Trojans

The trojan reference is most certainly mainly focusing on the trojan horse, as you mentioned.

Here is my take, without lyrics, so, refer to them as you read this.

The singer was in love with a woman. This love was amazing, perhaps the best of his life. The girl left him, but the love did not. And now he is nostalgic, but he is trying to use this nostalgia to motivate him.

There is constant reference to not changing the past. To how our past has shaped us. The experiences are there, they cannot be changed, and here we are: in this moment. The love he felt for this girl is still resonating inside of him, but he does not want to this to bring him down.

The theme of capturing beauty, expressing it, instead of letting the lump in one's throat slide down, away, gone for eternity, is huge here. The singer is trying to say how badly he wants himself, and the listener, to express beauty as it comes. To create. Creation derives from feeling.

The love from this girl is lodged inside of his soul. As if it was a trojan horse invading a town, the love from this girl has invaded his heart. He still feels it, but that experience is over. Here is the contrast: Heartbreak and beauty. By creating art, by expressing feelings, by turning negativity from the past (which is balanced by positivity from the past) itno positivity moving forward, the singer feels he may be able to become whole again despite the hole in his heart.

Wow. I have never sat down and analyzed the song so much. And, just for kicks perhaps, here is a line by line analysis:

Take it off, Take it in, Take off all the thoughts of what we've been.

--> Balance. Feelings come and go. Let go of the past and focus on the moment

Take a look, Hesitate, Take a picture you could never recreate.

--> Reflect, feel nervous (natural feeling), and embrace beauty.

Write a song, make a note for the lump that sits inside your throat.

--> Instead of letting the negative side of feelings get to you and lead you to isolation, depression, and suppression -- express them. Turn sadness into motivation, turn regret into desire, etc., embrace those feelings and create, re create yourself - learn how to love, live, and laugh despite the past.

Change the locks, change the scene, Change it all but can't change what we've been.

--> Focus on changing the present without realizing the past will never change.

Your trojan's in my head. It's ok if it's gone.

--> The love from his lost soul mate is still there. It's gone now, but it once was, and that is enough.

--> The thoughts that you had that it was the one.

Again, here he states he thought she was the one.

And oh what is left? For all those times is that what you get?

--> And while they thought they were soul mates, she is now gone. And he's left alone. This is the anger, the sadness and heartbreak, the regret and desire to change the past is expressed.

Oh regardless the walls get painted anyway.

--> Despite all of this, the "walls get painted". The town the trojan horse invaded (his heart being invaded by her love) will have the town re built. He can rebuild himself, move forward, despite heartbreak.

Oh you're guarding the gates, but it all got away.

--> He was trying to hold onto their love, but it got away.

Your trojan's in my head. Take it off. Take it in.

--> The love is still infecting him. It comes and goes, but it is still there. There is a balance that can be achieved here, though.

Take off all the thoughts of what we've been.

--> The past thoughts and feelings can be let go of in lieu of focusing on the here, now, and the future.

Take a look, Hesitate, Take a picture you could never recreate.

--> The idea of embracing the moment is repeated. Also, the listener is encouraged to recognize beauty. For example, while the singer was still WITH his love, while the love AND the girl was there, those moments deserved photographing and documenting. There will be more moments for him like this in the future and he is realizing how important it is to embrace these moments. Also, this is same for the listener, but ALSO, the listener is urged to cherish love with a woman when she is still there, because these moments are possibly fleeting. You never know when someone will die, when someone will leave your life, when the love of your life and you will breakup or lose that love. So, realize the wondrous beauty of these moments as they come because moments are what define our reality.

Write a song, make a note for the lump that sits inside your throat

--> Never, ever let a beautiful moment go by, because while moments define our reality, beautiful moments define our past.

Change the locks, change the scene. Change it all but can't change what we've been

--> Work to change your present, the here and now, because the past is done and it cannot be changed.

So, you see, SEX is SO SO SO secondary in this song.