I've recently had a situation where my best friend and I realized we had feelings for each other, and we were sort of dating for a very short time until he decided he wasn't ready to start a relationship. I was really sad, but I understood, especially with how his last relationship ended (not very well.) What bothers me now is that he's started ignoring me, literally not looking me in the eye... pretending I'm not there. He was the first person I ever opened up to and he matters so much to me, so seeing how easily he closes up to me is honestly really painful. At first, I thought I could close the gap by making an effort to keep talking to him, but I've decided that if he wants to talk to me he will hopefully.
Of course, that experience affects how I interpret the song.
I understand seeing his face in the ceiling at night, imagining all the moments he held me close to him and the comfort I felt then. I think about how "I don't have to see [him] right now" and how he's essentially saying the same thing. Then it goes to how we're trying to bury something that won't die. We're trying to suppress our feelings for each other, to put them underground. We refuse to let them live in the light, so they continue to live, just underground. I like how the song says that we could wash the dirt off of our hands and basically let it live in the light.
The lazy summer goddess part makes me think of the person he's referring to being lazy and not trying to make this relationship work, but that he still admires his love and finds them graceful. I also like how it shows that his lover still has influence over him like a Goddess, but in a very subdued yet frustrated way that follows the nature of the song. It I suppose that verse shows that he is giving up and finally saying, "Fine, we'll just pretend that our love never existed!" He finally decided it wasn't worth trying to see them, and all he can think is "I don't have to see you right now" because he's trying to use logic to control what he feels. He says it over and over again until it feels natural or at least automatic.
My interpretation of the song is obviously very based off of my own life right now, but I totally see how you could interpret this song with a family member or friend. Or in a lot of situations, really.
Regardless, I think everyone can agree that this song is an absolute masterpiece.
I've recently had a situation where my best friend and I realized we had feelings for each other, and we were sort of dating for a very short time until he decided he wasn't ready to start a relationship. I was really sad, but I understood, especially with how his last relationship ended (not very well.) What bothers me now is that he's started ignoring me, literally not looking me in the eye... pretending I'm not there. He was the first person I ever opened up to and he matters so much to me, so seeing how easily he closes up to me is honestly really painful. At first, I thought I could close the gap by making an effort to keep talking to him, but I've decided that if he wants to talk to me he will hopefully.
Of course, that experience affects how I interpret the song. I understand seeing his face in the ceiling at night, imagining all the moments he held me close to him and the comfort I felt then. I think about how "I don't have to see [him] right now" and how he's essentially saying the same thing. Then it goes to how we're trying to bury something that won't die. We're trying to suppress our feelings for each other, to put them underground. We refuse to let them live in the light, so they continue to live, just underground. I like how the song says that we could wash the dirt off of our hands and basically let it live in the light. The lazy summer goddess part makes me think of the person he's referring to being lazy and not trying to make this relationship work, but that he still admires his love and finds them graceful. I also like how it shows that his lover still has influence over him like a Goddess, but in a very subdued yet frustrated way that follows the nature of the song. It I suppose that verse shows that he is giving up and finally saying, "Fine, we'll just pretend that our love never existed!" He finally decided it wasn't worth trying to see them, and all he can think is "I don't have to see you right now" because he's trying to use logic to control what he feels. He says it over and over again until it feels natural or at least automatic.
My interpretation of the song is obviously very based off of my own life right now, but I totally see how you could interpret this song with a family member or friend. Or in a lot of situations, really.
Regardless, I think everyone can agree that this song is an absolute masterpiece.