To me, this song is about trying to love someone who has depression or some other mental illness.
In pitch dark I go walking in your landscape
Broken branches trip me as I speak
// I trying to understand you, but it is a constant struggle.
// I am trying to help you, but I never find the right thing to say.
Just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there
// Just because you feel sadness doesn't mean the pain is real.
There's always a siren
Singing you to shipwreck
// Even when you get out of your depression, you fall right back in.
Don't reach out, don't reach out
// Maybe I should leave you alone.
// Or...you never ask me for help.
Steer away from these rocks
We'd be a walking disaster
// Do not fall back into depression. It will hurt our relationship.
There's someone on your shoulder
// You are depressed.
There there!
// It will be okay!
Why so green and lonely?
// Why are you sad?
Heaven sent you to me
// I will make you feel better.
We are accidents
Waiting, waiting to happen
// I will make you feel better.
"Just because you feel sadness doesn't mean the pain is real" - Yeah because when people have depression its just a fake pain that can be waved away and all we need is a good waking up call.
"Just because you feel sadness doesn't mean the pain is real" - Yeah because when people have depression its just a fake pain that can be waved away and all we need is a good waking up call.
"Even when you get out of your depression, you fall right back in" - think of depression as drowning slowly, you cant escape it but sometimes some driftwood comes along and gives you a breather (but you are still stuck in the water).
"Even when you get out of your depression, you fall right back in" - think of depression as drowning slowly, you cant escape it but sometimes some driftwood comes along and gives you a breather (but you are still stuck in the water).
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.
To me, this song is about trying to love someone who has depression or some other mental illness.
In pitch dark I go walking in your landscape Broken branches trip me as I speak // I trying to understand you, but it is a constant struggle. // I am trying to help you, but I never find the right thing to say.
Just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there // Just because you feel sadness doesn't mean the pain is real.
There's always a siren Singing you to shipwreck // Even when you get out of your depression, you fall right back in.
Don't reach out, don't reach out // Maybe I should leave you alone. // Or...you never ask me for help.
Steer away from these rocks We'd be a walking disaster // Do not fall back into depression. It will hurt our relationship.
There's someone on your shoulder // You are depressed.
There there! // It will be okay!
Why so green and lonely? // Why are you sad?
Heaven sent you to me // I will make you feel better.
We are accidents Waiting, waiting to happen // I will make you feel better.
I agree with the depression/mental pain/nightmare hypothesis !
I agree with the depression/mental pain/nightmare hypothesis !
I think that the other popular hypothesis for the "feeling" that is "not there" (love) does not explain as well some parts of the song.
I think that the other popular hypothesis for the "feeling" that is "not there" (love) does not explain as well some parts of the song.
Some key lines must be explained by any hypothesis :
Some key lines must be explained by any hypothesis :
"There there" <- Title of the song
"There there" <- Title of the song
"Why so green and lonely?"
"Why so green and lonely?"
"Heaven sent you to me. We are accidents waiting to happen"
"Heaven sent you to me. We are accidents waiting to happen"
Those lines are hard to explain with the "love" hypothesis.
Those lines are hard to explain with the "love" hypothesis.
Here are 2 interpretations of the song in line with depression/nightmare hypothesis :
1) Rachel telling Thom that his deamons are not real. This song could be a follow up of "I might be wrong" and "Optimistic" from the previous albums.
2) Thom/Rachel telling Noa that her nightmares are not real
Let's review the lines according to thoses interpretations :
1) "There there": sounds like a reassuring statement from Rachel to Thom.
"Why so green and lonely?" : The reality is that I'm here with you. Isn't it a good reason to be happy ? How can you feel lonely ?
"Heaven sent you to me." Love statement from Rachel to Thom. Or maybe Thom thanks Rachel for saving him from his daemons.
"We are accidents waiting to happen": Everybody can go awry.
2) "There there": sounds like a reassuring statement from a mother/father to a child.
"Why so green and lonely?" : I'm here with you. Don't be afraid ! You are not alone !
"Heaven sent you to me." : Noa is the most beautiful thing for her parents (like every children ! ^^)
"We are accidents waiting to happen": Everybody is the result of an extremely random biological process. (but why "waiting to happen"?)
My 2 cents.
"Just because you feel sadness doesn't mean the pain is real" - Yeah because when people have depression its just a fake pain that can be waved away and all we need is a good waking up call.
"Just because you feel sadness doesn't mean the pain is real" - Yeah because when people have depression its just a fake pain that can be waved away and all we need is a good waking up call.
"Even when you get out of your depression, you fall right back in" - think of depression as drowning slowly, you cant escape it but sometimes some driftwood comes along and gives you a breather (but you are still stuck in the water).
"Even when you get out of your depression, you fall right back in" - think of depression as drowning slowly, you cant escape it but sometimes some driftwood comes along and gives you a breather (but you are still stuck in the water).
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.
@happyaura This interpretation hit me real hard. I was in a two year relationship with a girl that suffered from depression. Coming from a country where mental health is taboo subject, I really had a hard time understanding her. She left me, understandably.