"I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered,
but I'd understand that I'd never let it go."
I get strong imagery of a coffin being lowered into the ground on this line.
Maybe it's simply a song about laying old feelings to rest. Or something deeper, such as the loss of a loved one. It really resonates a suicide to me. She seems almost angry at the person, "the world that you turned your back on." Which, of course, is a common feeling for relatives/friends of someone who has committed suicide. The line "to a world that never really let you be," is another really suggestive one for me. Perhaps this is what has driven the person to do such a thing.
Also, in relation to the lines "And I am Laura now, and Laura still," I always thought these were "And I am lower now, and lower still." It would be fitting, along with the previous imagery.
If it's as I imagined the lines to be, perhaps she's having suicidal thoughts? And she feels she's inching closer to being "lower," as in lowered into the ground. However, she then goes on to mention how she could never "turn my back on the sweet smelling blackberry stone."
LOL. You are laying it on thick tonight, Sweetheart :) Just keep pulling on the heart strings and wrapping others around your little finger. Gotta admit; you're GOOOOOOOOD :)
LOL. You are laying it on thick tonight, Sweetheart :) Just keep pulling on the heart strings and wrapping others around your little finger. Gotta admit; you're GOOOOOOOOD :)
"I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd understand that I'd never let it go."
I get strong imagery of a coffin being lowered into the ground on this line. Maybe it's simply a song about laying old feelings to rest. Or something deeper, such as the loss of a loved one. It really resonates a suicide to me. She seems almost angry at the person, "the world that you turned your back on." Which, of course, is a common feeling for relatives/friends of someone who has committed suicide. The line "to a world that never really let you be," is another really suggestive one for me. Perhaps this is what has driven the person to do such a thing.
Also, in relation to the lines "And I am Laura now, and Laura still," I always thought these were "And I am lower now, and lower still." It would be fitting, along with the previous imagery. If it's as I imagined the lines to be, perhaps she's having suicidal thoughts? And she feels she's inching closer to being "lower," as in lowered into the ground. However, she then goes on to mention how she could never "turn my back on the sweet smelling blackberry stone."
LOL. You are laying it on thick tonight, Sweetheart :) Just keep pulling on the heart strings and wrapping others around your little finger. Gotta admit; you're GOOOOOOOOD :)
LOL. You are laying it on thick tonight, Sweetheart :) Just keep pulling on the heart strings and wrapping others around your little finger. Gotta admit; you're GOOOOOOOOD :)