Right now, to me, it's simply about what it says on the tin: love lost.
The protagonist is 22; around about when many people would experience having loved and lost for the first time.
"Your country's new, your friends are new"
Love makes us see the whole world anew. Losing love does the same (albeit much less pleasantly). "Your accent too"; You don't even recognise yourself; the things you do, the things you are; you seem alien to yourself.
"Say hello, you're a beautiful girl"
Forced to look at yourself anew... you also notice what you are to the world, and can appreciate that. "Say hello": join the world.
"Oh what have you done?"; part of the grieving process is blaming yourself, fixating on every tiny little thing that you might have done wrong. "If only I had not taken the last cookie that one time, we would still be together!"
Right now, to me, it's simply about what it says on the tin: love lost.
The protagonist is 22; around about when many people would experience having loved and lost for the first time.
"Your country's new, your friends are new" Love makes us see the whole world anew. Losing love does the same (albeit much less pleasantly). "Your accent too"; You don't even recognise yourself; the things you do, the things you are; you seem alien to yourself.
"Say hello, you're a beautiful girl" Forced to look at yourself anew... you also notice what you are to the world, and can appreciate that. "Say hello": join the world.
"Oh what have you done?"; part of the grieving process is blaming yourself, fixating on every tiny little thing that you might have done wrong. "If only I had not taken the last cookie that one time, we would still be together!"
@coolwalking
@coolwalking
"Say hello to the lunatic men". Now you've joined the company of everyone else in the world who's lost a love.
"Say hello to the lunatic men". Now you've joined the company of everyone else in the world who's lost a love.
"Tell them your secrets" is just telling someone about your grief.
"Tell them your secrets" is just telling someone about your grief.
"like the grave". A grave is a place where you pour something in, and then seal it up, and say goodbye to it.
"like the grave". A grave is a place where you pour something in, and then seal it up, and say goodbye to it.