when you're depressed you live in apathy, whatever happens around you doesn't seem to affect you, your feelings or anything. nothing triggers you, nothing can make you feel better.
"English Summer Rain seems to last for ages."
summer rain is clearly something to identify depression with. i don't know if it's an idiom or whatever, i don't even know why they chose 'english' over any other possible word, but when it's summer and it starts raining, it seems like it lasts forever: you're trapped in your house and end up doing nothing at all. summer is boring, but if it rains things get worse and everything seems to last longer.
Then we have:
"Hold your breath and count to 10.
Then fall apart and start again."
to me, this recall the fact that, when you're in some kind of depression, you tend to do things mechanically. you're there, telling yourself you should do something but your depression keeps you there and holds you back from what you should do. so you start living mechanically, you go on because 'it's what you do' even tho you don't feel anything at all. and you happen to fall, to do something wrong, to fail in something, but you've already reached that point in your illness where nothing affects you at all, so you just keep walking, only taking with you your apathy.
That's it, and it's just my interpretation of the song, i mean, it could be completely wrong, but still ;)
@artemisLou Definitely a song about depression, and I agree with most of your interpretation, except for the last part.
@artemisLou Definitely a song about depression, and I agree with most of your interpretation, except for the last part.
"Hold your breath and count to 10.
Then fall apart and start again."
"Hold your breath and count to 10.
Then fall apart and start again."
I interpret it as "don't give in to despair". Count to 10 to gather your thoughts. Allow yourself to feel that despair, "fall apart" and make mistakes, cry if you need to, but don't give up!
I interpret it as "don't give in to despair". Count to 10 to gather your thoughts. Allow yourself to feel that despair, "fall apart" and make mistakes, cry if you need to, but don't give up!
Try again, even if it all seems hopeless and like "nothing ever changes".
Try again, even if it all seems hopeless and like "nothing ever changes".
imho, this song's about depression:
"Always stays the same, nothing ever changes."
when you're depressed you live in apathy, whatever happens around you doesn't seem to affect you, your feelings or anything. nothing triggers you, nothing can make you feel better.
"English Summer Rain seems to last for ages."
summer rain is clearly something to identify depression with. i don't know if it's an idiom or whatever, i don't even know why they chose 'english' over any other possible word, but when it's summer and it starts raining, it seems like it lasts forever: you're trapped in your house and end up doing nothing at all. summer is boring, but if it rains things get worse and everything seems to last longer.
Then we have:
"Hold your breath and count to 10. Then fall apart and start again."
to me, this recall the fact that, when you're in some kind of depression, you tend to do things mechanically. you're there, telling yourself you should do something but your depression keeps you there and holds you back from what you should do. so you start living mechanically, you go on because 'it's what you do' even tho you don't feel anything at all. and you happen to fall, to do something wrong, to fail in something, but you've already reached that point in your illness where nothing affects you at all, so you just keep walking, only taking with you your apathy.
That's it, and it's just my interpretation of the song, i mean, it could be completely wrong, but still ;)
I think you got it right.
I think you got it right.
@artemisLou Exactly right.
@artemisLou Exactly right.
@artemisLou Definitely a song about depression, and I agree with most of your interpretation, except for the last part.
@artemisLou Definitely a song about depression, and I agree with most of your interpretation, except for the last part.
"Hold your breath and count to 10. Then fall apart and start again."
"Hold your breath and count to 10. Then fall apart and start again."
I interpret it as "don't give in to despair". Count to 10 to gather your thoughts. Allow yourself to feel that despair, "fall apart" and make mistakes, cry if you need to, but don't give up!
I interpret it as "don't give in to despair". Count to 10 to gather your thoughts. Allow yourself to feel that despair, "fall apart" and make mistakes, cry if you need to, but don't give up!
Try again, even if it all seems hopeless and like "nothing ever changes".
Try again, even if it all seems hopeless and like "nothing ever changes".