I actually tend to support the "possessive" idea behind the song. When I first heard it, it really hit home, for it reminded me of an ex-boyfriend from high school, who wanted me to stay close to home instead of going far away to college, as I wanted to do (and did).
The song sounded to me like everything he was saying, and everything he might as well have said, for those words are exactly the voice of panic that went through my head at that time in my life. His love was, though loving, possessive, and frightening in its simplicity.
I actually tend to support the "possessive" idea behind the song. When I first heard it, it really hit home, for it reminded me of an ex-boyfriend from high school, who wanted me to stay close to home instead of going far away to college, as I wanted to do (and did).
The song sounded to me like everything he was saying, and everything he might as well have said, for those words are exactly the voice of panic that went through my head at that time in my life. His love was, though loving, possessive, and frightening in its simplicity.