Everybody Loves You interview

[jellyman10]

Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

I'm not a huge ELY fan, but the verse, "Don't come here again/unless fear of fire leaves you cold/ and the cold makes you tired/ if you feel it at all/ it's all about desire/ about when you were true/ about a bird on a wire and that was you" is probably the most played fifteen seconds of any song on my ipod. I listen to it in isolation at least once daily.

The idea of her accusing Lindsey of being afraid of what they had is so interesting to me-- she's usually portrayed as the one who ran, and contextually, the notion that it was he doesn't really fit with the rest of the song.

Increasingly, when I feel a bit shipper-ish, I'm starting to think that it sounds at times almost like she thinks he betrayed their destiny to be in this tortured relationship for the rest of their lives. That when he chose (as she saw it) the sane and safe option of a conventional marriage and family life, he kind of chickened out?