i fell in love with this song when i heard it on the dawson's creek sound track....then someone told me it was about a trans-gender prostitute. The prostitute theory makes sense based on the lyrics ( To walk these streets and keep from falling....Tryin’ to draw the line between who you are and who you invent) but i think it is simply about a girl. i think the song is about a girl who's just realizing how difficult life in the "real world" is. He who sings the lyrics was once in the same place she was and wants to help her through it but knows the best thing he can do is let her cry. Though i don't think its specifically about Hamlet's Ophelia, i think Cohen chose the name because it is associated with sadness and morbid beauty i adore this song. it reminds me so much of myself...
i fell in love with this song when i heard it on the dawson's creek sound track....then someone told me it was about a trans-gender prostitute. The prostitute theory makes sense based on the lyrics ( To walk these streets and keep from falling....Tryin’ to draw the line between who you are and who you invent) but i think it is simply about a girl. i think the song is about a girl who's just realizing how difficult life in the "real world" is. He who sings the lyrics was once in the same place she was and wants to help her through it but knows the best thing he can do is let her cry. Though i don't think its specifically about Hamlet's Ophelia, i think Cohen chose the name because it is associated with sadness and morbid beauty i adore this song. it reminds me so much of myself...