I believe she is attracted by the boy, and they are already in a relation of friendship “ Scared...Of a familiar name on a birthday card”. I really do not see her as a victim, and strongly believe that what really scares her is her own feelings of desire for the boy.
The verses “Out of the hum of the street lights and into a forest/ I'll do whatever you say to me in the dark/ Scared I'll be torn apart by a wolf in mask” do not refer to any kind of abuse but simply to a change of setting in the subjects mind and environment. "Out of the street lights” figuratively means out of a space enlightened by the reason as opposed to the forest, a wild space that triggers our fears, where the game of seduction may follow different rules; and what is different generally scares us!. In addition, to some extent, we really never know whom we are with, and there is always a margin of trepidation once we have no control on our own desires, above all, when avulsed from society.
“Well, I have brittle bones it seems...And a mind of thoughts and secrecy” the brittle bones may refer to both an innate frailty, reinforced by the boy’s words “You're too old to be so shy” and/or to a much older age in comparison to the one of the boy. "A mind of thoughts and secrecy” I bet we all have thoughts we want to keep to ourselves especially when they involve strong feelings of hate, fear, and “love” or sexual attraction towards someone else.
I also strongly believe that she is not forced into anything by the boy because of the verses "He says to me so I stay the night” which denotes a deliberate decision from her side to spend the night with the boy. The verse
"It's just a young heart confusing my mind” makes me think of someone whose rationality has just been swept away by the feelings of a strong sexual attraction. Also, the repetition of “we’re both” indicates equality between the two. "But we're both in silence/ Wide-eyed, both in silence”. The "wide-eyed” choose of words makes me think of the act of passion aftermath. When both actors realize that they have been carried away by desire, and they are both startled as in a moment of revelation. It is a really beautiful text song to which almost every woman can relate sooner or later in her life.
I believe she is attracted by the boy, and they are already in a relation of friendship “ Scared...Of a familiar name on a birthday card”. I really do not see her as a victim, and strongly believe that what really scares her is her own feelings of desire for the boy.
The verses “Out of the hum of the street lights and into a forest/ I'll do whatever you say to me in the dark/ Scared I'll be torn apart by a wolf in mask” do not refer to any kind of abuse but simply to a change of setting in the subjects mind and environment. "Out of the street lights” figuratively means out of a space enlightened by the reason as opposed to the forest, a wild space that triggers our fears, where the game of seduction may follow different rules; and what is different generally scares us!. In addition, to some extent, we really never know whom we are with, and there is always a margin of trepidation once we have no control on our own desires, above all, when avulsed from society. “Well, I have brittle bones it seems...And a mind of thoughts and secrecy” the brittle bones may refer to both an innate frailty, reinforced by the boy’s words “You're too old to be so shy” and/or to a much older age in comparison to the one of the boy. "A mind of thoughts and secrecy” I bet we all have thoughts we want to keep to ourselves especially when they involve strong feelings of hate, fear, and “love” or sexual attraction towards someone else.
I also strongly believe that she is not forced into anything by the boy because of the verses "He says to me so I stay the night” which denotes a deliberate decision from her side to spend the night with the boy. The verse "It's just a young heart confusing my mind” makes me think of someone whose rationality has just been swept away by the feelings of a strong sexual attraction. Also, the repetition of “we’re both” indicates equality between the two. "But we're both in silence/ Wide-eyed, both in silence”. The "wide-eyed” choose of words makes me think of the act of passion aftermath. When both actors realize that they have been carried away by desire, and they are both startled as in a moment of revelation. It is a really beautiful text song to which almost every woman can relate sooner or later in her life.