They find it very hard to live without them. They're very hurt. This loss seems to have badly damaged their life and mental state. "No return, I keep reminding myself" it is what they want but they know things can't go back to the way they were. They still hold onto the hope that as time passes, things might get better and that they might move on. For a while, there are just instrumentals and no singing, then the "safety in numbers" part kicks in. This probably means time went on, things didn't get better, and they just decided to end it. "Then you'd wash all my troubles away" I think means having this person in their life used to help them with their troubles and made them feel better...
"Spiralling" and "Always" are the Erasure songs I've listened to the most. One of the reasons I listened to this a lot is that it is painfully relatable. In some other versions of the song, the "safety in numbers" part is omitted (that part is missing even in this page...), I can see why but I still think it butchers the song and its story and meaning. It is okay to not feel okay. It is okay to love and value someone.
@BlueLight439 Forgot to add and this website sadly lacks a comment editing option. I wish it had one. "I'm going to mend this heart inside you've broken" means they loved this person, but this person that they loved hurt them badly. "Just because I lock myself in my room it doesn't mean that I'm afraid to talk to those people I know that might have seen you" shows that bad changes have happened to their life.
@BlueLight439 Forgot to add and this website sadly lacks a comment editing option. I wish it had one. "I'm going to mend this heart inside you've broken" means they loved this person, but this person that they loved hurt them badly. "Just because I lock myself in my room it doesn't mean that I'm afraid to talk to those people I know that might have seen you" shows that bad changes have happened to their life.
They find it very hard to live without them. They're very hurt. This loss seems to have badly damaged their life and mental state. "No return, I keep reminding myself" it is what they want but they know things can't go back to the way they were. They still hold onto the hope that as time passes, things might get better and that they might move on. For a while, there are just instrumentals and no singing, then the "safety in numbers" part kicks in. This probably means time went on, things didn't get better, and they just decided to end it. "Then you'd wash all my troubles away" I think means having this person in their life used to help them with their troubles and made them feel better...
"Spiralling" and "Always" are the Erasure songs I've listened to the most. One of the reasons I listened to this a lot is that it is painfully relatable. In some other versions of the song, the "safety in numbers" part is omitted (that part is missing even in this page...), I can see why but I still think it butchers the song and its story and meaning. It is okay to not feel okay. It is okay to love and value someone.
@BlueLight439 Forgot to add and this website sadly lacks a comment editing option. I wish it had one. "I'm going to mend this heart inside you've broken" means they loved this person, but this person that they loved hurt them badly. "Just because I lock myself in my room it doesn't mean that I'm afraid to talk to those people I know that might have seen you" shows that bad changes have happened to their life.
@BlueLight439 Forgot to add and this website sadly lacks a comment editing option. I wish it had one. "I'm going to mend this heart inside you've broken" means they loved this person, but this person that they loved hurt them badly. "Just because I lock myself in my room it doesn't mean that I'm afraid to talk to those people I know that might have seen you" shows that bad changes have happened to their life.