I think Sorry looks into Halsey’s insecurities and the way in which her previous partner made her feel like rubbish, and this damaged the relationship that came after. I think she uses the term “unknow lover” because she wants to add an anonymity to the song. However, the overarching message of the song is how she’s sorry she couldn’t love someone else, because she couldn’t even love herself. She says “Sorry to my unknow lover, sorry that I can’t believe anybody could ever really start to fall in love with me” this simply states that she’s so insecure and broken to even really see the connection someone else had with her. Her insecurities can be confirmed in the second verse where she says “I never really understood the way you laid your eyes on me in ways that no one ever could”. The part in which she sees how harsh she was in the relationship is when she says “And so it seems I broke your heart
My ignorance has struck again
I failed to see it from the start
And tore you open 'til the end”.
I think the light but powerful piano ballad looks into the detriments of her previous relationship ahd how she couldn’t seem to love someone else because of how she couldn’t love herself. She’s apologising for almost being blind to the situation and how she was treating a new partner how her ex partner used to.
I think Sorry looks into Halsey’s insecurities and the way in which her previous partner made her feel like rubbish, and this damaged the relationship that came after. I think she uses the term “unknow lover” because she wants to add an anonymity to the song. However, the overarching message of the song is how she’s sorry she couldn’t love someone else, because she couldn’t even love herself. She says “Sorry to my unknow lover, sorry that I can’t believe anybody could ever really start to fall in love with me” this simply states that she’s so insecure and broken to even really see the connection someone else had with her. Her insecurities can be confirmed in the second verse where she says “I never really understood the way you laid your eyes on me in ways that no one ever could”. The part in which she sees how harsh she was in the relationship is when she says “And so it seems I broke your heart My ignorance has struck again I failed to see it from the start And tore you open 'til the end”. I think the light but powerful piano ballad looks into the detriments of her previous relationship ahd how she couldn’t seem to love someone else because of how she couldn’t love herself. She’s apologising for almost being blind to the situation and how she was treating a new partner how her ex partner used to.