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To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid
I've been paid
Don't get offended
If I seem absent minded
Just keep telling me facts
And keep making me smile
Don't get offended
If I seem absent minded
I get tongue-tied
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
I will be yours
I'll pay for you anytime
You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Well jump on, enjoy, you can gorge away
You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Jump right
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
Jump left
What are you holding out for?
What's always in the way?
Why so damn absent minded?
Why so scared of romance?
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Throw your arms around me
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid
I've been paid
Don't get offended
If I seem absent minded
Just keep telling me facts
And keep making me smile
Don't get offended
If I seem absent minded
I get tongue-tied
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
I will be yours
I'll pay for you anytime
You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Well jump on, enjoy, you can gorge away
You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Jump right
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
Jump left
What are you holding out for?
What's always in the way?
Why so damn absent minded?
Why so scared of romance?
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Throw your arms around me
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my interpretation, sorry if im wrong
("To be lost in the forest, To be cut adrift") Person 1 was lost and lonely.
("You've been trying to reach me, You bought me a book") Person 2 trying to help them.
("To be lost in the forest, To be cut adrift, I've been paid, I've been paid") Person 2 has helped them find their feet again.
("I will pay for you") Person 1 feels as if they owe person 2 for making them feel better.
Although their relationship with person 2 makes them feel better, person 2 feels for person 1 more strongly and perhaps a person 2 is a little more passive ("Baby you've got to be more discerning","Baby you've got to be more demanding", "Jump Right" "Jump Left" telling them what to do). They want person 2 to look after them, they don't feel they can look after theirself anymore ("I've never known what's good for me") Person 2 wants to make person 1 feel better, and person 1 wants person 2 to make them feel better ("And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness, well jump on and gorge away").
("What are you holding out for? What's always in the way? Why so damn absent-minded? Why so scared of romance?") seems as though Person 2 is saying this to person 1 in frustration, or person 1 is saying this to themself and is frustrated at their inability to open up to their parnter.
Ultimately Person 1 wants the relationship and does have feelings for person 2 ("Do you wanna come over and kill some time? Throw your arms around me.")
I kinda think it is about prostution
I think it is about couples just fucking and not seeing the picture about love and enjoy the whole no strings attached
I also think it could be about two people who are crazy about each other but are afraid to admit it and they try to forget their emotions but then get pulled back into each other.
In no way am i saying im right its just what i think but i loveeeeeee this song so much. Reminds me of someone very close to my heart right now. I text her "throw your arms around me" as that is what she does everytime we see each other. This song reminds me of her so much it is unreal. In a way it gives me hope. I dunno how but i love it. She is great :) xxxxxxxxx
"I'll pay for you anytime"
Narrator wants a more conventional relationship, not "this modern" one, but the prostitute is not in the business of real love.
"Why so scared of romance?"
But of course, the narrator continues to call on the prostitute.
"Do you wanna come over and kill some time?"
words can describe its awesomeness or how much i can relate to it <3
'To be lost in a forest, to be caught a drift' - He is disconnected from the world. Typically depression leads people to become withdrawn. It cuts you off from your friends and love ones leaving you living in your mind which would represent the forest from which he cannot escape.
'You've been trying to reach me, you bought me a book' - His significant other is determined to see him through his illness but doesn't know how. He/she is frustrated with their inability to help. They buy him/her a self help book as a gesture to try and help them deal with their issues.
'don't get offended if I seem absent minded. I never known what's good for me' - They're asking them not to blame themselves that she can't reach them. My girlfriend accuses me of being absent-minded and not listening to her i.e zoning out but the mental barrage of obsessive thoughts leaves you zombiefied. You want to let them know that behind it all is the person they love. All your attempts end up strangled and confused 'tongue-tied'.
This Modern Love I think refers to a time where mental illness is extrememly common and everyone seems to have emotional baggage. They're saying his inability to grasp pure and simple love with both hands because of the isolation he feels, leaves him feeling all the more broken i.e 'breaks and wastes me'
After he has put this into words that he feels he will be forever broken, he simply wants comforting and consoling at the end 'throw your arms around me'.