I think it's about an off and on relationship. The brain knows it's a bad idea, but the heart is longing for attention. In the end, the heart is controlling the brain in this situation and you end up caving into its demand. The "We tore one down and erected another there" kind of hit me with this type of thinking. Also I want to hone in on what nothinggoodtosay said because I interpreted that as support too.
"i have a little different idea about the line "the match of the century: absence versus thin air." someone earlier said that these are the same thing, but i disagree. when someone's absent they're physically (or mentally) unavailable, but they're called "absent" b/c they're expected to be someplace, in class or in the conversation or whatever. thin air is the opposite...the person is gone entirely. they're aren't expected, they aren't in touch, they've just...vanished."
The heart prefers the "absence" instead of nothing. It's easier to keep the person around physically despite that they are somewhere else emotionally. The brain knows the former and you really aren't the sarcastic "match of the century". The heart wants them there because it's much easier to keep them around despite the loss of interest than it is to deal with thinking about never seeing them again for the rest of your life.
Other thoughts: The "land mine" is describing the feeling of being trapped into the relationship and "slow walk" let's you know that the decision making is extremely difficult on whether or not to get involved again. "On the way to God don't know" also shows indecisiveness. This is also shown with the fighting between the ravens and seagulls."In this place that I call home" means you feel more comfortable with that person than without them.
I think it's about an off and on relationship. The brain knows it's a bad idea, but the heart is longing for attention. In the end, the heart is controlling the brain in this situation and you end up caving into its demand. The "We tore one down and erected another there" kind of hit me with this type of thinking. Also I want to hone in on what nothinggoodtosay said because I interpreted that as support too.
"i have a little different idea about the line "the match of the century: absence versus thin air." someone earlier said that these are the same thing, but i disagree. when someone's absent they're physically (or mentally) unavailable, but they're called "absent" b/c they're expected to be someplace, in class or in the conversation or whatever. thin air is the opposite...the person is gone entirely. they're aren't expected, they aren't in touch, they've just...vanished."
The heart prefers the "absence" instead of nothing. It's easier to keep the person around physically despite that they are somewhere else emotionally. The brain knows the former and you really aren't the sarcastic "match of the century". The heart wants them there because it's much easier to keep them around despite the loss of interest than it is to deal with thinking about never seeing them again for the rest of your life.
Other thoughts: The "land mine" is describing the feeling of being trapped into the relationship and "slow walk" let's you know that the decision making is extremely difficult on whether or not to get involved again. "On the way to God don't know" also shows indecisiveness. This is also shown with the fighting between the ravens and seagulls."In this place that I call home" means you feel more comfortable with that person than without them.