Lyric discussion by ThrowawayForWords 

Cover art for A Little Death lyrics by Neighbourhood, The

As we all know, songs can have many means to many people. Obviously the thing that's going on here are two people are having sex. No duh. But let me give you some personal background which is the reason I'm using a throw away account. I was once married. It started to fail miserably. I'd be lying if I said I had no fault in that, but I still hold that my ex partner was the root of our issues. I felt trapped. I felt like I was suffocating. I felt like I was worthless, alone and like a mindless robot going through life, unsure of what the future held or even how long I would be in it. At a time when I was separated but still technically married, I met someone. She made me feel whole, she made me feel adored and she made me feel like I had value again. And that was before sex was introduced to our friendship/relationship. And let me tell you, when it was, then this song finally made sense to me.

To me, it's about all of this. It's about being deprived all of human intimacy. Lead to believe that this is just what life is made of. And finally you have someone showing you that you indeed are worth feeling good. Not just sexually, though yes indeed sexually, but as a human again. There's a certain spark. Like an otherworldly, almost spiritual feeling of being revived again.

I no longer felt like a mindless robot, suffocating through life. I could breathe again, I felt human.

My Interpretation