first comment ever on this site so feel free to critique it.
i think this song could possibly be about an office romance. i think even the very first line is significant because if she is sick and the other person is tired they shouldn't be dancing they should be resting, but instead they are taking the time to be together and dance! the second line she could be saying people think that their relationship isn't real, that they are just lusting after each other but emily is saying she knows this isn't lust. the repetition of the first line really shows the significance of it too.
not really solid on this line but possibly they aren't in good condition to dance? or part of the relationship isn't fully love so it's cold and harsh like numbers. then in the next line when she says "as though it were easy for you to lead me" she could be referencing that the other person is her boss and the person has to show her what to do and that line is slightly a praise for them. and being passive gracefully by doing whatever the person wants but not in a spineless sort of way. in a way that is showing she respects the person and all of the decisions the person is making.
in this song numbers could entirely represent harsh coldness because in the line where she says "half the horizons gone for skylines of numbers" she could definitely be talking about the cities skyline and cities are harsh and cold in perspective. and "half the horizons gone we're working the numbers till i'm sick" the day may be ending when she says half the horizons gone and she is working the numbers maybe in her job, until she really needs to be resting but she isn't. or till she is just sick of working.
little weary on this line but "sleep don't pacify us" could be, don't make them need to sleep until morning because the two could be together and they want to enjoy the time they have. day break lighting up the grid they live in is the sun coming up showing a new day that they can't be together and the grid they live in would be the electrical grid, where city people live. dizzy when they talk as in she gets a rush of excitement or happiness when they speak. fields of numbers streaming past meaning the days, minutes, maybe years are just unhappily passing all too quickly by.
"i wish we were farmers, i wish we knew how to grow sweet potatoes and milk cows" brings this song together. she wishes that they could live a simple but happy life together doing nothing on the grid and in the city. she wishes they could just live together and be happy.
'i wish we were lovers but its for the best" she loves the person, and wants to be with them, but she knows the hard truth that is the fact that their lives are better when the two of them are not together.
'your ghost" their true feelings inside, and what they are really wanting. "where is the love?" are they just doing this for fun? what is the point?
"who here is in line for a raise?" back to business. we are not an item, work comes first, it's the harsh truth and they need to act like nothing ever happened.
repetition, and finally, my favorite line.
"who put these bodies between us?" who made is so that we can never be together even though we love each other? who made these rules? why did this have to be us and our love that cannot be? why did this have to happen.
first comment ever on this site so feel free to critique it.
i think this song could possibly be about an office romance. i think even the very first line is significant because if she is sick and the other person is tired they shouldn't be dancing they should be resting, but instead they are taking the time to be together and dance! the second line she could be saying people think that their relationship isn't real, that they are just lusting after each other but emily is saying she knows this isn't lust. the repetition of the first line really shows the significance of it too. not really solid on this line but possibly they aren't in good condition to dance? or part of the relationship isn't fully love so it's cold and harsh like numbers. then in the next line when she says "as though it were easy for you to lead me" she could be referencing that the other person is her boss and the person has to show her what to do and that line is slightly a praise for them. and being passive gracefully by doing whatever the person wants but not in a spineless sort of way. in a way that is showing she respects the person and all of the decisions the person is making. in this song numbers could entirely represent harsh coldness because in the line where she says "half the horizons gone for skylines of numbers" she could definitely be talking about the cities skyline and cities are harsh and cold in perspective. and "half the horizons gone we're working the numbers till i'm sick" the day may be ending when she says half the horizons gone and she is working the numbers maybe in her job, until she really needs to be resting but she isn't. or till she is just sick of working. little weary on this line but "sleep don't pacify us" could be, don't make them need to sleep until morning because the two could be together and they want to enjoy the time they have. day break lighting up the grid they live in is the sun coming up showing a new day that they can't be together and the grid they live in would be the electrical grid, where city people live. dizzy when they talk as in she gets a rush of excitement or happiness when they speak. fields of numbers streaming past meaning the days, minutes, maybe years are just unhappily passing all too quickly by. "i wish we were farmers, i wish we knew how to grow sweet potatoes and milk cows" brings this song together. she wishes that they could live a simple but happy life together doing nothing on the grid and in the city. she wishes they could just live together and be happy. 'i wish we were lovers but its for the best" she loves the person, and wants to be with them, but she knows the hard truth that is the fact that their lives are better when the two of them are not together. 'your ghost" their true feelings inside, and what they are really wanting. "where is the love?" are they just doing this for fun? what is the point? "who here is in line for a raise?" back to business. we are not an item, work comes first, it's the harsh truth and they need to act like nothing ever happened. repetition, and finally, my favorite line. "who put these bodies between us?" who made is so that we can never be together even though we love each other? who made these rules? why did this have to be us and our love that cannot be? why did this have to happen.