UndoingTheLaces
10-22-2012, 01:34 PM
I thought it might be fun to take a Stevie song and talk about what it means, either to us personally, how we interpret the lyrics or if we have something directly from Stevie in an interview where she's mentioned it. I know there's a website for this but it's been there for a while. I thought this might be something more personal and fun.
I think each song could have it's own thread and people can start they're own. So I'm choosing Castaway, because it's my favorite demo.
I've always thought this song was about having broken up with someone casually and then wondering if the things that bothered you about them were their fault or your own. You know, like you feel you have noting in common with someone but then you realize you've never opened up to them, so they really don't know how to relate to you. That's what I think of in the line "was this your world or just my darkness?" Was I really seeing you for you or was I just projecting all my stuff onto you.
Although I must say the part about, "I could leave today but I could never offer freedom", used to make me think it was a little self-flattering. As if to say if you leave him he'll always be pining for you. But now that I'm writing this I'm thinking it's a little more like saying that he'll always have a place in your heart, like it or not", followed up by the line "I guess I miss you". They aren't the words of someone who can't live without this person, but rather a fondness for someone they'll be sad to see go but won't be that broken up about.
Angels running from the heartless seems to me like a metaphor for the fact that there are worse things in the world than this. Yes I'm leaving you but somewhere there are angels running from the heartless.
And "play another role and your mystery changes" kind of suggests that she knows he'll meet someone else and when he does he'll become someone else. Some people take on the personality of those who they are with. And in this case she seems to be okay with it. It's not said out of malice but more like she's off the hook. I'm leaving, he'll be okay.
What do you guys think?
I think each song could have it's own thread and people can start they're own. So I'm choosing Castaway, because it's my favorite demo.
I've always thought this song was about having broken up with someone casually and then wondering if the things that bothered you about them were their fault or your own. You know, like you feel you have noting in common with someone but then you realize you've never opened up to them, so they really don't know how to relate to you. That's what I think of in the line "was this your world or just my darkness?" Was I really seeing you for you or was I just projecting all my stuff onto you.
Although I must say the part about, "I could leave today but I could never offer freedom", used to make me think it was a little self-flattering. As if to say if you leave him he'll always be pining for you. But now that I'm writing this I'm thinking it's a little more like saying that he'll always have a place in your heart, like it or not", followed up by the line "I guess I miss you". They aren't the words of someone who can't live without this person, but rather a fondness for someone they'll be sad to see go but won't be that broken up about.
Angels running from the heartless seems to me like a metaphor for the fact that there are worse things in the world than this. Yes I'm leaving you but somewhere there are angels running from the heartless.
And "play another role and your mystery changes" kind of suggests that she knows he'll meet someone else and when he does he'll become someone else. Some people take on the personality of those who they are with. And in this case she seems to be okay with it. It's not said out of malice but more like she's off the hook. I'm leaving, he'll be okay.
What do you guys think?