I'm not trying to suggest any of this is the actual meaning of the song, but after some recent struggles with a relationship, I saw this song in a whole new context.
"Somewhere deep inside
Something's got a hold on you
And it's pushing me aside
See it stretch on forever"
I was recently relationship with someone who suffered from extreme anxiety that ultimately caused the relationship to end. It was a struggle in both directions, but I feel like this fits my side of the story. It was a battle between our emotional connection and the difficulty of dealing with a third influence, the anxiety.
Deep inside her was this voice, that pushed me aside and became more important than our relationship.
The "Better be home soon" reminds me of waiting for her anxious spells to subside, when she was 'away' came back to her normal self. In those situations, I'd know and trust that my logic was 'right' and her anxiety was in control, and I was waiting for her to come home.
"Stripping back the coats
Of lies and deception
Back to nothingness
Like a week in the desert"
Feels like how the relationship fell apart. The lies and deception being the anxiety painting me in a different way. All the ways I could be bad became amplified and it became easier to leave me in the desert.
"It would 'cause me pain
If we were to end it
But I could start again
You can depend on it"
Convincing myself that things could be better, than I am in an unhealthy relationship and everything will be okay if I address the situation, since that carried a risk of ending things.
"So don't say no
Don't say nothing's wrong
'Cause when you get back home
Maybe I'll be gone"
Asking her to say 'yes' to working on this. Realize I'm here as your ally to get help and she doesn't have to deny or hide the issue. Acknowledges the toll the situation took on me, and how everything would seem 'okay' when she was 'home', but there is only so much time I can spend in the desert.
I'm not trying to suggest any of this is the actual meaning of the song, but after some recent struggles with a relationship, I saw this song in a whole new context.
"Somewhere deep inside Something's got a hold on you And it's pushing me aside See it stretch on forever"
I was recently relationship with someone who suffered from extreme anxiety that ultimately caused the relationship to end. It was a struggle in both directions, but I feel like this fits my side of the story. It was a battle between our emotional connection and the difficulty of dealing with a third influence, the anxiety.
Deep inside her was this voice, that pushed me aside and became more important than our relationship.
The "Better be home soon" reminds me of waiting for her anxious spells to subside, when she was 'away' came back to her normal self. In those situations, I'd know and trust that my logic was 'right' and her anxiety was in control, and I was waiting for her to come home.
"Stripping back the coats Of lies and deception Back to nothingness Like a week in the desert"
Feels like how the relationship fell apart. The lies and deception being the anxiety painting me in a different way. All the ways I could be bad became amplified and it became easier to leave me in the desert.
"It would 'cause me pain If we were to end it But I could start again You can depend on it"
Convincing myself that things could be better, than I am in an unhealthy relationship and everything will be okay if I address the situation, since that carried a risk of ending things.
"So don't say no Don't say nothing's wrong 'Cause when you get back home Maybe I'll be gone"
Asking her to say 'yes' to working on this. Realize I'm here as your ally to get help and she doesn't have to deny or hide the issue. Acknowledges the toll the situation took on me, and how everything would seem 'okay' when she was 'home', but there is only so much time I can spend in the desert.