In short, my personal interpretation is that Stuart is considering suicide, absolutely overwhelmed by depression. Lhasa is the voice in his head of what he would leave behind, “The people that you love”, what is keeping him alive, but not because he loves them, he does, but because of the effect his death would have in them.
Not going to analyze line per line, so, in the end, Lhasa convinces him and he decides that he needs to give closure to some elements of his life before he “leaves”, so his death would have as little impact as possible on his loved ones
@rodrigo104 I've never 'analyzed' songs. I just like the song by the way it sounds, the way it might be sung, and/or when a particular line (or sometimes two or more) really stands out to me. Sometimes i might not like a song much at all until i hear a certain line and that changes my perspective on the song completely.
@rodrigo104 I've never 'analyzed' songs. I just like the song by the way it sounds, the way it might be sung, and/or when a particular line (or sometimes two or more) really stands out to me. Sometimes i might not like a song much at all until i hear a certain line and that changes my perspective on the song completely.
This is one of those songs that i love for all three of the reasons i just mentioned. The way it sounds, the way its sung and because of certain lines, but i've never thought about the overall meaning behind it but i think your interpretation is spot on. Reading all the lyrics back with that in mind it seems very obvious that's exactly what its about which makes the song even more poignant to me because i feel the same way a lot.
The song just came up on a playlist so i thought i'd check here to see if anyone had commented on it and i'm glad i did. Thanks for that.
In short, my personal interpretation is that Stuart is considering suicide, absolutely overwhelmed by depression. Lhasa is the voice in his head of what he would leave behind, “The people that you love”, what is keeping him alive, but not because he loves them, he does, but because of the effect his death would have in them. Not going to analyze line per line, so, in the end, Lhasa convinces him and he decides that he needs to give closure to some elements of his life before he “leaves”, so his death would have as little impact as possible on his loved ones
@rodrigo104 I've never 'analyzed' songs. I just like the song by the way it sounds, the way it might be sung, and/or when a particular line (or sometimes two or more) really stands out to me. Sometimes i might not like a song much at all until i hear a certain line and that changes my perspective on the song completely.
@rodrigo104 I've never 'analyzed' songs. I just like the song by the way it sounds, the way it might be sung, and/or when a particular line (or sometimes two or more) really stands out to me. Sometimes i might not like a song much at all until i hear a certain line and that changes my perspective on the song completely.
This is one of those songs that i love for all three of the reasons i just mentioned. The way it sounds, the way its sung and because of certain lines, but i've never thought about the overall meaning behind it but i think your interpretation is spot on. Reading all the lyrics back with that in mind it seems very obvious that's exactly what its about which makes the song even more poignant to me because i feel the same way a lot.
The song just came up on a playlist so i thought i'd check here to see if anyone had commented on it and i'm glad i did. Thanks for that.
@rodrigo104 I think your interpretation is really good here. Thank you.
@rodrigo104 I think your interpretation is really good here. Thank you.