Thebrueggson makes a very interesting connection with this song that I never once thought of, but after reading frostyfrost's comment that the artist said it was about love/a relationship, I think my original thoughts might be more on point.
I get the sense that these two have known one another for a while (like we used to do). Maybe they had tried to date in the past and failed (Shaping up and shipping out).
They begin connecting... getting to know more about one another. Literally asking questions about preferences (Do you like walking in the rain? When you think of love, do you think of pain?). It seems she/he is telling the writer about her/himself... maybe some bad things that would ordinary (perhaps historically) scare someone off, but he decides that he will choose how to interpret those things being shared (You can tell me what you see I will choose what I believe).
Next what I thought of was them becoming lovers... This body is yours meaning my body is yours sexually (This body is yours, This body is yours and mine).
As someone who has some baggage them self, I see this "mess" as being that baggage. Meaning that that person will ease the burden of that, take care of the other person the best they know how and take the weight off of the other person who always carries it (hold on, my darling This mess was yours, Now your mess is mine).
I could go into more detail on the rest of the lyrics, but I think they're mostly self explanatory. Anyway, once I put this song up against a feelings of being truly loved and fully accepted, faults and all, by a romantic partner, it brought tears to my eyes... It's one of the most beautiful gifts that can be given to another human being and this song seems to sum it up quite well in my opinion.
Thebrueggson makes a very interesting connection with this song that I never once thought of, but after reading frostyfrost's comment that the artist said it was about love/a relationship, I think my original thoughts might be more on point.
I get the sense that these two have known one another for a while (like we used to do). Maybe they had tried to date in the past and failed (Shaping up and shipping out).
They begin connecting... getting to know more about one another. Literally asking questions about preferences (Do you like walking in the rain? When you think of love, do you think of pain?). It seems she/he is telling the writer about her/himself... maybe some bad things that would ordinary (perhaps historically) scare someone off, but he decides that he will choose how to interpret those things being shared (You can tell me what you see I will choose what I believe).
Next what I thought of was them becoming lovers... This body is yours meaning my body is yours sexually (This body is yours, This body is yours and mine).
As someone who has some baggage them self, I see this "mess" as being that baggage. Meaning that that person will ease the burden of that, take care of the other person the best they know how and take the weight off of the other person who always carries it (hold on, my darling This mess was yours, Now your mess is mine).
I could go into more detail on the rest of the lyrics, but I think they're mostly self explanatory. Anyway, once I put this song up against a feelings of being truly loved and fully accepted, faults and all, by a romantic partner, it brought tears to my eyes... It's one of the most beautiful gifts that can be given to another human being and this song seems to sum it up quite well in my opinion.