I don't know why, but for some reason this song makes me think of a young soldier stationed in the middle east who's struggling to get through his tour. He has been overseas for a while now and the distance from his lover/ex-lover, combined with the harsh living conditions, is starting to take a toll on his mental well-being: "Overseas while you're back west... restlessness..." he's often reassuring himself that everything will be fine if he just keeps his mind on his lover and their sex, of which he's much deprived of.
I love the frustration expressed in the verse: "so sore from sleeping on the floor... never see your face anymore..."; he's obviously referring to the harsh conditions and wants the lifestyle they had before he was deployed.
The distance/conditions is making him rude as of late, he loses sleep second-guessing what he's doing with his life as well as dwelling on what his lover may be doing back west (affairs). He admits he's holding her back by being overseas for so long: "I'm much too slow for the pace that you're moving..." she's eager to settle down with someone who can be around for her.
Though he's slowly suffocating (stifled) overseas, he refuses to complain/express the truth in his letters he writes to her. He makes it sound like everything's fine, tries to remain/appear strong when really he wants to say everything is not fine, the distance is fucking with his head (like a poison) and that he's lying.
I don't know why, but for some reason this song makes me think of a young soldier stationed in the middle east who's struggling to get through his tour. He has been overseas for a while now and the distance from his lover/ex-lover, combined with the harsh living conditions, is starting to take a toll on his mental well-being: "Overseas while you're back west... restlessness..." he's often reassuring himself that everything will be fine if he just keeps his mind on his lover and their sex, of which he's much deprived of.
I love the frustration expressed in the verse: "so sore from sleeping on the floor... never see your face anymore..."; he's obviously referring to the harsh conditions and wants the lifestyle they had before he was deployed.
The distance/conditions is making him rude as of late, he loses sleep second-guessing what he's doing with his life as well as dwelling on what his lover may be doing back west (affairs). He admits he's holding her back by being overseas for so long: "I'm much too slow for the pace that you're moving..." she's eager to settle down with someone who can be around for her.
Though he's slowly suffocating (stifled) overseas, he refuses to complain/express the truth in his letters he writes to her. He makes it sound like everything's fine, tries to remain/appear strong when really he wants to say everything is not fine, the distance is fucking with his head (like a poison) and that he's lying.