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she flew across the sea
we talked on a small screen
a cubism dream
the most beautiful squares i'd ever seen
the canvas was free
a gift good mother gave to me
we joked at how they talked so differently
i will never know what had rot my heart
it just came and went in the dark
i had changed into the certain kind of man
that could break your heart with his own hands
we were to scan our own towns
and make good on what we found
oh, what a fool i was to think
that i could get by on a smile and a wink
i make a friend, i make you sick
could you even imagine a kiss?
we spoke of how we talked so differently
i spoke of how i felt so differently
i will never know what had rot my heart
it just came and went in the dark
i had changed into the certain kind of man
that could break your heart with his own hands
so in australia, on halloween
i proved what our love meant to me
the suffering, the struggling
i did it for you
i did it for me
we talked on a small screen
a cubism dream
the most beautiful squares i'd ever seen
the canvas was free
a gift good mother gave to me
we joked at how they talked so differently
i will never know what had rot my heart
it just came and went in the dark
i had changed into the certain kind of man
that could break your heart with his own hands
we were to scan our own towns
and make good on what we found
oh, what a fool i was to think
that i could get by on a smile and a wink
i make a friend, i make you sick
could you even imagine a kiss?
we spoke of how we talked so differently
i spoke of how i felt so differently
i will never know what had rot my heart
it just came and went in the dark
i had changed into the certain kind of man
that could break your heart with his own hands
so in australia, on halloween
i proved what our love meant to me
the suffering, the struggling
i did it for you
i did it for me
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i proved what our love meant to me
the suffering, the struggling
i did it for you
i did it for me"
The last stanza is beautiful because you can tell how much pain he is in knowing he broke her heart, but knowing that it was best for both of them. " i did it for you, i did it for me"...I personally wanted him to sing that part for like 2 more minutes straight so siickkkk!
It is definitely about trying to make a long-distance relationship work. I have been there myself and its not easy at all. I can relate to it so much. Distance does put a toll on you, and you have to keep the visits frequent otherwise the relationship will deteriorate.
What I can see happened here in the start of the song, is that both parties thought they'd be okay by video chatting. I think then Kelcey started to realise this wasn't enough and he needed her physically(happened to me). They then agreed to see other people in their own "towns"(happened to me too). They obviously kept each other honest, because he says when he told her he made new friends, she would get jealous(me, again). They then started to feel differently towards each other.
Anyway.. in the last verse.. I feel like he came to australia to visit her. However it seems like he flew over to tell her personally that they couldn't continue to keep the friendship going because it was too much for him. I don't think he proposed as someone else mentioned. They broke up. Probably for the best. The only way a LD relationship will work is if they visit frequently, and usually one party makes a permanent move to be with the other. Some people aren't cut out for it. I know I wasn't.
"so in australia, on halloween
i proved what our love meant to me
the suffering, the struggling
i did it for you
i did it for me "
He might have traveled all the way to Australia to surprise his girlfriend on Halloween or he might be the one that is in Australia and turned down an opportunity for sex or a relationship with another girl.
"oh, what a fool i was to think
that i could get by on a smile and a wink
i make a friend, i make you sick
could you even imagine a kiss?"
the above shows that the singer seems to have had a naive belief that the relationship could survive on skype chats, basically just seeing his girl's face. but as time wore on he realizes he needs, to put it crudely: sex.
"the suffering, the struggling
i did it for you
i did it for me"
meaning that he refrained from cheating: "i proved what our love meant to me"
She goes home, kicking off the whole messy affair ("she flew across the sea"), and then all the standard, gut-wrenching long-distance themes of longing, sadness ("the suffering, the struggling"), dating other people (the "scan our towns" bit), and jealousy ("could you even imagine a kiss?") kick in. All this peppered with the clever depiction of internet chats ("cubism dream"//"beautiful squares").
I do think the "i will never know what had rot my heart" line alludes to him at some point being 'less into her' than she is into him, and the "i spoke of how i felt so differently" line kinda cements that.
So in Australia... dude either goes to Oz to see if this thing with his girl is gonna live or die... or, like 'aimwhy' says, he cheats on her ("i proved what our love meant to me//i did it for you//i did it for me"). Both interpretations work, but the "i felt so differently" line makes me think it might be the latter. That's where the relationship dies.
Distance is a mother fucker, that's all I do know.
Beautiful goddamn song.
Thx for the good info, 'merritt15'.
I think they thought to begin with that it would still work, so to some extent he doesn't know how he fell out of love with her.
The start of the second verse is when they start to really miss each other. They try to list why they love living where they are, even though they are apart. The line 'oh, what a fool i was to think, that i could get by on a smile and a wink' is his realisation that it is not going to be as easy as he originally thought. Jealousy also comes in to play when he makes new friends.
I interpreted the final verse as him ending up in Australia during Halloween. He ends up cheating on her, and then breaks up with her. But he broke up with her for both of them because they were both unhappy being so far away from each other. They had essentially change in to different people.
This song is about a long distance relationship that didn't work out.
but that is what i got out the song just from my own experience. i am probably wrong as far as what the song is really written about, but i know some of the points in my story have to make some sense to some of you. or maybe you've experienced a similar situation. i know i can't be alone on this. haha