboy who's running away from himself", and of a man who's afraid he isn't worthy to stand in the presence of a pretty woman. They are both stuck in these fears, in these darksides.
The riptide is a division of ways, a decision. The woman asks him whether he's going to stay or not. "I just wanna, I just wanna know If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay" - he's remembering when she said it, how she looked.
He answers that he will be her "left hand man", marry her. And it transforms their relationship from one of fear to one of hope.
They become unstuck - it's a reference to a song by The Cure called "Doing the Unstuck" - a couple in love are about to break up, but then decide to start over again. It's a very positive and moving song, and its reference shouldn't be missed.
@yarlypip I think of the riptide as love/commitment. "they come unstuck" from their fears and insecurities and let themselves get swept away to the "dark side" aka the unknown future. So I agree, it goes from fear and insecurity to hope and a willingness to run to and be carried away to an uncertain future together.
@yarlypip I think of the riptide as love/commitment. "they come unstuck" from their fears and insecurities and let themselves get swept away to the "dark side" aka the unknown future. So I agree, it goes from fear and insecurity to hope and a willingness to run to and be carried away to an uncertain future together.