In my eyes, this song gets a really strong handle on the truest form of love--because in the end, the purest love focuses on what makes the people you love happiest. I see Drops of Jupiter telling the story of two people, two good friends, who meant a lot to each other, and shared a special bond. Soulmates, in the non-commercialized sense of the term. Then, all of sudden, for reasons that seem almost inexplicable, the girl leaves the relationship and her best friend. She goes to explore the world without him, all these things that seem spectacular (spectacular in universal proportions...comparable to the sun or the milky way) because he can only watch from the outside, only look in on what she experiences. He questions how she can possibly just drop all the things that made their relationship so wonderful, wonders whether it really ever meant anything to her, if it still means anything to her now, if she misses him. But at the same time, he speaks these questions with the sentiment that he approves of whatever she chooses to do, because he loves her and anything that makes her happy makes him happy.
In my eyes, this song gets a really strong handle on the truest form of love--because in the end, the purest love focuses on what makes the people you love happiest. I see Drops of Jupiter telling the story of two people, two good friends, who meant a lot to each other, and shared a special bond. Soulmates, in the non-commercialized sense of the term. Then, all of sudden, for reasons that seem almost inexplicable, the girl leaves the relationship and her best friend. She goes to explore the world without him, all these things that seem spectacular (spectacular in universal proportions...comparable to the sun or the milky way) because he can only watch from the outside, only look in on what she experiences. He questions how she can possibly just drop all the things that made their relationship so wonderful, wonders whether it really ever meant anything to her, if it still means anything to her now, if she misses him. But at the same time, he speaks these questions with the sentiment that he approves of whatever she chooses to do, because he loves her and anything that makes her happy makes him happy.
Great insight! Thank you.
Great insight! Thank you.