| Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[moople:1387] I think you're right on. I just got out of an abusive relationship and can completely relate to this song and the psychology behind it. To me, this song is about a woman who finally gets the courage to leave an abusive relationship, but then her abusive partner finds her and kills her. That's why the video's setting is in a heavenly place and happiness is "hitting her like a train on a track" and a "bullet in her back." She finally escaped, she knows he's going to come after her, and if he finds her, he's going to kill her, but she's willing to risk death to escape the abuse. She left, finally on her way to "happiness," but he found her and was "coming towards her." She knew it was too late to go back to him because of the consequences she would suffer. That's why she was "stuck and there was no turning back." When she was with him and he'd rage, she'd "hide around corners and under beds." She tried to pacify him with "kisses". She drank to numb the pain (physical and emotional) and cope "with every bubble she sank with a drink." She washed away the blood down the kitchen sink. The dog days (craziness) was over. He's the "horse" coming after her. I'm not sure what the meaning of the horse is. She "better run" because if he catches her, she knows she's dead. She left him because she knew her family loved her. She's running to a safe place "run fast for your mother". She ran for her children's sake; so she'd be alive for them. She still loves her abuser due to traumatic bonding, and she's lonely and misses him. She knows she must "leave her love and longing behind if she wants to survive." She knows if she stayed, he'd eventually kill her anyway. "And I never wanted anything from you except everything you had and what was left after that too." Abusers think that they aren't asking for much, and if the victim would just do what they wanted, they would have a perfect relationship. I heard this statement in my own personal life constantly. No matter what she does, he's never happy; he always expects more. They're never satisfied. When he finally catches up to her, he shoots her in the back. That's why happiness "hit her like a bullet in the back from a great height (he's taller than her) by someone who should have known better than that." |
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| Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[moople:1386] I think you're right on. I just got out of an abusive relationship and can completely relate to this song and the psychology behind it. To me, this song is about a woman who finally gets the courage to leave an abusive relationship, but then her abusive partner finds her and kills her. That's why the video's setting is in a heavenly place and happiness is "hitting her like a train on a track" and a "bullet in her back." She finally escaped, she knows he's going to come after her, and if he finds her, he's going to kill her, but she's willing to risk death to escape the abuse. She left, finally on her way to "happiness," but he found her and was "coming towards her." She knew it was too late to go back to him because of the consequences she would suffer. That's why she was "stuck and there was no turning back." When she was with him and he'd rage, she'd "hide around corners and under beds." She tried to pacify him with "kisses". She drank to numb the pain (physical and emotional) and cope "with every bubble she sank with a drink." She washed away the blood down the kitchen sink. The dog days (craziness) was over. He's the "horse" coming after her. I'm not sure what the meaning of the horse is. She "better run" because if he catches her, she knows she's dead. She left him because she knew her family loved her. She's running to a safe place "run fast for your mother". She ran for her children's sake; so she'd be alive for them. She still loves her abuser due to traumatic bonding, and she's lonely and misses him. She knows she must "leave her love and longing behind if she wants to survive." She knows if she stayed, he'd eventually kill her anyway. "And I never wanted anything from you except everything you had and what was left after that too." Abusers think that they aren't asking for much, and if the victim would just do what they wanted, they would have a perfect relationship. I heard this statement in my own personal life constantly. No matter what she does, he's never happy; he always expects more. They're never satisfied. When he finally catches up to her, he shoots her in the back. That's why happiness "hit her like a bullet in the back from a great height (he's taller than her) by someone who should have known better than that." |
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