What is Sable on Blond about?

[Danigirl]

Originally Posted by twinmatrix

May I ask what it means for you? Those words.

For me it has nothing to do with learning to be alone, rather learning to be a completely different "entity" to the other person. Being a stranger to him, rather than a friend, lover, etc. There are times when one's identity changes in another person threfore, altering who one is forever. This song and those lyrics helped me see that more clearly. So simple, yet poignant. It's almost as if it's an oxymoron. You learn to know someone so intimately which takes time and well "learning," then it's as if one has to undo all that, and learn to unlearn, to become no one to that person.