Besides the fact that a lot of these posted lyrics are incorrect, I still have feelings for "Afterall." This is probably the greatest "Sondre-esque" song of "Phantom Punch." The reason for this is that the song weaves a ballad about a man or boy falling in love quickly with a girl or woman. Now mind you that this love is not "Romeo and Juliet-esque," where Romeo fell in love just because Juliet was utterwardly beautiful,-no, this song is about true and seemingly unconditional love from the male narrator's perspective. The song stretches through the romance between the lovers which begins with the implied first date: "I hold back my heart's crazy rambling,-the fear that I should overwhelm your smile frightens the spiders inside me." However as the song progresses, the romance between the two begins to diminish. The male narrator tells that the girl is not sure if she feels the same way as he,-there brings tension. The song ends in a melancholy note where the protagonist is on the verge of telling the girl his true feelings but does not because he fears failure. Instead of doing anything about his current relationship with his lover, he decides to sit back and reminisce about their love "from a distance." Feeling that the joy that he had from their union is broken, he believes the only way to feel the "magic" again is by looking back in the past and reliving his joy with her through memories. A truly tragic but beautiful song. Sondre seems to have a hint of optimism in his tone which may imply that there maybe some hope for him "afterall."
Besides the fact that a lot of these posted lyrics are incorrect, I still have feelings for "Afterall." This is probably the greatest "Sondre-esque" song of "Phantom Punch." The reason for this is that the song weaves a ballad about a man or boy falling in love quickly with a girl or woman. Now mind you that this love is not "Romeo and Juliet-esque," where Romeo fell in love just because Juliet was utterwardly beautiful,-no, this song is about true and seemingly unconditional love from the male narrator's perspective. The song stretches through the romance between the lovers which begins with the implied first date: "I hold back my heart's crazy rambling,-the fear that I should overwhelm your smile frightens the spiders inside me." However as the song progresses, the romance between the two begins to diminish. The male narrator tells that the girl is not sure if she feels the same way as he,-there brings tension. The song ends in a melancholy note where the protagonist is on the verge of telling the girl his true feelings but does not because he fears failure. Instead of doing anything about his current relationship with his lover, he decides to sit back and reminisce about their love "from a distance." Feeling that the joy that he had from their union is broken, he believes the only way to feel the "magic" again is by looking back in the past and reliving his joy with her through memories. A truly tragic but beautiful song. Sondre seems to have a hint of optimism in his tone which may imply that there maybe some hope for him "afterall."