A rather depressing song about a woman in an abusive relationship who the song's character befriends. This seems to be a secret friendship to make sure the woman's boyfriend doesn't find out and at first the woman finds release with her new friend. I also think our character and the woman love each other but they don't consummate their feelings because our character will only do what the woman feels comfortable with.
However as time passes on, the woman, who wants something better, feels she is unable to leave her abusive boyfriend. Thus explaining the character's observations about how withdrawn and outwardly desensitized this woman is becoming. He knows something is very wrong and he would do anything to save her but ultimately knows only the woman can save herself.
Finally the woman can't go on living any longer, torn between her attachment to the character and sticking it out with her abusive boyfriend, she decides to kill herself.
It's unclear in the last few lines whether the character is with the woman or if is she is on her own. But that 'angel' reference is how our character sees the woman; someone with a nice personality who deserves so much better. Finally the 'just a bang and a clatter' refers to how she killed herself; she pulls the gun to her head, pulls the trigger and afterwards she falls while the gun falls to the ground with a clatter.
A rather depressing song about a woman in an abusive relationship who the song's character befriends. This seems to be a secret friendship to make sure the woman's boyfriend doesn't find out and at first the woman finds release with her new friend. I also think our character and the woman love each other but they don't consummate their feelings because our character will only do what the woman feels comfortable with.
However as time passes on, the woman, who wants something better, feels she is unable to leave her abusive boyfriend. Thus explaining the character's observations about how withdrawn and outwardly desensitized this woman is becoming. He knows something is very wrong and he would do anything to save her but ultimately knows only the woman can save herself.
Finally the woman can't go on living any longer, torn between her attachment to the character and sticking it out with her abusive boyfriend, she decides to kill herself.
It's unclear in the last few lines whether the character is with the woman or if is she is on her own. But that 'angel' reference is how our character sees the woman; someone with a nice personality who deserves so much better. Finally the 'just a bang and a clatter' refers to how she killed herself; she pulls the gun to her head, pulls the trigger and afterwards she falls while the gun falls to the ground with a clatter.