I interpreted the video somewhat similarly to your analysis. I related to the lyrics quite a lot because I have have my fair share of mental illnesses. Every relationship I've been in is a combination of telling myself I love them when I don't even know what love is (as a way to punishing myself which is quite dark I guess). I thought of the juxtaposition of the lyrics (numb and fine, for example) as the person trying to convince themselves that the relationship is perfect. The happier notes correspond with the person glorifying the small good moments in a relationship full of pain and sorrow. I personally love the music video, and I really appreciated this (much needed) analysis. My question:<br>I believe you said "called it" in the beginning of the video, which leads me to assume that you have been in love. Do you believe this in depth thought of how you would act in a relationship caused the pain to occur? Normally, when I talk about awful scenarios and the issues it would cause, it inevitably happens. If I think about how my brain will react, it tends to react that way. Did thinking about how your brain would react to a relationship affect the way it did react? Or were you never in love and I'm overthinking everything? If so, I apologize.

I interpreted the video somewhat similarly to your analysis. I related to the lyrics quite a lot because I have have my fair share of mental illnesses. Every relationship I've been in is a combination of telling myself I love them when I don't even know what love is (as a way to punishing myself which is quite dark I guess). I thought of the juxtaposition of the lyrics (numb and fine, for example) as the person trying to convince themselves that the relationship is perfect. The happier notes correspond with the person glorifying the small good moments in a relationship full of pain and sorrow. I personally love the music video, and I really appreciated this (much needed) analysis. My question:
I believe you said "called it" in the beginning of the video, which leads me to assume that you have been in love. Do you believe this in depth thought of how you would act in a relationship caused the pain to occur? Normally, when I talk about awful scenarios and the issues it would cause, it inevitably happens. If I think about how my brain will react, it tends to react that way. Did thinking about how your brain would react to a relationship affect the way it did react? Or were you never in love and I'm overthinking everything? If so, I apologize.


i DEFINITELY had similar thoughts when i started to actually learn the lyrics. i thought of the relationship as romantic but she needs the other person to be okay/feel good and strong about herself. i did also see it as like a "hey, i'm kinda fucked up and i have a lot of shit going on in my brain, i hope you still love me anyway". which is the hopeless romantic in me coming out. but what scares me is that even after watching the entire video, i still see this song as romantic, even though i totally get your explanation of the toxicity. does that make me a bad person? are my views on love fucked up? (these are things i genuinely wonder, as my views on love are solely learned through friends and fiction, and i've never actually been in love).<br>the teacher in me absolutely LOVES the format of this video (even if i'm a math teacher, not english). if my english classes were like this, i'd probably like it more lol.

i DEFINITELY had similar thoughts when i started to actually learn the lyrics. i thought of the relationship as romantic but she needs the other person to be okay/feel good and strong about herself. i did also see it as like a "hey, i'm kinda fucked up and i have a lot of shit going on in my brain, i hope you still love me anyway". which is the hopeless romantic in me coming out. but what scares me is that even after watching the entire video, i still see this song as romantic, even though i totally get your explanation of the toxicity. does that make me a bad person? are my views on love fucked up? (these are things i genuinely wonder, as my views on love are solely learned through friends and fiction, and i've never actually been in love).
the teacher in me absolutely LOVES the format of this video (even if i'm a math teacher, not english). if my english classes were like this, i'd probably like it more lol.


Interesting. Whenever I heard the song I imagined that a woman has had a panic attack and her s.o. was calming her down. So the breathe with me part I got right. The woman was investing so much on the fact that when she had an attack her partner would always be there to calm her down. (I've pinned each and every hope on you) Then the stress and anxiousness of always having to calm her down got to her parter, breaking them. They developed the same issues. (I hope that you don't bleed with me). I always thought you create a rarity of my genuine smile was that the s.o. was seeing her genuine smile, something that was rare. Nonetheless amazing job dodie, as always.


Please make this a series where you stand in front of a chalkboard and teach us things


Hi Dodie, hope you get to read this. If I may, this is my analysis:The first stanza refers to a couple in bed, the raw, intimate nature displayed through the use of blunt words 'skin', 'heat' 'hair' and 'feet'. The lack of complexity may 1. Refer to the way the relationship does not need to be questioned and romanticized, because it is beauty is in its raw simplicity. or 2. The relationship's intimacy has become purely physical and detached from emotion.Stanza 2 begins with 'Oh you,' Immediately drawing attention to the partner in the relationship. However the 'And I' connects the two for the next to lines, applying it to both people in the relationship. The world is constructed as a danger, that one needs to stay 'safe' from though it will 'try'. These lines construct a feeling of security and safety in the relationship, connecting the bonds within the couple and the safety from outside threats imposed on them. The third stanza begins with the line 'im afraid of the things in my brain.' The relation of fear to 'things in my brain' allow the audience to see how the threats have invaded the persona's mind. However, as they are only 'things in her brain,' they can be regarded similarly to nightmares - bad dreams - as the next line contrasts with 'but we can stay here and laugh away the fear,' demonstrating the safety and joy felt within the relationship, 'here' being used instead of 'there' shows that the persona can easily escape from her troubles to 'laugh away the fear.' As the fear is created in her mind and is not of a physical threat. (NOTE: I AM NOT DEMEANING ANY MENTAL DISORDERS)Stanza three begins with the word numb, which can be linked to an aesthetic, which decreases pain. Fine is a word used to convey a level of contentment in the situation. Though the personas smiles are a rarity, the second person in the couple creates them, which, while showing dependency, may also symbolize the positive effects of the relationship on the mental state of the person, as the 'outside world' is hostile. Stanza four begins with repetition of the word breathe. Breathing is a connection to living and thriving- every living thing must breathe. It may link to the colloquial, catching your breath; Allow down time, relaxation and recuperation. 'Can you drink all my thoughts' signals the persona's need for help, as she verbally calls to her partner to assist in relieving her of her dark thoughts 'Cause [she] can't stand them,' meaning she would like to be free of them.The title of the song is used in the last stanza in contrast to the second line - Intertwined and Free, may be used in conjunction to express the persona's freedom from her thoughts that has occurred as a result of her connection with her partner. 'I've pinned each and every hope on you' symbolizes her guilt for handin over all her problems to her partner and that she feels dependent. 'I hope that you don't bleed with me' demonstrates the depth persona's problem as bleeding is associated with physical injury, connecting physical and mental into one. The persona is wishing the best to her partner as she wants to make him feel better, the way he makes her. Hope you like my analysis. I know that it's not the way you saw the song but that is how I would interpret the lyrics. Also, apologies for the use of Hetero pronouns, it was faster to type 😅


I love intertwined so much it's such an interesting song and video of guess 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁😁😁


I saw this song very differently. My mind focused on different things. I saw this as one person in a relationship was very stressed by the rest of the world and their partner offered solace. Basically, I saw the verses as a constant cycle of the partner creating a sense of safety for the writer. The writer also wanted to protect their partner from the stress of the outside world (possibly being overprotective), example being, "I hope that you don't bleed with me." I guess overall, the writer's thoughts being spilled to the partner was a way of warning them that the rest of the world is cruel and they should only need each other (showing desired codependency and human attachment). There were layers of codependency, overprotection, while on top of good intentions that could be considered a bit selfish but still sweet. I don't know if my explanation was really stupid or not. I am good in my english class but I haven't gone above and beyond for text analyzation in my fifteen years on Earth. I hope this was interesting!


The first time I listened to the song I interpreted it as cute and romantic because I pretty much washed over the lyrics and just listened to how it sounded.
but once I actually listened to the words, it became darker and more haunting. now when I listen to it, I think of a relationship that kind of isn't working or isn't compleatly "safe" or "good" and is used to avoid dealing with feelings that are tearing the two people apart.
so yeah.


i think a cute, innocent video is what everyone would expect for that song, especially without analyzing the lyrics. however i think the video you all made fits absolutely perfect. i love it so much and it is one of my favorite music videos of all time. thank you for everything you do dodie. you are so helpful and inspirational. also, happy late birthday!! 💛💛


I thought it was a cutesy love song but one of the lovers was depressed or over thinks everything as they are 'afraid of the things in their brain' and they want to other person in the relationship to help make them happy again and I thought of intertwined as when you hold someones hand and intertwine you fingers or intertwining thoughts between the lovers but I loved the video and I now watch it completely differently knowing dodies meaning to it.


As someone who originally and continually interprets this song as a lovey dovey, I interpreted the juxtaposed words and the last couple of verses quite differently. First, I thought that the "here" of the place mentioned by the speaker several times as some place quiet, comforting, and secluded, like a cozy bed in a bedroom.I interpreted "skin" as like the people skin is touching, which makes sense with the word "heat" to mean like their own "heat" like when people have sex or mess around with each other. I interpreted "numb" like when the person you like touches you and you feel really shaky and nervous but in a nice way and your skin it feels almost goes numb. I then interpreted fine as "I feel fine". I did interpret this as one person that has mental health issues (probs depression). However, I interpreted "can you drink all my thoughts cause I can't stand them" to mean that the partner is very understanding and listens to the rants of the writer. A person I know with depression talks to her gf the same way so I guess that's why it made sense to me.  The last lyrics of "we can stay here and laugh away the fear" to me meant that the partner is helping the person through their mental health problems at least at the present time so the person feels happy (hence laughing) and content. The partner helps them get over that, hence connecting the "laugh away" lyric to the "you create a rarity of me genuine smiles." The speaker is still afraid of their mental health problem coming back again and again (hence afraid of their own brain), but they know their partner will always be there with them to "laugh away the fear," although not in the literal sense. Connecting that back to the lyric of "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles," the speaker now knows what works for them in terms of a successful relationship while still having mental health issues. The speaker is nervous in a sense that they are hurting their partner by them being in a relationship with someone who has mental health issues (which can scare some people in terms of emotional intimacy) and that their mental health is becoming the main focus of attention in their relationship, which makes them feel guilty. Thus the speaker doesn't want their partner to "bleed with me" because they do not want to cause any problems for their partner.


Intertwined is probably one of my many fave song you've written. Everything you've said about it matched up exactly to how I saw the song.  It's nasty and raw and shows the reality of mental illness. The music video was so amazing and is even more raw and nasty but is beautiful. Also I LOVED THIS VIDEO. I live for art theory omg.


what i've always found interesting and clever about this song is that we are in a specific (mentally ill) person's mind throughout, so we don't get their partner's side or commentary on their relationship. They're clearly struggling, but I always interpreted it as mostly insecurity due to mental health; are their fears founded, or just projection and worry that they're not a good partner or a burden due to their mental health? Being in a relationship with someone who is mentally ill/struggling with mental health/neurodivergent IS going to be much different in a lot of ways from being in a normative relationship. The violent imagery and dark undertones are there, but I interpreted it more as their intrusive thoughts/panic/anxiety trying to ruin what is potentially a fine/healthy relationship. breathing with someone to calm them down/ground them is just something that you need to do sometimes, and especially in the case of someone with frequent panic attacks, asking for that help is not toxic and/or codependent. I always just read it as someone who is inexperienced in relationships maybe bc of their insecurity w/r/t their mental health, whose brain is trying to sabotage their newfound happiness bc mental illness sucks and is very good at making you feel unworthy of love and attention.


I genuinely think that if someone were to write this as an essay they'd get an A*


This is great and is like me and my friends friendships and it made me feel better I guess


i understood the song more of a love i crave; something warm and intertwined. warm tea under blankets. i got that vibe from the chords, and the grain you added in the recording. the lyrics "im afraid of the things in my brain" i found i related to, as my sadness frightens me, and the love that is described in the song "laughed away" that fear.<br>more on the chords... i imagined lovers playing them in front of a fire place, hence the grain, giving it a soothing feeling. the progression in the chorus was unsettling, reinforcing a sadder fear.

i understood the song more of a love i crave; something warm and intertwined. warm tea under blankets. i got that vibe from the chords, and the grain you added in the recording. the lyrics "im afraid of the things in my brain" i found i related to, as my sadness frightens me, and the love that is described in the song "laughed away" that fear.
more on the chords... i imagined lovers playing them in front of a fire place, hence the grain, giving it a soothing feeling. the progression in the chorus was unsettling, reinforcing a sadder fear.


For several reasons I related to this song in several different ways that bear no relation to Dodie's stated intentions.  I'm in a long term,  long distance relationship, and the imagery of a couple Intertwined like this speaks to me deeply as an element I wish I could experience whenever I wanted.  I relate to the darker lyrics not in a sense of struggling with mental illness (certainly nothing beyond mild anxiety), but more just through having lived through several lives and relationships already that have either stalled for different reasons or that should never have begun in the first place, and having to live now with the ghosts of my past selves, if that doesn't sound too incredibly pretentious.  And while I know pinning your each and every hope on someone isn't the healthiest sounding course of action, what else are we doing when we present our hearts to another person when we fall in love with them?  All we can hope for is that they treat it with the care and respect it/we deserve, and you find the right balance as a couple to make each other happy.

Anyway,  I loved the song already, and I love it even more after hearing Dodie's own explanations of its intricacies, all of which made total sense hearing it from her point of view (definitely).  Keep slaying Dodes, from a fellow Essex native!!!


OH I am so gonna analyze it how it spoke/read to me! I learned this song for an open mic thingy I participate in monthly. I love this song so much because you can read and relate to it in so many different ways.

Skin ( we are straight in the bedroom, This is clothes off, feeling each others skin, touching each other, maybe for  the first time, or what feels like the first time.)

Heat(warmth, the feeling of love, lust.)

Hair in your mouth (just find this comically cuz OMG always!)

Feet touching feet (until the relationship i am in now, I hated someone feet touching mine so this part of the song sold me)

Altogether this whole first verse I feel like is the exciting new-ness of being with one another, how everything seems exciting and intimate.

Oh you

And I

Safe from the world

Though the world will try (the normal life struggles. Jobs or school taking you somewhere different. not getting along with each others friends or family, depression, stress, mood swings, disorders, difference in opinions, ideas, all the things that happens to anyone as a human.)

Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain (this is about over analyzing, thinking way to far ahead in the future, being afraid of what your destiny is, whats to come, or whats in the past, whats going to come up, how broken you feel)

But we can stay here

And laugh away the fear ( but with you I feel safe and happy and I can ignore the scary bits of being in a relationship and making my self soo vulnerable with you. Also, darker version. Avoid the world by hiding in bed, avoid the problems by getting frisky)

Numb
Fine

You create a rarity of my genuine smiles (well this is sadness, depression, like you said. With a happy twist because this person makes you forget, tying back up to laughing away the fear)

So breathe

Breathe with me ( i felt, especially with the way it was sang, this was calming down breathing. taking a step back from how consumed you both are in each other)

Can you drink all my thoughts?

'Cause I can't stand them (a plea asking this person to help you, take away your fears or share in them with you.and also recognizing you are afraid and telling that person)

Intertwined

Free ( free because you feel the safety you want with this person and are free to feel way more confident in your own skin. the person helps you feel free.)

I've pinned each and every hope on you

I hope that you don't bleed with me (the fear of giving your heart or love to someone. knowing how vulnerable that makes you and so hoping the person wont destroy you. ANd hoping you dot cause this person to hurt either)

I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear

Now i want to be clear, not all of this "analysis" makes it a healthy relationship nor does it make it a bad one. Seeing things for what they are and recognizing your short comings, I think, is HUGE in a relationship. Overall I think this song is stunning and you are stunning, doodie. So glad you love how everyone interprets it differently! Also so happy for your success! I started following you at like130K and have now seen you play and met you.  So proud of you!

OH I am so gonna analyze it how it spoke/read to me! I learned this song for an open mic thingy I participate in monthly. I love this song so much because you can read and relate to it in so many different ways.

Skin ( we are straight in the bedroom, This is clothes off, feeling each others skin, touching each other, maybe for  the first time, or what feels like the first time.)

Heat(warmth, the feeling of love, lust.)

Hair in your mouth (just find this comically cuz OMG always!)

Feet touching feet (until the relationship i am in now, I hated someone feet touching mine so this part of the song sold me)

*Altogether this whole first verse I feel like is the exciting new-ness of being with one another, how everything seems exciting and intimate.*

Oh you

And I

Safe from the world

Though the world will try (the normal life struggles. Jobs or school taking you somewhere different. not getting along with each others friends or family, depression, stress, mood swings, disorders, difference in opinions, ideas, all the things that happens to anyone as a human.)

Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain (this is about over analyzing, thinking way to far ahead in the future, being afraid of what your destiny is, whats to come, or whats in the past, whats going to come up, how broken you feel)

But we can stay here

And laugh away the fear ( but with you I feel safe and happy and I can ignore the scary bits of being in a relationship and making my self soo vulnerable with you. Also, darker version. Avoid the world by hiding in bed, avoid the problems by getting frisky)

Numb
Fine

You create a rarity of my genuine smiles (well this is sadness, depression, like you said. With a happy twist because this person makes you forget, tying back up to laughing away the fear)

So breathe

Breathe with me ( i felt, especially with the way it was sang, this was calming down breathing. taking a step back from how consumed you both are in each other)

Can you drink all my thoughts?

'Cause I can't stand them (a plea asking this person to help you, take away your fears or share in them with you.and also recognizing you are afraid and telling that person)

Intertwined

Free ( free because you feel the safety you want with this person and are free to feel way more confident in your own skin. the person helps you feel free.)

I've pinned each and every hope on you

I hope that you don't bleed with me (the fear of giving your heart or love to someone. knowing how vulnerable that makes you and so hoping the person wont destroy you. ANd hoping you dot cause this person to hurt either)

I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear

Now i want to be clear, not all of this "analysis" makes it a healthy relationship nor does it make it a bad one. Seeing things for what they are and recognizing your short comings, I think, is HUGE in a relationship. Overall I think this song is stunning and you are stunning, doodie. So glad you love how everyone interprets it differently! Also so happy for your success! I started following you at like130K and have now seen you play and met you.  So proud of you!


I actually liked the video. I didn't get it, but now I do! I really loved the song. I thought it was beautiful


i had to watch this video a few times to truly understand everything but i originally thought it was about someone in love who leaned on the other person a lot for comfort with their mental health, which i guess is how i would see myself in love. i'm still trying to fit the song to the video and this helped a lot.


I had a similar interpretation, but I thought of it more as being in denial of a mental illness. "Though the world will try- Oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain" shows paranoia about the world, that people are out to get the writer, but going on to point out the things in their brain suggests that they know their fears are made up. "But we can stay here and laugh away the fear" made it sound like the writer is trying to ignore their worries and just laugh it off. "Numb, fine" suggests that the writer's first feeling is numbness, but they're trying to cover that up by saying they're fine. Overall, it seems to be an internal conflict within the writer. They're trying not to show their mental illness and enjoy a relationship, but the illness keeps finding ways to show through.


HERE IS HOW I IMAGINED THE SONG (i thought about my crush alot during this song and it still does even when they rejected me..god i miss her)

Skin
Heat
Hair in your mouth
Feet touching feet
imagining how it would be to be with the person you want to be with

Oh you
And I
Safe from the world
Though the world will try
still continues to explain how it would be to have them like you as well but you do things that make them feel weird and they dont understand the hints you try and give them

Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear
 *they are afraid that they do not like them but they choose to ignore it and continue to love them as they normally did like
staring at them any chance they got but the crush finds it strange and soon figures out*

Numb
Fine
You create a rarity of my genuine smiles
when you see them with someone else or when they are perfectly fine without you (unlike yourself where you die when you arnt around them) your numb but you choose to lie and say its fine and decide to ignore it since you arnt officially together (you like them but they dont know)

So breathe
Breathe with me
Can you drink all my thoughts?
'Cause I can't stand them
asking them to stop confusing them (like giving them hope things will be fine and they will like you aswell)

Ooh, oh
O-oh, oh, oh
Getting even more confused cause jealousy and denial starts to form

Intertwined
Free
I've pinned each and every hope on you
I hope that you don't bleed with me
they still worry and imagine how it would be to be in love with them and ask them not to worry when they see you down and upset knowing it wont happen

I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear
when you are with them you are dying on the inside because you find out they dont like you the same way you like them so you decide to try and hide it by pretending it never happened and try to continue the friendship but..

Hmm, hmm
Hmhmm
the relationship ends up failing and you drown and remember how it was to be with them when they didnt know that you liked them and regret everything you said or did

TBH i cried as writing this .. ive liked her the entire school year.. and i find out she doesnt like me the same way.
   today she smiled looking at a girl which that look i could tell wasnt a friendly smile it was the kind you give to someone when you like them.. and i know she probably likes her since i was very close with her and i also can just tell by looking at her.. as i can with all my other friends

HERE IS HOW I IMAGINED THE SONG (i thought about my crush alot during this song and it still does even when they rejected me..god i miss her)

Skin
Heat
Hair in your mouth
Feet touching feet
*imagining how it would be to be with the person you want to be with*

Oh you
And I
Safe from the world
Though the world will try
*still continues to explain how it would be to have them like you as well but you do things that make them feel weird and they dont understand the hints you try and give them*

Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear
 *they are afraid that they do not like them but they choose to ignore it and continue to love them as they normally did like
staring at them any chance they got but the crush finds it strange and soon figures out*

Numb
Fine
You create a rarity of my genuine smiles
*when you see them with someone else or when they are perfectly fine without you (unlike yourself where you die when you arnt around them) your numb but you choose to lie and say its fine and decide to ignore it since you arnt officially together (you like them but they dont know)*

So breathe
Breathe with me
Can you drink all my thoughts?
'Cause I can't stand them
*asking them to stop confusing them (like giving them hope things will be fine and they will like you aswell)*

Ooh, oh
O-oh, oh, oh
*Getting even more confused cause jealousy and denial starts to form*

Intertwined
Free
I've pinned each and every hope on you
I hope that you don't bleed with me
*they still worry and imagine how it would be to be in love with them and ask them not to worry when they see you down and upset knowing it wont happen*

I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear
*when you are with them you are dying on the inside because you find out they dont like you the same way you like them so you decide to try and hide it by pretending it never happened and try to continue the friendship but..*

Hmm, hmm
Hmhmm
*the relationship ends up failing and you drown and remember how it was to be with them when they didnt know that you liked them and regret everything you said or did*

TBH i cried as writing this .. ive liked her the entire school year.. and i find out she doesnt like me the same way.
   today she smiled looking at a girl which that look i could tell wasnt a friendly smile it was the kind you give to someone when you like them.. and i know she probably likes her since i was very close with her and i also can just tell by looking at her.. as i can with all my other friends


My idea of the song matched perfectly what you were trying to say think it's because there has never been a song written in the history of forever that's matched me so personally and accurately before 😞


when i first heard this song, it felt slightly out of place on the EP and almost... uncomfortable? i was reading things online about it being a love song but that title never sat right with me. the first time i listened to it i definitely felt that that was what you were going for but when i looked at the lyrics it all switched for me, like i was suddenly watching a relationship fall apart in front of me but if i took two steps back it felt whole and loving again. is that some type of metaphor for the true meaning of the song??? lmao probably.


I've found most people see this as a love song, but I always thought of it as a song about me, how I feel and my 'battle' with accepting myself and not brushing over anything bad (as I tend to do). The song sometimes implies there are two people, as you use the word "we", but I've always thought of it as two sides of myself, one side saying I should deal with problems, the other just saying it's nothing and that I'm overreacting. I don't know


actually my favorite thanK YOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING THIS


I originally interpreted this gorgeous song as relating to someone suffering with poor mental health drowning themselves in a relationship. Although i respect that the music video fits the meaning of the song, i personally prefer the original video of dodie singing Intertwined as it's a more stripped-back version, raw, with her voice full of emotion. however as dodie says, art is beautiful in that it is interpreted in an infinite number of ways<br>:)

I originally interpreted this gorgeous song as relating to someone suffering with poor mental health drowning themselves in a relationship. Although i respect that the music video fits the meaning of the song, i personally prefer the original video of dodie singing Intertwined as it's a more stripped-back version, raw, with her voice full of emotion. however as dodie says, art is beautiful in that it is interpreted in an infinite number of ways
:)


I LOVE THE VIDEO ITS SO COOL ALSO MY VISION OF A MUSIC VIDEO FOR THIS SONG WAS MAYBE LIKE TWO PEEPS IN LOVE KINDA LIKE DANCING SLOWLY IN A WARM-LOOKING CANDLE LIT ROOM AND EACH TIME THE CORDS CHANGED TO A MINOR OR SAD SOUNDING TONE ITD START TO TURN A COOL COLOR IN THE ROOM AND LIKE TEARS WOULD BE SLOWLY BUILDING UP UNTIL THE END WHERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE IS CRYING BUT THE OTHER DUDE HUGS HIM/HER AND THE VIDEO ENDS WITH BOTH OF THEM CRYING BUT HUGGING AND HAPPY THEY HAVE EACH OTHER LMAO ANYWAY I LOVE YOU AND YOUR MUSIC AND THE VIDEO SO AHHH GREAT JOB


i always saw something a bit darker about intertwined and after watching this im not sure how i ever saw this as even a little "cuddly"


holy moly i love this so muCH YOU'VE COMPLETELY CHANGED THE WAY I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SONG GAH


dodie this is such a good video. this is the best. can u please do this w like every song bc. it's so good


I personally think I was...definitely very aware of the themes of mental illness in the song, or at least that one partner had troubles in that area and they were depending on the other person in a, "Please help me. I love you and I hope you don't get hurt by all this but you might but please help me, " kind of way. I personally always pictured this moment as more of a conversation, possibly in bed, where one of them, the one with mental health problems, is talking to the other about everything they're dealing with. I also kind of got the impression that said fictional couple had been together for a while, or at least long enough for this not to have been the first time to topic of mental health to come up. The partner with mental health problems would be expressing her terrifying thoughts while the other was holding her in an attempt to comfort and listening to what she's saying.
This scene (that I just described) obviously doesn't translate well into a music video. The one which was made of definitely more jarring and visually descriptive of what is going on in the singer's mind. Did I enjoy it, personally? Not really. Surrealism is just not really my thing. I did understand what was being communicated though.
I think the reason why I felt the song and the video didn't quite match up was not because of the meaning of the song. I felt it was more the music, more, like, the beginning music? It's like one of those things that does kind of match up but not quite completely, at least in my personal opinion. At the end, with those hummin harmonies which are a bit eerie, then yes. Still not quite 100% on the rest. But then again, I'm not a massive fan of surrealism due to a past experience, so that's quite possibly why I didn't enjoy the video as much. But, again, it did communicate very clearly what was going on in the brain of the singer. And it was very well made. Good job, Sammy.


i didn't "get" the song until i watched the video, and that's what i love so much about art and music videos and music and aaaaaaaa.


I actually read the song as being totally loving and completely and utterly in love, and very supportive, that even though the singer is saying that they are so scared and uncertain, their lover supports them and tries to get them to smile and breathe and listens to their thoughts and tries to help them even though it does sound like a bit much. It also seems to me like the singer loves the other person so much and sees how much they have become dependant on them for help and that she loves them for it but also hopes that because of the strain that they are putting on them, that they dont develop any problems of their own. So yeah, but overall I felt as if it was more love than problems and trying to overcome those problems and the love that comes out of that effort. Or maybe thats just what I want to hear because thats what I would like......


Wow wow wow OK this is so interesting but DAMN that is not how I imagined this song. I definetely saw it as a sweet little love song, a relationship where the good tries to overcome the bad, a tale of two lovers in a bed, fighting against everything else (inside and outside threats together). The music video defo threw me off and to be honest I'm going to keep my own interpretation of the song because I'm a hopeless romantic. Night x


The remarkable thing about this song is that the interpretation relies on the emotion and mindset of the person listening to it in that moment. For example, over a year ago I dealt with a toxic relationship where I was the only one putting anything into it and listening to this song afterwards would have broken my heart because it was relatable. I would have understood the darker elements of it and connected with that more. However I am currently in a healthy relationship and this song was released while we were together so I've always connected with it as a love song, one of hope of overcoming the struggles of relationships and thriving together. <br>Perhaps I will interpret it differently in another year's time. But the fact you have woven this song so intricately and poetically Dodie shows the strength and brilliance of your song writing and the depth to your art: especially that it can be interpreted in so many different ways.

The remarkable thing about this song is that the interpretation relies on the emotion and mindset of the person listening to it in that moment. For example, over a year ago I dealt with a toxic relationship where I was the only one putting anything into it and listening to this song afterwards would have broken my heart because it was relatable. I would have understood the darker elements of it and connected with that more. However I am currently in a healthy relationship and this song was released while we were together so I've always connected with it as a love song, one of hope of overcoming the struggles of relationships and thriving together.
Perhaps I will interpret it differently in another year's time. But the fact you have woven this song so intricately and poetically Dodie shows the strength and brilliance of your song writing and the depth to your art: especially that it can be interpreted in so many different ways.


I didn't listen to the lyrics much the first time I heard this song, but I heard it again during a kind of tough time a little while ago.  I was simultaneously realizing my gradual infatuation with someone who I felt helped me deal with a lot of the problems I was facing by making them seem less crippling and showing the beauty of (at least the idea of) love when I felt surrounded by a horrible, ugly world. Consequently I associate the song with him and I see it as a really happy time, but I still love the video's darker interpretation. Looking back on that time in the context of the song I see more negative ways it fits as well that I ignored before. It's interesting how art can seem to so perfectly reflect a situation, especially when you don't realize how truly perfectly it does so.


When I first heard the song I thought it was about two lovers depending on each other. In my opinion it's about one lover who has issues that they're dealing with but mask the terrible feelings with their significant other. Idk that's just what I think:/


What you said was definitely what I thought the song was about, and I think that, if I were to explain this like it's a story, the narrator (dodie in this case I guess) is in love with this other person, but her mental issues are trying to overcome her love and its effecting them both, and though they want to laugh it off and continue to be 'intertwined,' they also want to be free of the numbness that is mentioned in the song. This could even apply to not a relationship, but having feelings for someone and not being able to tell them because of depression or anxiety holding you back. I think that specific interpretation is because at the time of writing this I have a lot of strong feelings towards a good friend of mine who is the same sex as me and I don't know if she's bi/gay. Anyway, texting her about a tv show I'm watching that's her favorite makes me nervous because of social anxiety, and I almost panicked in school today a few times because I felt slightly rejected just because she talked to our other friends when I tried to say something, but it was just my anxiety telling me something was wrong when nothing was.<br>Also: you asked what we would do for our own music video for this song. I really like the way the barbies are a metaphor for perfection (as barbies almost always are). So I think that it would still have the barbies, but there would be a person controlling them, the way a little kid playing does. The person would be trying to make the barbies lives perfect, but something would always stop them.

What you said was definitely what I thought the song was about, and I think that, if I were to explain this like it's a story, the narrator (dodie in this case I guess) is in love with this other person, but her mental issues are trying to overcome her love and its effecting them both, and though they want to laugh it off and continue to be 'intertwined,' they also want to be free of the numbness that is mentioned in the song. This could even apply to not a relationship, but having feelings for someone and not being able to tell them because of depression or anxiety holding you back. I think that specific interpretation is because at the time of writing this I have a lot of strong feelings towards a good friend of mine who is the same sex as me and I don't know if she's bi/gay. Anyway, texting her about a tv show I'm watching that's her favorite makes me nervous because of social anxiety, and I almost panicked in school today a few times because I felt slightly rejected just because she talked to our other friends when I tried to say something, but it was just my anxiety telling me something was wrong when nothing was.
Also: you asked what we would do for our own music video for this song. I really like the way the barbies are a metaphor for perfection (as barbies almost always are). So I think that it would still have the barbies, but there would be a person controlling them, the way a little kid playing does. The person would be trying to make the barbies lives perfect, but something would always stop them.


i thought of the song the same way u did. more of a love song gone wrong, unwanted, couldn't escape the so called "love" that was spoken of. The mental health of the person wasnt safe and very dark like my mind any way that was my thought love u


yes!!!! this is my fav song of yours ever yessss!!!!


i sort of vaguely interpreted the song this way, but now analyzing the lyrics im finding So much meaning like i think the fact that it's a waltz is so #deep because the song is ultimately dancing around an unspoken toxicity - every time it feels like it's touching on the actual problem it's swept back into something pleasant and hazy again. Ultimately, the way i relate to this song (which you didnt mention specifically but might have been intentional because i know you suffer from depersonalization?) is as a dissociative state, because as someone who dissociates and tries to be productive through that im very familiar with this feeling of feeling something is deeply wrong, but not being able to focus enough on anything to fix it. Even as im panicing my conscious mind can't connect to the emotions and feels almost peaceful. This matches up with the surreal-ness of the music video. brilliant song dodieee!


my interpretation of the song along with the music video was:
So basically there is a couple (no duh but whatever.) but neither of the two actually love each other. The only reason why they are together is for the sake of a replacement because for both of the people the two in the couple actually love do not love them back, bringing them into an extremely unhealthy relationship. the lyrics "can you drink all my thoughts, because I cant stand them" referring that they don't want to love the person they are loving or that they'd like to forget the person they are actually with isn't the person they would like to be with. as for the "oh"s I had put these to symbolize them in distress knowing that neither of them wanted to stay in the relationship, nor the they want to leave, resulting in confusion. the only reason they continued the promise because, even if they didn't love each other if they were the one to break it off, theywould feel typically bad for their so called "significant other' along with the constant fear of always being alone because when anyone is in a relationship they think that they are more safe,  even when the relationship is clearly toxic.

that was a long commet. whoop.


I doubt you'll answer this... but Dodie, if I make an animation to this and email it to you with my interpretation of the song will you read it?


for me personally, I imagine it completely different to your original meaning. I feel like it is how mental illness is a burden to the narrator and how she feels a burden herself to her partner, with the imagery at the start video of a 'white picket fence' shows that her partner was her only feeling of safety from the things going on in her own mind, that she cannot escape from.

but that's just me, I love your meaning though, Dodie! x


I don't think it's possible for me to have any bigger of a crush on you 💛💛💛


My interpretation was somewhat similar but kind of not... I thought of it like people in a relationship who have a lot a crap they need to deal within that relationship and they don't want to.  They just think that if they fake it an pretend to be a happy couple then the problems will fix themselves. That's just what I thought though :3


this didn't really fit my version of how i took the song (lol not mad), but i really enjoyed hearing how she visions it :)


honestly when i first heard this i thought it was about someone talking about how their Person (signif, friend, etc) helped their mental state and takes their mind off of things for a while BOY WAS I WRONG


It's been 8 months since I've done English at GCSE haha!
(and this is me procrastinating from physics revision aargh!)
so thank you for this english lessons
(english lessons were fun weren't they!)


As an aspiring english teacher my heart is happy love


I recommend looking at the lyrics on genius.com there are some quite spot on and interesting theories


For me personally, I saw the song as a couple trying to make through and make their relationship better, they have all the passion they could have, (as shown through the first few words, "skin" and "heat" are usually associated with sexual endeavors, although the only sexual endeavor is between the couple, which is what made me think of the passion bit,) but still think that they (possibly) are not good enough for the other person. (I'm going to add names to make my explanation easier) lets say Alex (one of the people in the relationship) has hopes and dreams for themselves and the relationship. The other person, Kasey also believes in those hopes and dreams,they just are not as outward about it, both people in the relationship think that their relation ship is "good" or "fine"(see what i did there? with the lyric of the next verse?) when in reality its a great relationship, its just that the people in the relationship think that they themselves could do better, now I'm not saying that Kasey thinks Alex can do better, and Alex thinks that Kasey can do better, I'm saying that Kasey thinks Kasey can do better, and Alex thinks that Alex can do better. Now with the lyric "you create a rarity of my genuine smile" what I think is that Alex rarely has a smile not because Kasey isn't a good s/o, but because Alex just doesn't smile much, and that Kasey is one of the few people who can make Alex smile, and because its rare to other people, it is precious and shown as a good thing of how Kasey can make Alex smile so easily. Kasey and Alex are also support systems (in the good way, not the unhealthy way) to each other, whenever they have a problem they can always come to each other, so that's where I thought that "Breathe, Breathe with me" came in, they were teaching the other to calm down because they knew how to calm the other person down, and in my opinion I saw "Can you drink all my thoughts, cause I cant stand them" as a way of "can I please just talk to and rant to you about what happened to me because you are the only person I can talk to you about this right now." (again, not in a bad way). and now we are at "intertwined" I saw intertwined as being in that passionate sexual scene again, a scene of love and hope and wishful thinking in the way that some people see relationships, I saw "intertwined" as two of them working together in the relationship and giving all they could to each other as a sign of love, and "free" in the literal sense of the word, free, they feel free in their relationship and not tied down and locked in a cage like how some abusive relationships can feel like (I know, because I was in an abusive relationship, I'm not saying that that's how everyone feels in an abusive relationship though) they felt free to be themselves with each other, even when stripped down to their own body (going back to that skin bit in the first song) and the line "I've pinned each and every hope on you" going back to Alex, the hopeful dreamer telling Kasey all of their hopes and dreams for the relationship, "I hope that you don't bleed" to me basically meaning "I hope that you don't leave me because of my hopes and dreams" and "oh I am afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" is sort of Alex literally saying "I'm afraid of all the problems I have in my brain, but despite that, you still make me feel better and you make me laugh away the fear and let me know that it'll all be alright." and to me the humming sort of reminded me of the intertwined bit, and I already explained that part, and the very end sort of made me think of "Alex" and "Kasey " realizing that no relationship is perfect, but also realizing that their relationship is still great nonetheless, but I don't know, that was my personal analysis, if I didn't explain anything clearly, or you got confused, just ask me and I'm sure I can explain it to you! But please do be civil!


Dodie your hair is magical. (also I fully subscribe to your analysis but DUDE YOUR HAIR)


ngl you're better than 90% of the people on my english lit degree


I TOTALLY thought this song was about a healthy relationship and how the writer was suffering from mental health issues and how their partner helped get through their mental health issues but the real meaning is so dark and mysterious and I'm astonished how off I was on my theory about this song!

Heavy Dirty Soil no theory is a wrong theory! Your interpretation is just as accurate as anyone else's :)


can I have more teacher dodie pls? idc what its about. just. more.


honestly when you said "analyse the lyrics" I had to breathe for a sec because I went through at least 36 ugly poems for english today


I was definitely one of those people that said the video didn't match the ideas that I got from the song, but I most definitely didn't find it as some wishy washy love song. I very much appreciate these notes. I love that I get to learn about how the song was meant to be interpretation. I love the contrast between having a nice calm ukulele song and having sort of a violent destructive meaning. I actually had a group of friends the other night and I wanted to know their thoughts on it. They had never seen or heard of dodie before but I first showed them the original recording of the song with just dodie sitting against the wall, and then after, showed them the music video. I got so many mixed reactions and it was so great.


okay but if something goes wrong and you don't continue a career in music and youtube, you would make a brilliant teacher!


Well, I found the video seriously disturbing to watch. But, I thought it was actually the point of it. I mean, I understand that those mental states you talk about are disturbing to expirience, so i think the song and the video match amazingly.


I think the song plays to the truth that is mental health;  someone can go about life through the world's typically "romanticized" lens, but the truth is that just below the surface lies uncertainty and anxiety. Loved your analysis of the song as well :)


ok but i love you? And this was so good? I really love listening to you talk.<br>the song for me is just a desperate plea for someone to touch you. hold you. to not be alone for a while and just be as two people intertwined

ok but i love you? And this was so good? I really love listening to you talk.
the song for me is just a desperate plea for someone to touch you. hold you. to not be alone for a while and just be as two people intertwined


The first time I heard the song, I knew there was something a bit off about the lyric "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles". It didn't sound very romantic to me.


I want Dodie to become my English teacher


damn dodie you actually sound like my english teacher


Dodie. Intertwined caught me by surprise, not because it was from you, but because of how much it was similar to reality. To me, it's about our insecurities to allow others to love us for what we are.
We are brought up with stereotypes not only for body image.. in relation to what success means, and what's right and wrong, and how should you accept to be treated... and all these rights and wrongs, and fantasies create (whether we want it or not) a fear of not being loved, and the masks starts to come.....

The beginning of the song, to me, it describes exactly that moment of allowing vulnerability, and when you cross that line - if you aren't healthy, or with someone whiling to walk the hard walk, and understand you - then it will all burn


I definitely understand the concept behind the lyrics and song, however I think Sammy's take, with the dolls, kind of takes away from the overall quality. When watching the video, I found myself fighting over whether to focus on the lyircs, or the scene. I think your idea of two people in a twisted dance, going back and forth between sweet love and agony, would have been a better, and clearer portrayal of the song. But that's just my opinion.


Sounds like you've annotated some poems in your day! Past GCSE/A-Level English student perhaps??


now i feel the sudden urge to show this video to my english class


my interpretation was someone who was in love, attached to someone, but they weren't together. One of the pair is screaming out for help, trying to get the other's attention, but they can't find the courage to come up to them and get help. However, they eventually quietly approach the other for help. They still feel attached to the person, they're close to them, but they're not close enough. It's a song of love, attachment, dissatisfaction, and crying out that seems obvious in a person's mind but isn't obvious in reality.

However, with your video, I liked the original, but a dance video would have been nice. If I were to make it, I'd make two settings, one with a house and one on a dance floor. A couple is dancing romantically, a ballet type dance mixed with a ballroom style. The same couple is lying in bed cuddling, one sleeping and one staring at the wall. The one who's staring gets up and goes into a kitchen, makes a cup of tea with the kettle whistling. The couple continues to...


ok my interpretation is a little far out but hear me out [this could be a lil long sorry im an english lit kid too lol]

a summary if you don't really want to read my nerdy analysis is i view the speaker as someone who has created a world with a character in their mind as a form of escapism from either a mental disorder or a physical problem, and they slowly leave reality and become permanently "intertwined" with the character in their made up world.

 i heard the narrator as someone with a mental disorder, and the opening lines of "skin heat hair in your mouth" etc are the intimate moment with a character they've created in their heads, and "safe from the world" suggests they take refuge in their made up world. "the world will try-" are therapy, friends, family trying to pull them out of their own minds and the dash shows them 'snapping out of it' if you will, with "oh i'm afraid of the things in my brain" showing their momentary return to sanity and terror at accepting that they are losing themselves to the world in their head. "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" shows them slipping back into their safe haven, and the laughing is a very psychotic image showing what the outside world is seeing. "numb" to me perhaps shows the medication the narrator is placed on taking effect. "fine" suggests to me friends and family's concerns being brushed off in favour of remaining in their comfortable space in their minds. "rarity" shows that the speaker is rarely happy again hinting there is a rough situation in their life that they would be escaping from by creating this lover in their mind. "smiles" again show a very psychotic image reminding us of the slipping sanity of the narrator. "breathe" as dodie said is the idea of hyperventilating and panic however i see it as the direct speech of someone in the real world attempting to bring the narrator back to reality. the question shows that the speaker is directly interacting with the character they've created, which is a demonstration of them reaching the point of insanity. the high point on "can't" emulates a scream and helps us to see the desperation and helplessness of the narrator. "intertwined" shows them finally leaving reality and becoming tangled in their fictional world. "free" is the idea of them escaping whatever was going on in their mind or life to drive them to the point of insanity. "pinned each and every hope" i interpret as the movement of everything they had dreamed of achieving in their real life into their fictional world, "pinned"and "bleed"suggesting a painful and unnatural move as of course the fall into insanity is sure to be anything but graceful. the last verse being repetition of previous statements by the speaker to me highlight their lack of sanity. "i'm afraid of the things in my brain" to me seems like they could be mocking themselves and what they were like before they permanently left reality and "laugh away the fear" leaves us with the poignant striking image of an insane person reassuring themselves and laughing manically.

sorry this was a little long winded, hope you found it interesting to see another persons take on it (love the song btw) xx


I interpreted it as as a psychopathic person who had kidnapped their lover and the lyrics 'pinned' and 'but we can stay here' as more menacing and as if she is talking to the victim in a darker way. But also I still interpreted it as mental health with the things in my brain and those things being her psychopathic issues (not saying Dodie is a psycho bc imma psycho fan of her bc she is queen!!! 😍💛) So I thought the meaning of the song had a wayyyyyy darker meaning and was a lot more eerie and had a story to it. Here r some more examples of lyrics that relate to what I interpreted 😂 'pinned every single hope on u' - wants the person so much and is mad bc of them, 'I hope that u don't bleed with me'  - the bleeding being maybe from torture  and mocking that they r already bleeding (why am I so dark omg 😂😂) 'free' - obviously not free 😂 'rarity of my genuine smile' - mad, the lover makes her mad and the smile is a mad smile so yeh that's my interpretation of this killer epic song by the queen of lifeeeee! Hope u liked my darkness 😂😀💛


isnt it 'love away the fear'?? i always thought it said laugh but the lyrics say love.

You-Know-Who yes that's what I thought but in the itunes lyrics it says love so I was confused


my emotions have sort of been gone for the past month so mental health stuff is both not at all and very relatable right now. Like me not feeling things isn't normal but like its almost a comfortable thing bc ew emotions?


I just thought it was a dreamy single girls song of their love life lol little did I know..


i always thought of a lgbt+ romance that is strong but hated by society.


FRICK YEAH thumbs up if you want dodie to teach all your classes


This song speaks to me like no other has. I have this fear of people bleeding with me because of my mental illness. I'm afraid of ruining the person I will be with because of the scary things in my brain. I want someone who could help me "laugh away the fear" but I don't even know if that person exists in the world. Dodie, this is one of those songs that I wish I wrote bc this is me, in a song. Thank you dodie, you're awesome 💛


I feel like the dance with twisted themes fits the song better but the actual video tells the story better. When I listen to the song I see a dance (what else is new) between two people trying their best to look graceful while pretending they're not stumbling.


honestly, I thought it was a lovey dovey song


Where are your glasses from? And what is the model of them called?


i actually interpeerted it very much the same


This is the best English lesson I've ever had


I thought it was about sharing yourself with someone else to an extent that you are becoming more like the other person so there losing them self like the words  intertwined as in together free as in alown but dinal


can you do another  8ish hair styles video


where are ur glasses from dodie?? ily btw pls marry me


I just realized this was uploaded on Brendon Urie's birthday


I’m writing an essay on this song currently


i always thought you said it like vev-o not vee-vo shame


Plz do a marry on me and we can get a full spread of doggos and cattoz and do a big ol cuddle with them


Honey please slow down we love and want to hear everything you say but I can't digest as you're so fast!


Can you write my argument paper for english class please


The music video is so amazingly disturbing.


My English teacher is called Miss Trueman xD


eh, it's a B

jk, plz do my English GCSEs next year, this could even be A* (or 8/9 depending on the new system) plzzzzz


......"wowwwwwwwwww , i couldn't have said it better,Myselffffff"  .......................<br>hahahah

......"wowwwwwwwwww , i couldn't have said it better,Myselffffff"  .......................
hahahah


I'm in love with this
this is exactly how I interpreted the song
and seeing you take it apart piece by piece to show how much thought you put into it is so wonderful!!!


I really enjoyed hearing your interpretation of the song, while I have listened to it so many times I have never noticed the contrasting lyrics. I personally listen more for chords as opposed to lyrics, but in looking into the words I see how differently I viewed this song. I did see it as co-dependence but I didn't realize how it was possibly toxic. I never thought about the highest note being a scream either. The amount of thought and effort put into the meaning of the song and video is incredible. When I saw the video I gasped when I saw the barbies brain, then realized the video would not be what I expected. It was jarring. Bravo 👏🏻 love you dodie! 😍😊


Intertwined has always been my favorite Dodie song, but this video of you explaining it piece by piece just makes me fall in love with it even more. Dodie is impeccably and utterly one of the most wonderful humans that has taken a breath on this earth. every song is like you're speaking out all the messed accumulations in my brain and putting them into words and songs. It's almost like you're inside my head as well. you take these thoughts that are mush to me and make them into something rare and definite, and beautiful. never stop creating :)


First, I'm in love with this video. I see a bit of both sides depending on my mood: When my anxiety is high I see the song as a conversation between my anxiety and I as my anxiety is "intertwined" with me. When I am feeling better or happier I enjoy picturing this song between two lovers because of the melody, etc.


I love this video! It is amazing to see how you put so much work into this amazing song and how you wrote it.
When I did watch the music video I was a bit taken back at first. But, after I watched it again and listened to the lyrics more I could see it. I understood that this wasn't a light love song: that it was much more.
When i first listened to the song, and up until the video came out, I saw the song as a love story. The voice/singer was in a relationship with someone they love dearly, but was going through problems mentally. They did not want to put this onto their love though, and while the affection and love from the lover made the voice feel better, they could not continue to hold it in any longer; and, told their lover everything (how they were not okay mentally). Then, the ending I imagined was the voice and lover sitting on the floor in a dark and empty house as the lover rubs the voice's back affectionately; and, the voice is curled up into them. The voice is crying and the lover is looking a bit sad as well, due to the fact that they had no idea that the voice was keeping all of this in. But, they will work through it together and they both know there is hope.
This is such a much more powerfully song then I could have ever thought for it to be. Great work Dodie <3


Holy moly, amazing to see the thought process behind such an amazing song 💜


I LOVED seeing your meaning behind the song!! I've always thought of it as a sweet, love song but then immediately looked further into it after the music video and began seeing implied darker themes in the song. I love love love it!


I loved the breakdown of the song 💞 it was really interesting and "stimulated" my brain as my English teacher says . I loved at least trying to see the song from your point of view 💫💕You should do MORE of these analysis'  💥


This was really interesting!! I knew this song wasn't exactly a sweet love song just from the lyrics. They always seemed dark. My interpretation has been that the writer is feeling a lot of inner pain and conflict. It seemed on the surface they are happy and the relationship had the potential to be happy (thus the intimate moments still occurred). But at the same time the writer isn't happy with their self and so they almost expect their partner to be able to make up for this, to make the writer happy. But the other person in the relationship, whilst providing constant reassurance, wasn't and could never be enough because the writers brain was like a broken record that kept repeating the same thing over and over -- in this case, the poisonous thoughts.


The version I had in my head was where the singer had gone through a traumatic experience be that a crash or something else and started to isolate themselves but either a partner or someone else came and spent a few days with them in like a fort/little safe haven they made, safe from the world <br>So where they're protected from the trauma and anxiety that's faced by the singer

The version I had in my head was where the singer had gone through a traumatic experience be that a crash or something else and started to isolate themselves but either a partner or someone else came and spent a few days with them in like a fort/little safe haven they made, safe from the world
So where they're protected from the trauma and anxiety that's faced by the singer


I never really looked deep enough into the song to find the unsettling bits in it, but it's quite interesting. Funnily enough, we're doing a poetry unit in school right now and we're analyzing some songs. My teacher said we might be able to suggest songs for the class to analyze, so I might suggest this one to see how my class interprets it!


I love the song and I think the music video really portrays what you were going for, but before I really understood the meaning, I would listen to the song to relieve anxiety and calm myself down, but now all I see is brain-exposed dolls and fire😂 Despite this fact, I greatly appreciate the creative courage you had in making this, as many would worry about being ridiculed for creepy style!


I'm in awe of you, I love the song, I love the video and I love how you explained everything about it! I always thought there was quite a dark tone to the song although it sounds sweet in parts, I also find it so interesting because I do mental health nursing ☺


I love how I guess the whole meaning correctly<3 thank you so much for explaining this:))


My interpretation was spot on with yours however I missed the word play in certain areas and I loved hearing how you wrote the song in a way that every word reflected the theme. So impressed by you and by Sammy <3


I think that the song goes perfectly with the video. My theory was that the song is about a relationship that is going well but she is scared that it might end because of the way she is feeling inside of her head. I like how you matched the scenes with the chords and the lyrics as well. Overall I ENJOYED it a ton and if I were you English teacher I would be so proud.


"Can you drink all my thoughts?" I always saw as someone giving into their partners drinking problem and using the partners issues to take their own pain away, but I like your play on words too and every time I listen I will think now about both meanings. I would also like to point out that I love that you put "my meaning" it goes along with my truth of everyone can take a song differently bc of experiences and emotional states. You are a beautiful writer and I hope to be as lovely of an artist as you one day.


Thank you Dodie for explaining all of this. When I first saw the video and it turned to a darker undertone it surprised me. It didn't put me off, I still love the song, it just wasn't what I imagined. I had a lot of feelings and images in my head from my own experiences. I guess I saw two lovers bracing themselves against the world, creating a safe place for themselves wrapped up in their own world, intertwined. No matter what it's a wonderful song and I think Sammy and the others did a wonderful job on the video. :)


Definitely matched up, well done Dodie! Great Analysis😎
Love this song, in social media talk #relatable 😂


I absolutely love the music video so much keep up the amazing work Dodie!!!


You'd make such a great teacher dodie this was so fascinating and fun to listen to :)


this matched up pretty closely to my interpretation. also, watching dodie analyse her song stirred my passion to be a teacher just a little bit more. xx


I LOVED IT!!! I LOVE THE SONG I LOVE THE VIDEO THEY FIT TOGETHER PERFECTLY!!!!!!


the song has always meant a lot to me and is, along with 'when', one of my favourite songs you've ever written. the lyrics always resinated with me because they reminded me of my relationship with my ex girlfriend, a relationship that was extremely damaging for the both of us and that ended in disaster. your talent and passion for music will always amaze and inspire me, i don't think i've ever loved an artist as much as i love you and your music. you are honestly a blessing and deserve all the love in the world


It's so fascinating hearing your take on the meaning behind this song as the artist. Especially when I can easily see the point of view of both groups of people, the content consumer and the content creator, as both a listener and writer of music. This is why I love art so much because you can have so many different interpretations of it, and there's no right or wrong way to do it.


Now that I understand the song more, I understand the video, and I love how you explained and analyzed it as if you were a teacher XD


I really really love the theme for the song, however when I first heard it, I interpreted it as how messed up both parties in the relationship were, and how they both poured their hearts out to one another and helped each other through their mental illnesses and/or general poor mental state, thus creating a kind of co-dependant relationship, but one that is healthy as they are both equally dependent on each other and are willing to work to the best of their abilities to help the other out.


Dodie- I think it’s wonderful that, as an artist, you’re encouraging and even initiating this type of discussion and analysis about your own work; I know it can be difficult to see interpretations that are “wrong” from your original ideas, so it’s really cool that you’re interested in these ideas.
Here are my thoughts, and I apologize to anyone reading for writing so much. I tried to make it concise but…anyway.
The first thing I noticed was not only the intimacy of the situation, but the mild discomfort or awkwardness; skin, “what do I do with my feet?” the image of hair in one’s mouth, describes a certain discomfort in a normally safe situation.
I noticed that there is not much information about the other person, rather, the protagonist discussing their unhealthy behaviors, namely those that fall under the umbrella of putting too many expectations into a relationship and pinning all their happiness in this person and relationship; (I have a good friend who is in a situation that made me think of this: she is in a happy relationship and adores her boyfriend, but relies on him completely for her happiness and is utterly lost without him)
I think there’s a lot of really jarring juxtaposition; between the warm safety of their relationship and the cold uncertain fears that lie beyond it, advancing and advancing, the main character knowing they cannot outrun them, but denying that just the same, treasuring the last moments of safety in the house (which the fire in the video really cements. There is something hypnotizing peaceful about fire, like an overstatement of warmth, too much warmth, something that cannot be avoided, something that is consuming, that is a very definite closing of something and/or beginning of something else; the warmth of the burning fire, the cold and silence and dark after it dies. Something that can both sustain and end life). The visual symbolism, as with any music video for a song with such deep meaning, does a good job of cementing the different meanings and sensory images that we see in the musicality and lyrics of the song.
As you said, I also interpreted laughing away the fear as a form of denial, a form that fights fear and worry, at least for a while.
And aside from the internal component, I think the song overall addresses this idea of trying to hide from something that knows exactly where you are, (ei; impending emotions and difficulties with mental health) and so you sort of realize you have no choice but to sit and wait for it to find and kill you. I got a feel for the tension, the juxtaposition between the happiness and comfort you can get from your waiting time and the dread and fear of an end you know is inevitably coming.
Just my thoughts.


wow it's amazing how a piece of art can mean so many things. i always thought this was a love song about how being together seemed to pause/help those mental health issues. especially the line "intertwined; free" i figured they were two related, not opposing terms. like being intertwined with your love was freeing because the dark cloud of mental illness would let up a little


i love you, you're a fucking genius, and i'll never listen to the song the same again. thank you for giving us this amazing insight and thought into your lyrics.


Thanks for the analysis Dodie! It was interesting seeing the meaning of a song from a different perspective. Like I stated in the music video, to me the song meant calm love, any type of love really; platonic or romantic. Hearing "intertwined, free" made me think of being so comfortable and so in love with a person that even being tied up with them makes you feel free. When I hear this song, I see two people lying down on the grass in the summer looking up at the clouds and smelling the scent of flowers. To me it sounded like calm wind and laughing with your soulmate. Even at the start of the song, when it said "skin, heat" all I could think about the was simplicity of skin and how it can be beautiful and meaningful to someone or how it could just be a part of you that is taken for granted. I don't know, the song just seemed peaceful to me and reminded me of being a kid and realizing what it was like to have to grow up.


THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! When I saw the music video, I was mildly terrified, because I never really analyzed the lyrics much. I just thought of it as a nice love song, and I was VERY confused about the video. Thank you very much for introducing to me a different perspective on the song, and it makes a lot of sense now. I now view the music video much differently, and I appreciate the meaning of the song a lot more. Thank you for being your lovely self <3


This is why I love you, you're amazing ❤


This video is why i would marry you in seconds. God I love your work, how open you are to even taking apart your own songs, you are amazing. Never stop being you <3


Personally, I absolutely LOVE the dark undertones of this song and after watching sammys video I can't hear it any other way. But, the first couple of hundred times I listened (prior to the video) I fell in love with this song for a whole other reason. The lyrics reminded me so much of my relationship and absolutely fit with my feelings towards my girlfriend and how I feel when I'm laying alone with her. The sense of her calming me down and breathing with me as I tell her my fears in that safe place where although there is so much fear and danger surrounding us and of course, in my head, we are safe and we protect each other. But there's always the voice telling me not to trust her because I'll hurt her (that she will bleed with me). It's like a small bit of fear that's managed to creep into our space which we thought to be secure. So I suppose I had a bit of darkness in my interpretation too but in a slightly different way. <br>Anyway I absolutely adore this song and you as an artist and I love that youve opened up this discussion xx

Personally, I absolutely LOVE the dark undertones of this song and after watching sammys video I can't hear it any other way. But, the first couple of hundred times I listened (prior to the video) I fell in love with this song for a whole other reason. The lyrics reminded me so much of my relationship and absolutely fit with my feelings towards my girlfriend and how I feel when I'm laying alone with her. The sense of her calming me down and breathing with me as I tell her my fears in that safe place where although there is so much fear and danger surrounding us and of course, in my head, we are safe and we protect each other. But there's always the voice telling me not to trust her because I'll hurt her (that she will bleed with me). It's like a small bit of fear that's managed to creep into our space which we thought to be secure. So I suppose I had a bit of darkness in my interpretation too but in a slightly different way.
Anyway I absolutely adore this song and you as an artist and I love that youve opened up this discussion xx


it's really interesting to hear a new perspective on the song! i always thought of it as someone being helped through a mental breakdown or panic attack while the song is building up, then the very end being them feeling reassured by their friend/girlfriend/boyfriend that they would be safe from "the things in their brain" when they are with that person. it could just be me venting out through my own experiences though as i have gone through what i have just described. It's still really cool to see such a difference in perception of the song! love your EP! <3


How I personally interpreted this song. (Loved this video btw. I love how music means something slightly different to everyone based on our own thoughts and experiences aaaaaahhh it’s so much fun!)

“Skin/heat/hair in your mouth/feet touching feet” I felt like this was a very down-to-earth way of expressing what it’s like to make love. Very physical, not candy coating. It’s bodies together; intimate. Every sense heightened. Noticing every little detail.

 “Oh you/and I/safe from the world” again, just emphasizing the intimacy of the moment. Just two people in a moment, the world this incomprehensible thing that for now does not exist.

“Though the world will try” The world could mean so many things. The world could mean people, your family, friends who for whatever reason don’t approve of who you want to be with. It could mean an outside force you can’t control, like time or the timetables of our lives that tend to tear people apart. It could even mean God or death. In this song, I think the “the world” is just anything outside of the two of you that would come between your being together.

“Oh I’m afraid/of the things in my brain” For me, I think of my fear of commitment and emotional intimacy when I listen to this. It’s this thing that I can’t really rationalize that keeps me from being in a relationship. And I’m scared of it because I want marriage and children, but these things keep me from being with someone. And I hate it.

“but we can stay here/and love away the fear” I imagine that this is me, and that I’ve somehow been able to get close enough to someone to be in that moment. And although the fear is still there, right then I’m happy. And I’m hoping that if I force myself to
stay, I might change. I might be able to overcome this thing I’ve struggled with for so long. Love is stronger than anything, right? Right?

“Numb, fine” OH GOSH this line. This is me. This is what happens every time I get close to someone. For whatever reason, there’s this switch in my brain that flips. And I instantly don’t like someone anymore. And it’s the most horrible thing ever. I literally do a 180 in an instant. I go from walking into a room with them, being happy, to INSTANTLY being repulsed by their very presence. It’s horrific and I don’t know how to fix it. Fix me. Why can’t I love? I’m numb but I’m fine.

“You create a rarity/of my genuine smile/so breathe/breathe with me” this makes me think of being in sync with someone. When you click and they just know how to make you laugh. They know you so well that you can just look at each other in a crowded room and have an entire conversation. And breathing together, I think of that bliss when you’re lying on their chest, hearing their heartbeat, and it’s…serenity. Just the pure, unadulterated happiness of being with someone. Serenity.

“Can you drink all my thoughts/cuz I can’t stand them” When you know someone so well that you can spill all of your late night musings, your heart, your soul, your hopes, your regrets. I can’t stand them. Please take them from me. And I like the imagery
of drinking it, because you’re consuming it. It’s going away but it still exists somewhere. And that thing about relationships, where when you break up, it’s almost like you lose a chunk of yourself. Like everything you ever shared with them suddenly loses all meaning because they don’t care anymore.

“Intertwined/free/I pinned each and every hope on you” How when you’re with someone in that intimate moment, you hope that they’re the one. That this will become what you’ve always wanted. That they’ll stay. That this beautiful thing in this moment will
continue to be forever.

“I hope that you don’t bleed with me” I consider this into a phrase of everyone bleeding in their own way. Like the statement, “don’t judge me because I sin differently than you”. I don’t want my partner to have my problems. I don’t want them to see what I see and
feel what I feel when it comes to those things that scare me about myself. I want them to bleed on their own. I don’t want them to ever think “I can’t live without you”, it should be, “I COULD live without you, but I would never want to.” I don’t want them to depend on someone as damaged as I am.

“But we can stay here/and love away the fear” just going back to that moment. The intimacy. The beauty of a moment that can’t truly be captured in any way other than memory. And the hums and the fading, and the little “mhm” is just the moment fading, and
ending. It happened and it was beautiful, but now it’s over.
I love your music. Thank you.


Ugh dodie I thought of it how you just explained it which is awesome. It's so poignant and truthful and the film clip was perfect I loved it it's all brilliant agh.


Since I first heard the song I imagined "oh, so sweet!, so lovely, so cute, pure love, no restrictions, they are giving it all to each other". But a lot of things felt wrong, then I realized the only things those two lovers were sharing, or just the narrator with their lover were negative thoughts, desperation, fear. Sure it was love, but maybe just for the narrator, and that narrator was just trying to "love", to be "free" or just to heal and feel safe. They are hurt, they want to think they are in love, but they are desperate and just want to be safe, maybe they don't realize that they're slowly dragging their partner to a dark place, they just want to love. And maybe their partner is madly, deeply in love, or just wants to feel needed, or heroic. Maybe that's love, just a selfish thing. Or maybe that's the relationship that's portrayed in this song.<br>A true masterpiece by an amazing artist. dodie, you are so amazingly talented. I adore your content so much.

Since I first heard the song I imagined "oh, so sweet!, so lovely, so cute, pure love, no restrictions, they are giving it all to each other". But a lot of things felt wrong, then I realized the only things those two lovers were sharing, or just the narrator with their lover were negative thoughts, desperation, fear. Sure it was love, but maybe just for the narrator, and that narrator was just trying to "love", to be "free" or just to heal and feel safe. They are hurt, they want to think they are in love, but they are desperate and just want to be safe, maybe they don't realize that they're slowly dragging their partner to a dark place, they just want to love. And maybe their partner is madly, deeply in love, or just wants to feel needed, or heroic. Maybe that's love, just a selfish thing. Or maybe that's the relationship that's portrayed in this song.
A true masterpiece by an amazing artist. dodie, you are so amazingly talented. I adore your content so much.


I definitely had the idea of "broken but together" in my head when I first heard the song. Kinda depending on the depression of someone else to keep you close.


the song is unsettling and beautiful. i admire how much you really put into it


woah this totally changed my entire view of the song. great job dodie!!


this is the first time an english lesson has ever left me wanting more? and the first time a video has changed the way i interpreted a song so drastically


when i first heard the song, i thought it was nice and happy, but when i saw that video i realised it was a bit darker! i love it either way!


Honestly, your explanation was so much similar to my thoughts and how I saw the song. This is one of my favourite songs and I felt certain emotions aligned with the lyrics that you simply described in your explanation. [Which I'm super proud of myself for sort of understanding where you're coming from in the process of making this song] <br>As for the video, it certainly was a bit more gory and different. Which falls into your description and vision of how you wanted the song but, I personally would have taken a similar yet different approach for the video. Of course that is just my own personal prefrence but, overall it was super cool and I'm super excited for you. This is great and I can't wait for more future videos!

Honestly, your explanation was so much similar to my thoughts and how I saw the song. This is one of my favourite songs and I felt certain emotions aligned with the lyrics that you simply described in your explanation. [Which I'm super proud of myself for sort of understanding where you're coming from in the process of making this song]
As for the video, it certainly was a bit more gory and different. Which falls into your description and vision of how you wanted the song but, I personally would have taken a similar yet different approach for the video. Of course that is just my own personal prefrence but, overall it was super cool and I'm super excited for you. This is great and I can't wait for more future videos!


your explanation behind the song really fits my experience of being in a toxic friendship while both of us were struggling with our mental health, I'm looking at the song in a whole new way now. wow, well done!!


loved the analysis! I like the dancing idea, maybe if the video started with two dancers moving elegantly and then over the course of the song, the girl's dance becomes more aggressive and begins to harm her partner? at the climax note she could push him to the ground? I could see a lot of beautiful dance moves associated with the lyrics though, "intertwined, free"


It gave me a reassuring and safe feeling, that feeling When youre cuddling with someone all worries go away and you keep eachother safe. This song sits next to You've got a friend in me from Toy Story, it stands for my friends and family who will help me and keep me safe❤


When I first heard the song, I thought it was meant to be a plea for acceptance and safety. I thought that it was asking the significant other to accept them despite their issues, and a plea for the person to be careful with their heart because it had been broken before. I think it's so amazing how my interpretation and what it's meant to be are complete polar opposites. It just shows the power of music :)


I honestly love this song and would never want you to change it! The way I interpreted it was similar to yours, though the partner of the person was strong enough to deal with their lover's fears and doubts. So I guess my mind always tries to lean towards happy endings :/ They're definitely intertwined. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS SONG! <3 <3 <3


I love your intertwined  very much everything about it is amazing


I can't tell you how many times I've watched the video just to relive how it makes me feel


I always found it to be a more romantic song, although I absolutely adore the actual meaning you've explained. The video itself was very off-putting and uncomfortable to me, but it was cinematically very well done. (I personally find myself unsettled by the combination of childlike items and gore, which I place in my top three list of "Horror Nopes," or the tropes that make me the most uncomfortable)<br>I think it's wonderful to acknowledge that dependecy on a significant other can be toxic, and I'm incredibly impressed by the amount of thought that's gone into the song! Even though I'll likely not be able to listen to it as a gentle, casual song anymore.

I always found it to be a more romantic song, although I absolutely adore the actual meaning you've explained. The video itself was very off-putting and uncomfortable to me, but it was cinematically very well done. (I personally find myself unsettled by the combination of childlike items and gore, which I place in my top three list of "Horror Nopes," or the tropes that make me the most uncomfortable)
I think it's wonderful to acknowledge that dependecy on a significant other can be toxic, and I'm incredibly impressed by the amount of thought that's gone into the song! Even though I'll likely not be able to listen to it as a gentle, casual song anymore.


I actually saw this song as a self discussion during a panic attack. You know, trying to calm themselves down with a million disjointed thoughts running through the person´s head. Like the verses begin with thinking about themselves, and then they transition to reaching out to a potential partner (or even themselves when they are mentally healthy). Idk, just a thought.


Okay, the light tone and delicate melody totally had me fooled and I thought it was about two people in bed, in love, hiding away from the big bad world. One shared rock willing away the blustering storm. But when you explain it, I realize how I could have ignored how the lyrics are dissonant (to borrow a word) from the melody/chords. Like how Wes Craven films often have scenes that are eerily sunny and bright.


THIS MAKES ME LOVE THE SONG EVEN MORE ARGHHH


I feel like this is such a twenty one pilot esc method of having a really happy and comforting sounding song but the lyrics are actually dark and real. I love it so much :P


This is actually how I always heard the song. It tends to leave me slightly unsettled, and as much as I love it, I tended to worry for the couple portrayed. The line that always catches me, is "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" as I can both relate and find that it conveys the underlying dark theme and meaning. This was such a good and satisfying video as I adore analyzing words that people use when they are writing, especially songs cause they often reveal so much about the author but also the listener. Thank you for always being so honest about your mental health as it makes me feel less crazy and alone. Love you lots


Wow hearing this makes the meaning hit home ever harder


I thought the song was a little (a lot) more sweet because in my head the "intertwined, free" part meant that even though the lovers are intertwined with each other, they feel free within them so It was a great feeling. Yeah, i was WAAAY far from the original thought.


WOW
This brings a whole new light to the song! Also, the music video makes a lot more sense in that light...

I'd interpreted the song as as story of two best friends and lovers who were creating a safe heaven between themselves to stay protected from "the world".

Actually, the mental image I have when listening to the song is the footage from Hazel's TOTM of september 2016, when she and Jack go to the little cabin, and there's this incredible feeling of peace, and calmness, and safety.

So for me, the song inspires safety more than this dark tone that you actually wrote...


ok ik ur probably never going to see this but wow i am so deeply shook by this song. your voice is so crisp and i love the brutal imagery wow its wow WOW ur amazing so cool!


My interpretation heard the lyrics and related it to the beginning of a relationship with someone I loved.

What I found within the song is the connect I had with them, it was perfect, they made me happy without end and they became the base of my happiness [you create a rarity of my genuine smiles] and they were the only place of safety [safe from the world, though the world will try-]. I was afraid of being without them because when ever I was around them, everything I worried about faded away [laugh away the fear] But because of my mental illnesses [oh, im afraid of the things in my brain] I was doubting my worthiness of them and I felt I didn't deserve their love, but I kept pushing against all odds to be with with them and I hoped my illnesses wouldn't get in the way [ive pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don't bleed with me]

But with the true meaning, it hits home harder because it is accurate to how the relationship ended.


I love how this song is so gorgeously creepy but in such a subtle way. To someone listening to it on the radio or in a passing shop it would probably seem beautiful and like a heart throbbing love song, but when you really listen to the lyrics and chord progressions it becomes much more dimensional and so much more real. I found it actually kind of comforting that there was a song depicting mental health and how it affects relationships because I worry about it quite a lot and it will always be one of my favorites. Love you Dodes you never cease to impress.


honestly i relate to everything you just described. being in a relationship with mental illness silently takes you to that place where you're both very close and very far from a person at the same time. listening to your lyrics was like living that situation all over again, being at the edge of love and fear.


This helped me relate to the song so much THANK YOU FOR THIS. Also this might help me in English class,  so thank you for that


I personally didn't know my own analysis of the song, I always saw it more of a song about like one night stands to feel better and I was always like oh okay  I don't relate to the one night stand parts but I relate to the other parts. When the music video came out it honestly clicked in my head kinda how it was supposed to mean as I saw the words more and then this video definitely showed what it means to you and to some people and I now see how many ways it can be interpreted. Good job!


As someone who was in an unhealthy/toxic relationship with someone who suffered from anxiety & depression for like 3 years - it definitely hit me over the head with the feeling of being depended on way more than is okay, although I never properly stopped and thought about how it could be a song about mental health & being in love. The line "I've pinned each and every hope on you" gave me that weird, unlikeable nostalgia when you remember a time in your life that wasn't particularly great, if you understand what I mean?? probably proof that your fancy English lit techniques worked (even if I didn't realise what the words were intended to mean)


i've always viewed this song as a very positive, optimistic one. heres why;
"HAIR IN YOUR MOUTH"- this implies that the two are close enough that the author's partner doesnt mind her hair in their mouth- the whole image makes me smile.
"FEET TOUCHING FEET"- the close intimacy makes the relationship feel special. at no point during the song does it state that this relationship is romantic; it may be a strong platonic one? we will never know; it's up to the reader.
"I'M AFRAID OF THE THINGS IN MY BRAIN" - the author admits they are weak and vulnerable - describing her mental illness as "things" show that she is scared and does not know what is happening to her. admitting that you are weak takes a lot of courage, which means the two could have a strong positive platonic relationship!!
"NUMB" - every time i hear this i think of a face numb from smiling. thats just my opinion, but thats the image i get.
"YOU CREATE A RARITY OF MY GENUINE SMILES" - the author has admitted they are weak and scared, and so having a partner that create these "genuine smiles" while shes terrified about her brain makes them again seem to have a strong positive relationship

i don't know theres a couple of the reasons as to why i view this song as a happy positive one. i'm not good at being deep haha


I wish all musical artists would do this! When you go to an art gallery you usually get to read the artists statement to see what the intent of their work was but you rarely get that luxury with musicians, even in interviews they rarely address the lyrics so directly. Good on you Dodie, this was a super interesting vid!