I am a writer/artist so I definitely have a bias that way, but I think the guy this is directed towards probably is also involved in the arts and she feels like a groupie just kind of orbiting like a satellite; normal crush stuff.
You wait for a silence
I wait for a word
The artistic type really loves silence, especially when we work. Those who don't know can think we are extremely aloof and disinterested in them when we work. I think the song starts by acknowledging that trait and she is just waiting for him to offer lunch, coffee or anything after he finishes his project.
Lie next to your frame
Girl unobserved
This leads me to believe they are friends and have a relationship that is reasonably intimate, but she very strongly would like to be more than friends.
You change your position
And you are changing me
Casting these shadows
Where they shouldn't be
With that whole groupie/crush feeling, every move he makes sends tremors through her world and strengthens the crush. So she draws closer, wanting to touch him and move forward to something more, but being unable to and, instead, only her shadow touches him; which she feels is too close.
We're interrupted by the heat of the sun
Trying to prevent what's already begun
I think this represents her feeling nature is putting roadblocks between them, or maybe literally it is so hot she is afraid to touch him and her hand be all sweaty.
You're just a body
I can smell your skin
And when I feel it, you're wearing thin
He is keeping her very close, so close she can smell his natural scent and his pheromones takes it from a simple crush to intense desire, but she feels like he is suddenly slipping away even as a friend; perhaps because of her subconscious actions.
But I've got a plan
Why don't you be the artist,
And make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
And decide the words I say?
'Cause I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it's too hard to ask,
Won't you try to help me
To me this represents that she is terrified of losing him and she wants to do anything to stay around him and will become an actress if it means he casts her as his love interest, because that will be better than nothing. She'd rather play the part of his ideal lover and be there with him forever, and not be loved, rather than be rejected and never see him again.
Sat on your sofa, it's all broken springs
This isn't the place for those violin strings
I try out a smile and I aim it at you
You must have missed it
You always do
This leads me to believe she cast herself as an actress, volunteering for everything he does, just so she could spend her days with him 'working' and try to get his attention which she continues to feel like he is missing.
You wait, I wait, casting shadows, interrupted
This just refers to the endless moments she is going to touch him and make a move, but is always interrupted.
I've experienced this kind of thing several times and if the person is worth it as even a friend, if you tell them it won't be the end even if they don't want to be more. However, at least you know where you stand. Live with no regrets!
I am a writer/artist so I definitely have a bias that way, but I think the guy this is directed towards probably is also involved in the arts and she feels like a groupie just kind of orbiting like a satellite; normal crush stuff.
You wait for a silence I wait for a word
The artistic type really loves silence, especially when we work. Those who don't know can think we are extremely aloof and disinterested in them when we work. I think the song starts by acknowledging that trait and she is just waiting for him to offer lunch, coffee or anything after he finishes his project.
Lie next to your frame Girl unobserved
This leads me to believe they are friends and have a relationship that is reasonably intimate, but she very strongly would like to be more than friends.
You change your position And you are changing me Casting these shadows Where they shouldn't be
With that whole groupie/crush feeling, every move he makes sends tremors through her world and strengthens the crush. So she draws closer, wanting to touch him and move forward to something more, but being unable to and, instead, only her shadow touches him; which she feels is too close.
We're interrupted by the heat of the sun Trying to prevent what's already begun
I think this represents her feeling nature is putting roadblocks between them, or maybe literally it is so hot she is afraid to touch him and her hand be all sweaty.
You're just a body I can smell your skin And when I feel it, you're wearing thin
He is keeping her very close, so close she can smell his natural scent and his pheromones takes it from a simple crush to intense desire, but she feels like he is suddenly slipping away even as a friend; perhaps because of her subconscious actions.
But I've got a plan Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? Why don't you be the writer And decide the words I say? 'Cause I'd rather pretend I'll still be there at the end Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me
To me this represents that she is terrified of losing him and she wants to do anything to stay around him and will become an actress if it means he casts her as his love interest, because that will be better than nothing. She'd rather play the part of his ideal lover and be there with him forever, and not be loved, rather than be rejected and never see him again.
Sat on your sofa, it's all broken springs This isn't the place for those violin strings I try out a smile and I aim it at you You must have missed it You always do
This leads me to believe she cast herself as an actress, volunteering for everything he does, just so she could spend her days with him 'working' and try to get his attention which she continues to feel like he is missing.
You wait, I wait, casting shadows, interrupted
This just refers to the endless moments she is going to touch him and make a move, but is always interrupted.
I've experienced this kind of thing several times and if the person is worth it as even a friend, if you tell them it won't be the end even if they don't want to be more. However, at least you know where you stand. Live with no regrets!