Oh my god I've been off the Internet for a month because of mental health and stuff (lols) and just AGHH it's so good lmao I actually had an idea it was about a toxic relationship but I thought it was about like being stuck and intertwined with someone becoming dependent because of maybe mental health or abuse that they had trouble leaving them because they were so attached still but that's probably me just projecting anyways hah!! I love this song so much and the music video was precious bless<3!! It's so funny cause I'm actually in school now and I also write songs and poetry and have to have them read and analyzed in class by my friends (it's only like ten or so people) and it's the best seeing how someone can interpret something in so many different ways I love this!!! Lyric analysis is so fun though I'd love to like idk see more like this just cause I love this kinda stuff it's fun


loving those SEA/PEE paragraphs like fully bringing me back to my GCSE days when school was easy 😂


Skin - fragile, vunerable
Heat - burning up, fire of love/fear
Hair in your mouth - (might just be me) after a panic attack
Feet touching feet - when you curl up into yourself

Oh you - you is the person the writer is on the good days
and I - the bad day person
Safe from the world - so separated and isollated
Though the world will try- - to save the writer from themselves

Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain - afraid of the good day person, not sure who they are anymore
But we can stay here - in the comforting pain
And laugh away the fear - love the fear, the writer knows it so well

Numb - the simplicity of pain
Fine - liking the numbness
You create a rarity of my genuine smiles - the good day person can smile properly

So breathe - has to remind themselves
Breathe with me - inviting the good day person to come back
Can you drink all my thoughts? - can the good day person even remember the bad days?
Cause I can't stand them!

Intertwined - wrapped up in the good and the bad. trapped
Free - of normal mental constrictions since the writers is so abstract
I've pinned each and every hope on you - the good day person can do anything
I hope that you don't bleed with me - the good day person shouldn't feel sad

I'm afraid of the things in my brain - the confusion of good and bad
But we can stay here - somewhere in the middle
And laugh away the fear - forget the connotations of staying in the dark of depression/anxiety

this is my version, the you and i are actually the same person but in two opposing mental states


What's weird is when I first heard the song, I did NOT think of anythign dark or negative at all. Instead, I thought that the gory parts and "drink all my thoughts, because I can't stand them" was actually meaning the relationship WAS happy and that "rarity of genuine smile" meant the other partner was making the singer happy, free, and a warmer, nicer person to be around.


I came to a similar conclusion. The singer ishiding a lot of the mental health stuff by sort of digging into the relationship in a sort of unfair codependancy. (can you drink all my thoughts because I can't stand them) or at least is scared that's what they do in relationships.


my interpretation:
this song is about an alcoholic father and a daughter who suffers with mental illness. the world is trying to bring her down, and she has issues and feelings that cannot be shared and therefore helped. so she keeps drowning in her own thoughts. the person in contact, is her family. skin, because they are comfortable in their skin around each other and heat because of them being close to each other.

so she stays with her family plays the perfect "dollhouse" as depicted in the video and keeps sidelining the actual crisis.

she lies about being okay, and whenever she smiles, only her family can make her. when she's actually happy and not pretending. personally, i think it to be a father daughter relationship, the father having had alcoholism. so that's another thing that relates to the whole story causing the issues and everything. they want each other to know how they feel, though it's unspeakable.

and yet they continue to pretend and move on not noticing her and her fathers disease.

this part is sung by both the father and the daughter to each other.
intertwined.
they are one soul. whatever they do reflects on the other.

they hope that the other of them doesn't suffer and pins hopes on the other to not make them suffer. the daughter prays that the father doesn't drink and isn't affected by her illness. and the father prays that his daughter feels better and doesn't get affected by his own illness. and they want to explain themselves to each other but don't know how. and just wish that their family doesn't face consequences for their own doings.


I interpreted the song as a song about a relationship in which one of the people involved were having a hard time, whether it be mentally or just something going on in their lives at the moment, but one particular person brings then happiness and joy which would strike fear into the other person due to their situation and do not want them to feel the pain they do. Not sure if I made any sense, but that's just my interpretation. 😅


What I am thought: putting off your darker thoughts with the help of another until you are at least somewhat ready to face them, and the fear that this person's protection may affect them badly


Can you upload a video o how to play this song? ❤ thank you☺ its so intense and goooood i love it


i had a similar if not the same interpretation.
i thought that the 'im afraid of the things in my brain ' was obviously to do with her mental health and that maybe she was having intrusive unhappy thoughts, or was stressed about the relationship and it was messing her up? because the 'you and I' bit suggested theyre a couple.

'safe from the world, though the world will try' suggested to me that the relationship wasn't popular? like maybe they were homosexual before it was more accepted as it is now, or maybe she had put so much into it and maybe left everything to go into this relationship, but others didn't like it? too many thoughts about that lyric

then the 'but we can stay here and laugh away the fear' made me think that when they spent time together they forgot about all the pressures and were happy and carefree, involved in the love that they had.

yeah. i thought more but my mind is too scrambled to write it all


it is very sweet how you analyse Tour own song dodie :)
i like the song anyway
if you want to, i would love you to listen to my song seaside and give me some critic (on the song not on my terrible voice)


I didn't necessarily see the relationship as "unhealthy" here. For sure there is dependency, but I felt more of a fear. Specifically I felt a fear of the other person leaving or not accepting the person because of the other person's mental health issues becoming overwhelming. Especially with anxiety, this fear could easily be an exaggeration. It feels as if the person is pouring out their anxieties and thoughts to the partner after letting it bubble inside. The "blood" scene in the music video could be the pouring out of those feelings. The fire of the house could be the imaging of the reaction of the person telling those feelings. How the partner reacts in unsure, but I think that's up for the listener to decide based on their own experience.


Watching the music video after this. It fucking broke my heart


Me: how did she get this analysis so accurate?? It all makes perfect sense wtf
Me:
Me:
Me: ooHHHH YEAAAHHHHHH


Dang, this is the one song of the EP that I had trouble connecting with, because for some reason I thought it was supposed to be happy and I just didn't feel it. But incidentally I also started listening to it on repeat a week before the music video came out, I was humming it all the time and still feeling unsettled about the song. When I saw the music video, it finally clicked, because the video showed what I was unconsciously thinking while listening but couldn't put my finger on. And this literal explanation is even stronger, thank you, I'm usually better than this at interpreting art my own way, I don't know why this one was so ellusive to me! But it was a great coincidence that the music video came out at the exact right time

And now, not only do my ears enjoy listening to it but my brain and heart do too :)


i loved this here is my interpretation (Not much differed from urs)
i (a girl in a hopeless state of mind) have a crush (do i even call it a crush what the actual fuck do i call this??) on a guy (who is causing this love hate state of mind)  take the first lyrics, skin, heat, hair in ur mouth feet touching feet" to be a quick shoutout/mention to my creepy yet totally understandable fantasy that is very rare for me to fantasise but its there also being a fantasy of us two cuddling in my dreams... which will never happen HAHA IM FINE more lyrics go to sa "oh you and i safe from the world through the world with try-" is about how  somethings happened online that is underneath the surface and  loads of people know about "safe from the world" implying the fact that somethings there but its something that if a stranger waled around a place with the people reference d in this they would notice somethings up but its deep enough that it is the opposite of obvious "the world will try" implies that people try to get to me with questions and painful reminders but "safe from the world" is what i am which means they aint getting no where "im afraid of the things in my brain" well im scared shitless that this boy has made me depressed when i found out he already fucked up my mind enough and now my mind is poisoned with horrible possibilities and things that actually have happened "we can stay here and laugh away the fear" basically, me and my friends made a joke out of the whole situation as he did with his friends and we never talk deep about any of it we never talk at all actually its glossed over with jokes and giggles but when really its a horrible thing killing my brain from the inside out unless i stop it (which is hard to do) "numb, fine" numb  refers to the fact that im going completely numb with this and that anything and everything i do now has something to do with it, fine is how i act  not in a "im sad but i lie that im fine to hide it" way but like ive learnt to live with it im fine but im not ok or im o but not fine (at alllllllll ayyyy where meh swifties at?) you create a rarity of my genuine smile" meaning  just thinking of us talking and laughing together brings me joy that takes days to wear off then i realise whats real and whats not "so breathe breathe with me" i take as nothing sexual but when staring into eah others eyes creating a moment people start to notice and it gets kind depressingly intense like nothing sexual but like sad "can you drink all my thoughts? cuz i cant stand them" is the fact that i want us to talk about it everything. and its to the point that i cant stand it and yet every time we try and talk one of us (mostly me) chickens out lol "intertwined, free" meaning that theres something there like me and him arent strangers but we never dated so wtf are we? "free" meaning you know im not in a relationship but intertwined states that there is definitely something holding me back "ive pinned each and every thought on u i hope u dont bleed with me" meaning two things for me 1. ive told him how ive thought about this yet idk how he feels and im scared he will "bleed" With me but at the same time thats what i want 2. ive told every damn  thought on this to a specific friend and im hoping they dont get hurt by me doing this.
now this situation that i listen to the song about is very complicated very obvious but not at the same time kinda intense and sad and very very very hard to explain so i dont blame u if ur hella fucking confused lol


I thought the whole song was mainly about codependency and mostly denial, denial of being so codependent, being in denial that however much you think you know the person, they are still just an expectation

i also thought it was a metaphor for mental health.


this video is perfect, also can we just appreciate dodies eyebrows

like they normally look great but they look extra great in this video


I looked at it as someone suffering from either mental health issues or a toxic past relationship or something that haunts them but finding someone that drinks all these stories and fears up without judgement and helps the artist feel a bit better and surrounds them w a support system???


This song always gave me an image in my mind of a warm fuzzy couple- that's the words I use to describe it, and they're snuggling for some reason and they're taking evening walks on the streets together holding hands on the sidewalk with the romantic eerie lighting of the street lamps, and they're happy, but one of them is sad at the same time and the other is comforting, almost protecting the other. They're each other's homes in a way, but not in a way where they're dependent on each other, just that they're safe with each other. However an antagonist comes into this song is society. Society is telling the couple things about their relationship and things about each other that are negatively affecting the relationship. I could go deeper into this part of the theory but I'd prolly be here for hours lol.  -<del>-My theory for the music video tho was that in the music video, when dodie says she's afraid of the things in her brain and then it openly showed the doll'a brain in the video I pictured that as society being introduced kinda into the "story and that that's when society's opinions started to puncture and become acknowledged as thoughts that the doll was trying to get rid of and ignore and was trying not make into a thing or a big deal because she was scared of what it might cause, it was nothing she planned on talking about but it was just kinda in the back of her mind, as kind of foreshadowing. Then the "blood", or the red liquid that was poured onto the dolls I pictured as when the thing she was trying to not let become a thing becomes a thing and causes conflicts in the relationships, the blood symbolizing society and it being crashed on, or poured onto the relationship. This causes the relationship to change, to become difficult and I don't want to say toxic but almost toxic</del> but not that extreme- but also extreme at the same time IDEK im confused too. Society rips and gashes at them and causes the couple to think things and do things (no not kill each other that's not what I meant lol), harsh and hurtful things, but also attempts to break free from society's harshness. This leads up to the fires- the breaking point. ----------------A part of me wishes that it was a romantic song about dodie and jon bUT THATS BESIDES THE POINT

This song always gave me an image in my mind of a warm fuzzy couple- that's the words I use to describe it, and they're snuggling for some reason and they're taking evening walks on the streets together holding hands on the sidewalk with the romantic eerie lighting of the street lamps, and they're happy, but one of them is sad at the same time and the other is comforting, almost protecting the other. They're each other's homes in a way, but not in a way where they're dependent on each other, just that they're safe with each other. However an antagonist comes into this song is society. Society is telling the couple things about their relationship and things about each other that are negatively affecting the relationship. I could go deeper into this part of the theory but I'd prolly be here for hours lol.  ---My theory for the music video tho was that in the music video, when dodie says she's afraid of the things in her brain and then it openly showed the doll'a brain in the video I pictured that as society being introduced kinda into the "story and that that's when society's opinions started to puncture and become acknowledged as thoughts that the doll was trying to get rid of and ignore and was trying not make into a thing or a big deal because she was scared of what it might cause, it was nothing she planned on talking about but it was just kinda in the back of her mind, as kind of foreshadowing. Then the "blood", or the red liquid that was poured onto the dolls I pictured as when the thing she was trying to not let become a thing becomes a thing and causes conflicts in the relationships, the blood symbolizing society and it being crashed on, or poured onto the relationship. This causes the relationship to change, to become difficult and I don't want to say toxic but almost toxic- but not that extreme- but also extreme at the same time IDEK im confused too. Society rips and gashes at them and causes the couple to think things and do things (no not kill each other that's not what I meant lol), harsh and hurtful things, but also attempts to break free from society's harshness. This leads up to the fires- the breaking point. ----------------A part of me wishes that it was a romantic song about dodie and jon bUT THATS BESIDES THE POINT


Imagine if English teachers chose things that have actual meaning rather then poems about nothing


Okay so I know Dodie definitely won’t see this comment cause I’m over a year late but I wanted to share like my journey with this song. When I first heard it I absolutely fell in love because I felt it was about how when you’re cuddling and intimate with someone you love that you feel safe and fine and you can laugh and the bad things don’t seem so bad and it was at this point in my life that I had just started a relationship and I felt that so when the video came out I like completely rejected the author’s intention of the piece (having just written an essay on Roland Barthes’ Death of the Author (my film studies lecturer would be so proud)). I have probably listened to this song at least once every couple of weeks for the duration of the year and as I grew and as the relationship broke down, this song just moulded into an entirely different meaning than what I originally connected to it with. I watched this video when it came out and said ‘nah I think it’s about spooning away your troubles’ and now I’m like damn dodie you fuckin caaaaaaaalled iiiittt


hey dodie, where the heck did you get the glasses you wear in this video. they are so cute and adorable and I would also like to have them, thx


I think I'm too late, but I listened to the song many times before watching the video.
So, my interpretation was similar, but I had a different vision for the video.

1st verse....

I imagined the lover sitting and reading a book facing right and Dodie sitting besides but facing the front.
She is singing to her lover, but the lover is not paying any attention.

2nd verse....

From "Numb, Fine" onwards, Dodie is still facing the screen, but she is walking alone in a street in the cold and foggy wether and slight precipitation. Her lips are dry and a little  blue. She is on the verge of crying.

3rd verse....

Intertwined- Back to first scene.
Free- Back to second scene.

Later the first scene continues.

Oh, I'm afraid..... brain- Dodie is crying and wiping away tears. When she wipes them away, she removes then and her cheeks get covered with blood.

But we can stay here.... Dodie starts smiling to give us a brief sense of hope.

And laugh away the fear.... Dodie's smile turns to frown after 'fear'. In the harmony part, the camera reveals that Dodie's lover is behind her, wounded and dead. Then the camera tuns back to her face and she ignites a matchstick or a lighter and throws it, this starting fire which would turn both Dodie and her lover's corpse to ashes.

Edit: I might be too late.


what is the fire showing in the music video? like how the relationship was going down in flames? and what was the blood and loss of hair for? overall loved it, just confused on those couple. love the song dodie!! 💛💛


It's the THING
it's like you saw inside my brain and oops here it is
like
GOSH ok
that is how it is exactly oh gosh
and the way a depressed person like myself feels like their burden is going to leak onto the people they have the courage and indiscretion to love and damage them and it's all- -there in the song
and you did it, there it is, I'm such a catastrophe oh god

but the first time I heard the song and had a mini brain explosion because it's all exactly how it feels and the words and WOW

It's the *THING*
it's like you saw inside my brain and oops here it is
like
GOSH ok
that is how it is exactly oh gosh
and the way a depressed person like myself feels like their burden is going to leak onto the people they have the courage and indiscretion to love and damage them and it's _all- -there_ _in_ _the_ _song_
and you did it, there it is, I'm such a catastrophe oh god

but the first time I heard the song and had a mini brain explosion because it's all exactly how it feels and the words and WOW


When I first heard this song I envisioned two girls, caked in mud, running into a cave to get away from a rainstorm. one girl is bleeding from a head wound and the other slings off her pack take out a first aid kit and tend to the gash in her companions head. The scene flips to them sitting huddled in a blanket reading a book together while they wait for the storm to pass, then them laughing about a memory, then them talking about one's abusive family than the others mental illness. I see them going through so much and talking about a lot in this cave but without reselution.

side note: in my mind they are lovers but sometimes I like looking at them, and the relationship in this song as friends to help see diffarent meanings


I interpreted it as kind of people helping each other through mental illness if that makes sense? It's kind of like when a friend and I both talk about anxiety, because then we kind of share the burden, and then afterward the anxiety can kind of be like going back and forth between being happy about having a good friend and being anxious about being alone again, and then wondering if you'll make it through. Again, this is just my interpretation, so yeah :) LOVE THE SONG!


how i see the song (before watching this vid and the music vid): someone with mental health issues who finds someone who helps and is like the calm in the storm, and hoping the person doesnt leave them behind

afterwards: god damn. this is. so deep. i feel like i relate to this song a little more now. i also feel like thats not a very good thing at all. still a damn amazing song though


to me, the song is about the one person who makes you feel safe. i do tend to see the positive in things, so maybe i'm just ignoring the negative things, but to me the entire song gives off an aura of calm and safety. my boyfriend and i both have mental health issues, and the idea of wanting to drink away the bad thoughts is one i can relate to on both sides, wanting to help but also needing help myself. idk, this didnt really make that much sense, but im not good at words.


Does anyone know what program(s) she uses to edit her videos???


I didn't really understand just the lyrics at first but what I got from the music video was about a first very happy couple doing well for themselves. But, as the story progresses the lady begins to think that she must be a perfect wife/fiance she eventually falls into a madness because of her anxiety not to mess up. In the end her insanity warps her perspective on him and she thinks it's all his fault, so she commits a murder suicide.


Can someone please tell me where I can find Dodie's glasses? What brand/style are they?


i wish i could write half as well as dodie


Dodie can be my music teacher? I wouldn't mind


when you realize your mental health issues are going to ruin any relationship you have. I can just see it now. fuck.


Another thing I don’t think you mentioned that I found really struck a chord (ha music pun) with me was the Ooohs sort of sounding like sobs or whimpers; the broken up and shaking intonation at points mimics the tired fragile sobbing after a panic attack or breakdown and having just followed a section where the subject is being asked to breathe and begging for someone to drink their thoughts really resonates and strengthens the feeling. Sorry for being super nerdy you probably knew it already but I’ve always felt a really strong emotional pull from that little bit and thought I’d give my two cents ^.^


I saw this song also as a toxic relationship but about the other partner trapping the narrating partner. Kind of about abuse but more about the partner wanting the narrator all to themselves. They want the narrator to think what the partner wants them to think and not stray out of the partners view. Like they have separation issues but in a controlling way.
I feel like the lyrics are not actually all the narrators thoughts, but are actually what they have been brainwashed and trained to think about their lover. It's sounds regretful that they ever fell in love in the first place, sarcastic about the other partners absurdness in how they trap the narrator, but also it sounds like the narrator is slowly staring to believe these things as well. That they should have no life without their partner, and that they belong to them and are "safe" with them.
The partner makes them believe they are "safe from the world", and to not let the world have them, to stay with the partner "though the world will try~", this line makes me think the narrator wants to see what is out in the world, without their partner, but the lyric cuts off in the middle of the sentence like the partner silencing the narrator not letting them have their opinion.
The word "numb" is the narrator telling us she feels numb in this relationship, like she can't have anything to herself or be her own person. "Fine" is another example of the partner controlling the narrator telling them they are fine and are not allowed to think that way.
"Oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain", i think is the narrator saying they are afraid to let out any of their own thoughts and opinions and are afraid they will explode getting them in trouble with their partner. They want the partner to "drink" their thoughts so they won't be hurt by them. For the thoughts to disappear and make the narrator numb and under the partners control again.
Try listening to the song with this in mind, it's really terrifyingly interesting. Just my opinion on it 🙃.


I imagined this song as a person drowning in depression and depending on somebody elses grip to stay alive.


Welp that's better than anything I've written, i'm basing my next piece on this.


Well isn't that intriguing? Anything that exhibits poetic juxtapostion in such a way so as to deliver such a deep meaning whilst also seeming rather innocent is what I love to experience. Not unlike how I approach naming things. (Be it a baby brother or just an RPG character.)


Yooo you should actually do a music video that's a dance duet but also kind of twisted and weird !!!!!


One small thing to remind people is how dodie says "can you drink all my thoughts" and how it is unhealthy to feel the need to have people almost ingest your problems to share/transfer them. In all relationships, not just romantic ones it is important to remember to help your friend/partner with their problems but not take them on yourself

I say this because my friend moved school and she started becoming her friends confident, but the constant strain of helping her friend with mental health brought her own down and she started feeling poorly and doing worse in school. So yeah, um, relationships can be mildly toxic without meaning to be - but you can always talk to your friend and step back from their problems while still being a great friend to them


I felt most of the same as you, but I thought more of the female doll being purposeful in her drowning of the relationship (in blood, sadness, grief...). There's a suggestion of the male doll being the unfortunate and properly placed recipient of the female dolls spats of anguish. It didn't seem to me like this relationship was a give-and-take, co-dependent type of thing; neither were strong enough to survive this and that's why they both burned at the end. Pouring out your feelings to someone who will listen is a reassuring, yet exhausting feeling; but the female did not take into consideration how the constant barrage of negativity would affect her partner and her partner was not willing to be fully open to her (her head being cut symbolizing her depressive mind-dump and his face being cut off to show his skeletal face, or his "true" face). Anyways, that's what I thought about it. Love your songs, Dodie. <3


Fuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk, I never thought I related to this song at all the way I was interpreting it before but holly heck I am like in shock at how much this is true to a situation I've been in. Like WOAH my mind is a little bit completely blown


I just noticed that ,as someone  that has English as a second language, I know nothing about it. It feels weird now, but the music sounds good considering what i could understand hahaha


I thought "numb, fine" was a great lyrical choice, because if you mumble "numb fine" together it sounds like "I'm fine" or "Nah I'm fine" (...that might just be my accent). <br>Anyway for me it added to the theme of disguising your mental state... Idk someone else talk now.

I thought "numb, fine" was a great lyrical choice, because if you mumble "numb fine" together it sounds like "I'm fine" or "Nah I'm fine" (...that might just be my accent).
Anyway for me it added to the theme of disguising your mental state... Idk someone else talk now.


is there any way we can show this to dodie's english teachers???!


i clicked on this video intrigued by what the actual meaning is but had to stop because my own interpretation is special to me :)


the first time i heard the song i thought awe this is cute but by the third time i heard it i was like oH sHe iS dEEp. so when the video came out i was like mhm exactly


i've kinda thought of the video as a girl that has a lot of mental health issues that she wishes that someone could help her but you can't really depend on someone else to help you and you kinda have to help yourself and it just goes downhill from there (idk if this is kinda how dodie described it but that's how i imagined it)


How I wish this would have been subtituled. English is not my mother language and I can't understand everything she says (Dodie, you speak so fast!)


The song had a very specific sound to it; not quite peaceful, but not outwardly negative. It felt like being under water. Still, calm, but always with a tiny underlying tone of desperation and lack of control; the feeling of drowning very slowly. The little unsettling words, as subtle as they may be, kept suggesting danger but never really allowing the song to shift tones. As if to cover this need to cross that uncanny valley into one tone or the other, sweet or scary, it kept getting a little louder, a little more urgent, a little more overwhelming. At the end, it drifts back into calm, sweet tones, as if going to sleep. But after the rest of the song, you can't exactly feel the tone as happy anymore. The problems aren't being settled or solved, just put to rest for another day, when they'll come back full force and the whole cycle will repeat again. It leaves the ending feeling foreboding and hopeless, despite the nice, pretty melodies. Gorgeous stuff.


I definitely did picture this song as a mutually destructive relationship, but the music video made me think the song was about being so obsessed with a person that you don't know what to do with your own troubles. That, or feeling as though you want nothing more than to become them, to crawl inside their skin, wear their face, feel what it's like to be in the body of someone that matters. Being afraid of that obsession and worried you'll hurt them, but also too enthralled to step away.


This video was so amazing and interesting. It's so incredible to see your point of view on your own music, and I absolutely love it. You should do more of these, i'd LOVE to watch them. <br>Love you Dodie (if you ever see this probs not haha lol)

This video was so amazing and interesting. It's so incredible to see your point of view on your own music, and I absolutely love it. You should do more of these, i'd LOVE to watch them.
Love you Dodie (if you ever see this probs not haha lol)


weird how you can listen to a song for years and not understand it properly until the words you're singing along to are relatable. I came here to see what the intended meaning was. to me though, this echos more being open with, confiding in, and comforting each other when there is no one else to. it sounds vulnerable, but meaning a lot to each other isn't inheritantly toxic? I like to think that this comes in a narrative before 'Ready Now', as then it would imply a reaction from the second person - ('can you drink all my thoughts?' to 'I will listen' etc), and a growth with the singer's relationship with the outside world - ('safe from the world, though the world will try' to 'and I told the world (and 'the world seemed to tell me') that I have a plan'). Not to say I don't love the darker implications, I literally have the poster from Sammy's website on my wall haha, but still, these songs have stuck with me personally today.


We all have our own times our minds are blah. As difficult as it might be, I still hope you find love in life and can make happiness out of the troubles in life. ^_^


I taught the song was two lovers that shared everything together but the writer is afraid that being so close to the other person, she would share her insecurities and such to her lover. and then you have the lyrics that suggest that the other person is trying to calm the writer but is falling to calm him/her self 🙈 overall I quite like it even though I think it's a bit slow in the beat and lyrics, just not my style 😊


Hi :), So this is kinda to everyone with diagnosed depression: If your doctor starts to talk to you about medication, then these are some of the things to take into consideration:

1: You might be EXTREMELY spaced out, And not really care about the issues of today, You'll lie around almost zombie like, However this doesn't happen to everyone and it really depends on the medication given.

2: Things get better before they get worse: You'll for WEEKS even MONTHS feel like the pills are doing FUCK ALL and might even be making your depression worse, however after a few weeks or months you'll hopefully start to feel a change ( it might be point number 1) however after that things do get better, and they even help you face up to your mental health, So you could one day, Get off anti- depressants and get better :)

Ik nobody's gonna read this but, thought I'd put it out there :) From one sufferer of depression/anxiety to another, ;)


Dodie, this may be a dumb question, but do you put this much analysis into the song while writing? Or do some of these things seem to pop out after it's already written and it just fits perfectly?


I really wanna do a dance duet to this song with my best friend josh because its my favorite song and i love it and you. if i did i will send it to you xxxxxxxxxx


I guess I'm a hopeless romantic because I didn't think of it this way at aLL (even though this analysis is beautiful and really well thought out and composed 10000/10 would recommend good job dodie).
I was sort of recently in a sort of relationship that went downhill fast because of my anxiety and I went about it all wrong and he did too. It just wasn't a good situation. I guess I looked at it as hope for me.
Most of the beginning shows the writer's struggle with mental health, and for me how they were afraid of it affecting their relationship to the breaking point. They have their moments of freedom, where everything is ok and it feels like everything will be alright between them, but the fear gets in the way.
The ending shifts back to a pleasant moment for me. I can remember having an absolute panic attack, my then boyfriend trying to calm me down, and helping me through it with laughter. He'd tell me to breathe and as I was winding down, he'd show me things to make me laugh.
With that being the ending, I saw it as working through the issues and finding peace in each other. My favorite part was "intertwined, free" because I saw it as being intertwined with the person that you love and being free from the fear of it. I guess that's pretty sappy but that's what it felt like for me.


I know this isn't even close to what the song is about, but I always saw the song as a person speaking to themselves. Like being all alone and just imgaining that there was somebody could help them. Or wishing they had somebody to confide in.


I'm glad the original meaning isn't so far from mine. To me this is probably the best, most sweet song to represent comfort in a relationship. I see it as a representation of those moments where life has beat you up a bit(a lot) too strong and how good it feels to have someone to go to, cuddle and just enjoy the moment. I like it tho, that you wrote it as one of them or both having mental issues, but I would prefer to think they're comforting each other instead of just avoiding problem resolution. Either way, I'll never stop interpreting being in a safe, comfortable space with someone you love whenever I listen to this song. I guess each person's interpretation is based on what they're dealing with or looking for. I don't have any mental issues that I know of (except for maybe a bit of anxiety? [which could support "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" cause that's what an anxious mind does. It creates a series of inumerous scenereos, most of them not very happy] Having been diagnosed so) but I do feel like just being like on this song sometimes so that's probably why I interpreted it that way<br>PS: I strongly interpret "Intertwined. Free." As the fact that they're there together and safe is like freedom from a busy and worried mind and the problems of life. I won't be convinced of anything else.

I'm glad the original meaning isn't so far from mine. To me this is probably the best, most sweet song to represent comfort in a relationship. I see it as a representation of those moments where life has beat you up a bit(a lot) too strong and how good it feels to have someone to go to, cuddle and just enjoy the moment. I like it tho, that you wrote it as one of them or both having mental issues, but I would prefer to think they're comforting each other instead of just avoiding problem resolution. Either way, I'll never stop interpreting being in a safe, comfortable space with someone you love whenever I listen to this song. I guess each person's interpretation is based on what they're dealing with or looking for. I don't have any mental issues that I know of (except for maybe a bit of anxiety? [which could support "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" cause that's what an anxious mind does. It creates a series of inumerous scenereos, most of them not very happy] Having been diagnosed so) but I do feel like just being like on this song sometimes so that's probably why I interpreted it that way
PS: I strongly interpret "Intertwined. Free." As the fact that they're there together and safe is like freedom from a busy and worried mind and the problems of life. I won't be convinced of anything else.


i kinda had an 'us against the world' image going on, where one person in the couple is running from whatever issues they have in their life, and is taking their partner with them.


What I thought the song meaning was is the woman couldn't love the man enough and was afraid of leaving him as well. Although they have had intercourse so many times, she isn't able to love him enough. To make herself feel better, she intertwines them together, this way she will be stuck loving him. I had a totally different meaning than the one you implied with the woman being dependent and draining her toxic thoughts onto another person. I didn't really pay attention to the lyrics at first either, which might be why I jumped to this meaning. I also thought it sounded similar to the song "My Time" by Bo en. You should give it a listen! Love the song and love you dodie <3


I feel and see a lot of what dodie is saying but to me also the theme that stands out is isolation and the need to be perfect by society's views. The video first starts off with a house, a pink one no less. This might not seem important but to me it shows how society forced the girly ness or need to be right in their eyes. Pink is often stereotypically catogarized as a girls Color and when a person other than girls like it, it is deemed not right, worthy of horrible judging. Also present on the house is flowers which further enhance the feeling of femininity.

The song starts with words very abrupt, Skin. Heat. These words portrayed with the scenes show how people need to be close all the time. It seems to point out (quite subtly) how weird it is that we need to be so close even when we have been with others so long and that maybe it is unhealthy. Next feet touching feet pans to Barbie and ken both in bed intertwined their feet close together, hinting that they have had sex which also seems to point out the underlying impulses or need  that society forces on us to have sex because apparently without much of it then it's not a 'right' relationship.

You.. and I, safe shows them in a tiny kitchen sitting like perfect couples are supposed to, it implies a sense that they are trying to be perfect and fit society's norms. She then adds on ..from the world which started to show a sense of isolation. The ideas seem to clash and yet even that shows s sense of society because (They want the best for you yet force unhealthy standards on you)

(Not done yet so.. also I wrote this the first I saw this on the day it came out I just forgot to post it..)


now this is what i should be studying for my music GCSE


music video says more than what your explanation does imo.

the video seems to suggest more self harm, evasion, and manipulation than you describe. theses the scene with all the blood (harm) and the scissors (making a physical change to attempt to symbolize a change that actually hasn't been made), and Ken with pins in his head (perhaps showing he is taking the blame and responsibility for all this, wrongly or otherwise). having done all of these things while in relationships, perhaps I am a bit biased, but I think the song- video hit on somewhat larger issues than what you have just in your own experiences. takes a good artist to do that, so thank you.


the one little thing I have that bounces off your original meaning is that "with" that has a fancy, more complex twiddle assigned to it . it means two things to me - that person a (referred to as I) tries to dress up the relationship and make it look better than it really is to others , hence the use of the actual word with, and that the relationship of person a and person b (referred to as you) is complicated and fragile as the notes are fast, contrasting to the rest of the song, and short, perhaps mirroring short-temperedness with one another.


I honestly thought that it was a toxic relationship. Like it's just benefiting one person. The other is slowly breaking down but won't tell due to an overwhelming love for the person.


i had a girlfriend with psychosis, ptsd, etc. and i have a few mental illnesses as well. we were both going through problems but we were always there to help each other out. but eventually we had to break up bc she felt she needed to focus on her mental health. and although that's good for her, my mental health has been declining a lot bc of it... i really connect with this song in many ways.


If anyone knows where dodie got her glasses from in the thumbnail I’d be forever grateful if you let me know 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻


I also tought the video was really smart to make cause it helps a lot to understand the song


I thought that the video matched the song really well as Barbie is generally viewed as perfect however fake. Perhaps how people with mental health issues tend to mask their thoughts and feelings. Trying to accomplish perfection and to everyone else they look fine. When her head was cut into and showed her brain it showed the struggle of those with a mental illness - how all the signs are there but you aren't getting the help you need; you feel people are ignoring you. Also Ken and Barbie are usually viewed as the perfect couple so when things started to go downhill in the video it juxtaposed this idea of perfection turning it into something fake and taboo. When she started to cut her hair it represented the instability of someone with a mental illness and the urge to do something drastic and hope that it'll change the way you think. Towards the end when Barbie and Ken where stitched together it showed how we pick up the mannerisms of our partner and how it can be hard to be away from them for a period of time. When the house was burning down it showed how easy it is to break down but it's ten times harder to build yourself back up. In the song when she says 'can you drink all my thoughts?' it represented the way she wanted to get rid of any feelings at all because they felt suffocating. The word 'drink' suggests she again wants to pass these thoughts on and be rid of them. 'intertwined' and 'free' show the author's confusion at her situation. She has her freedom given by her partner but she feels trapped by her thoughts that haunt her mind.<br>Just my interpretation. Idk, amazing video + song though! Xxxxx

I thought that the video matched the song really well as Barbie is generally viewed as perfect however fake. Perhaps how people with mental health issues tend to mask their thoughts and feelings. Trying to accomplish perfection and to everyone else they look fine. When her head was cut into and showed her brain it showed the struggle of those with a mental illness - how all the signs are there but you aren't getting the help you need; you feel people are ignoring you. Also Ken and Barbie are usually viewed as the perfect couple so when things started to go downhill in the video it juxtaposed this idea of perfection turning it into something fake and taboo. When she started to cut her hair it represented the instability of someone with a mental illness and the urge to do something drastic and hope that it'll change the way you think. Towards the end when Barbie and Ken where stitched together it showed how we pick up the mannerisms of our partner and how it can be hard to be away from them for a period of time. When the house was burning down it showed how easy it is to break down but it's ten times harder to build yourself back up. In the song when she says 'can you drink all my thoughts?' it represented the way she wanted to get rid of any feelings at all because they felt suffocating. The word 'drink' suggests she again wants to pass these thoughts on and be rid of them. 'intertwined' and 'free' show the author's confusion at her situation. She has her freedom given by her partner but she feels trapped by her thoughts that haunt her mind.
Just my interpretation. Idk, amazing video + song though! Xxxxx


Dodie should so be a music teacher or English teacher.


I interpreted the song a little differently, but I like Dodie's analysis just as much. The first verse of the song for me seemed to portray intimacy that was close, but quite strained and a little awkward. To me the feeling of "hair in your mouth" is quite uncomfortable, but "feet touching feet" suggests familiarity. Then, "Oh, you and I, safe from the world" gives a feeling of togetherness, but also underlying escapism in one another and a false sense of security to me. "Though the world will try" definitely implies that the writer has issues in their life and in their minds, an uncomfortable ending to a semi comfortable verse. It leads you right into "Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain" which is outright saying that the writer has mental health issues, while leading the listener into a series of high, distressed notes. It then goes down into "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" which for me just brings in an image of either bravery (laughing in the face of fear) or cowardice (laughing in the denial of fear). "Numb, fine" ince again plays into the theme of denial, as if the writer is simply pretending there is nothing wrong and she is fine. The next line, "You create a rarity of my genuine smile" can grammatically have two very different meanings based on what you want to hear, and I think that's the point. It can either mean that because of their partner, the writer smiles genuinely which is otherwise rare, but it could also (and more likely) mean that the writer's partner is the reason for the rarity of the aforementioned smile, like the writer has to act fakely. "So breathe, breathe with me" to me sounds a lot like the writer is trying to calm down after a fight or a panic attack, and lulling themselves and their partner into a (false) belief that everything is fine. "Can you drink all my thoughts cause I can't stand them" sounds like firstly, a slightly out of the ordinary, desperate request and secondly a struggling scream for help. Then, it goes quiet again, like the previous lines are trying to be forgotten. "Intertwined, free" is a big contrast, but not that big if you look at it the right way. To me it just sounds like the couple want to be together and apart all at once, which I feel is a lot like reality. However, "I've pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don't bleed with me." sounds a lot like a dangerous and desperate dependance on one another, like the writer is trying to say that they have put everything in someone at risk to that person and themselves which is unhealthy. Overall, the song sounds really confused to me. Not completely hopeless, because there are a lot of lines that suggest a real closeness between the writer and their partner, but confused, as if the writer doesn't know what to do with themselves and their partner is oblivious. But that's just my interpretation, I didn't write the song so I could be wrong


did not expect to be thrown into one of my music GCSE lessons


The summary of my theory is that the girl had a mental illness and she was afraid of how it would affect their relationship. All of this was happening in her head. She overthinks things and hopes her her partner won’t think she’s crazy.


I kind of interpreted it in a, not exactly mental health, but more of a self doubt kind of way. Like, the narrator had been bullied/teased for one thing or another. Now they are protected and the bulling has stopped. But negative thoughts have been implemented into their brain, so that they do not think they are good enough/worthy. They don't want to doubt themselves, hence the lyrics, "can you drink all my thoughts because I can't stand them" and, "I'm afraid of the thing in my brain." But that was just how I thought of it. I think the mental health side of it too.


I think of it as an abusive relationship and the narrator in her head knows it but still loves her abuser and so completely denies it to everyone, including herself. Some parts of the song are like she's trying to get people to notice the toxic relationship so they can help her but other parts are her stating that she is fine. Also the bit about drinking, from that I got alcohol, possibly the reason for the abuse or perhaps the victims only escape; To 'numb' herself.


My problem with Doddie is besides the amazing amazing lyrics and though she put in her songs, she can't really transmit the feelings of the song in the instrumentation, at least for me. The song sounds like an happy lovely song if you ignore the lyrics, which made me think that was one, every song of her sounds a bit of the same to me, i like all of them, but I feel the real meaning are lost just with the guitar and  sweat composition. Maybe she could differ a bit on the instruments and made them more powerful,more dark, maybe a bit more interesting to the hear. The lyrics are so complex and profound, I think she could made her music pair with them. Just my opinion, I don't understand anything about music, just a though.


with the words like "numb" and "fine" or "intertwined" and "free", i always saw them as, at one part you are one of those, and at another you're the other. i saw this song as more of a romantically freeing one, or where in a relationship with someone you feel better especially with the lyrics "you create a rarity of my genuine smile" but i also felt that at "can you drink all my thoughts?" the relationship became too dependable or in ways toxic. also by "i've pinned each and every hope on you, i hope that you don't bleed with me", i sought it to be estranged once again, especially with more of whomever being dependent on the person for more as a pain and mental release rather than for affection and closeness. and with the lyrics from the beginning, it seemed as though the couple was very close and loving, and as the song progressed, it all became twisted and deranged and into something bad.


this was a very interesting because my interpretation was way off. i viewed it of you saying that you’re afraid of your thoughts in your brain and the things you could do but since you have him that you wouldn’t believe/listen to the things going on your head. the title for me suggests that you are one with him, ex. you share everything but you hope he doesn’t bleed with you and that’s the only thing (thoughts in your head) you don’t and try not to share with him. almost like you’re protecting him. because in every verse you say something bad but reassure him by saying something to make him feel safe.


Please can you make a music video for Pas De Deux ??? 💛💛💛


The video makes a lot more sense after this!


Best thing is when you lose the person that helped you...


I thought this song was about sex, and losing your virginity with someone you love. These lines are what make me thing that.

"Skin; heat. Hair in your mouth, feet touching feet" This portrays that things feel awkward and abnormal.

"I'm afraid of the things in my brain. But we can stay here and laugh away the fear" She's extremely nervous and is making up all the things that could go wrong in her head, but she's also excited so they're giggling and trying to releave the nervous tension.

"Breathe, Breathe with me." Again, take away the nervous energy.

"Ooooh...Ohhhhh.". .......... ;) ;) ;)

SO YEH THATS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS HAPPENING.


Does anyone else think that some people's views that the song doesn't appear to fit the video is because love songs in a lot of media portrays toxic relationships as normal? I'd be open to hear other people's thoughts about it as even without the video it seemed like a pretty unhealthy relationship to me


Alright, so this is coming in late MOSTLY because I was lazy and put off watching this for a few days. However! My analysis of this is rather close to your own, but more focused on the relationship itself, less on the persons within it. I saw it as more of a break up song, in the sense that the two people tried there hardest to work things out, but they just couldn't. So they split apart and are no longer intertwined, but free. Hope that makes sense, I have a habit of rambling. If you see this, LOVE your music. Hope to see you live one day. Much love from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. ❤✌


she started the genius trend before it was a trend


okay so im not very good at english so, like many people, i heard the musical part and thought of it as a nice love between two people that sort of intertwines (ehe) the physical and emotional aspects of it. ( i dont have a big attention span when it comes to deeper meanings)
However, now that you have explained what you meant whilst writing it i understand where your thoughts came from for it (and i mean omg well done you have to be so proud) AND i get where the video comes from and i now think it fits perfectly
In short, so proud of you for such a brilliantly written song and even though i thought the video was just a bit weird initially, i now love it as much as everything else you do! xxx
so powerful xx


I pictured this as a couple that's slowly growing apart BUT they stay together because they want what they had before.
"Skin. Heat. Feet touching feet. Oh you. And I. Safe from the world." this part I felt like it's their relationship at the start. They are I love and that's all they care about.
"But the world will try." This is where they start to see where they are just not meant for each other and how the world (maybe friends/family) tries to show them they are just not meant to be.
"Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain" this is either the couple thinking how maybe they aren't meant to be and how they are afraid they won't have the feeling of being loved. I also pictured some mental health problems in here. Around here is where maybe one of them starts to think 'if he/she goes, who will love me?" So as in the next lyric, "But we can stay here. And laugh away the fear." Is them saying maybe if we just stay like this, our feelings for each other will come back. (I imagined the writer as a girl so ya)
"Numb. Fine." This is her feeling not okay. She's not great but she's not bad. She's just "fine."
"You crate a rarity of my genuine smile." I took this as she smiles at the fact that she's 'loved' by someone but isn't actually as happy with the person that 'loves' her.
"So breathe. Breathe with me." This is her saying to her partner "please stay with me. Breathe with me." I think this part, she is doubting the partner will stay with her. She knows she needs to trust her partner to be able to be in a healthy relationship so she doesn't like these thoughts which brings us to the next lyric.
"Can you drink all my thoughts? 'Cause I can't stand them." This is saying how she needs her partner to try and help me. He/she does this but it only makes things worse. Her partner starts to feel the same way. Because of this they won't let go of each other. I agree with Dodie on this being a toxic relationship. They are only together because they want to be in love and be loved. They convince them that they are happy.
I didn't know what to make out of the "ohhh"s so let's skip that, shall we?
"Intertwined. Free." This is kinda like them being together. They won't leave each other therefore, they are 'intertwined'. The free is them thinking that they are free. But the reality is they are chaining each other down. They are preventing them from being able to love and except love back. They can't except it because they believe they are all they need.
"I've pinned each and every hope on you." I took this as her saying I lost everything. I need you here. but in reality, all she needs to do is let go.
"I hope you don't bleed with me." Here, she is starting to realize that she needs to let go but...
"I'm afraid of the things in my brain. But we can laugh the fear away." She thinks that if she just masks these feelings, she will stay 'happy'.
They can just "laugh the fear away" and not pay attention to what they actually need.
All the humming for me shows the couple boxing them from everyone and living an 'okay' life together .

There! Sorry. That was long.


I thought this song was about one partner who has mental issues because I have anxiety myself. Their partner does not have these problems and tries to help them to their highest ability. Said partner would get tired, thinking that the problem is small and that they had solved it. I then believe the climax was a fight, where the partner with a mental illness would have a panic attack of some sort. Pleading for help and relief. The other partner would go along with this and the cycle would continue it's vicious cycle again and again.


I saw the song as being about a developing mental health problem. It's sweet and nice until you get to the 'I'm afraid of the things in my brain' and then the 'laugh away the fear' bit is the writer trying to convince themself that they are fine. Then the 'numb, fine' bit is the writer trying to cope with the developing problem and realising that they can't handle it alone and say 'can you drink all my thoughts'. The romance kicks back in with the 'intertwined' she pins 'each and every hope on you I hope that you don't bleed with me' is hoping that their significant other doesn't also develop any kind of problem because they know how awful it is and wouldn't want them to suffer in the same way.


You sound like my English teacher I love this


here's my theory:
two people (ill name them oliva and alison) are in a relationship. it's stable, they both know they have mental health problems, but they're melanchony. ("laugh away the fear") alison ends the affair because oliva is becoming dependent and alison - who already faces her own problems - can't handle it. ("im afraid of the things in my brain") oliva can't let go and is "intertwined" in her memories of alison. she doesn't have anyone to ("drink up her thoughts") in the end, olivas mental health takes over and she basically is numb and emotionless, and alison feels pain from this. they both fall into extreme pits of sadness (alison is regretful and oliva is attached) and they both go up in flames. (literally)
ok that's it!!!


(Late feedback wOOPS I don't expect this to be read but I would still like to share my thoughts ^-^)

I had a feeling that these problems were shared between lovers who masked them for the sake of each other but it destroyed them both at the same time, if that makes sense. It seemed that the lyrics were from only one point of view, and the contrasting lyrics represented what one assumed of the other (this plays most strongly in "numb, fine" as if whoever is thinking this feels numb, assuming the other is fine, though that may not be the case). The more positive side of things seemed to be that these lovers felt being together was their only sanctuary, as in their own happiness separated from the world and whatever it might try. But as the song progressed, it seemed to reveal itself as more fake, as if they were pretending to be happy to  keep themselves sane, and, more importantly, to keep their lover sane. Assuming they both had this type of mental state but were unaware that the other had it, it began to destroy the relationship because of the dependency on the lover that was falling with them.


That is actually quite similar to how I interpreted it.


i like to think of the song like how a mother would sing it to her baby. so "feet touching feet" would mean tiny feet touching the mother's. In addition, the kid's father has left so the mother is afraid of how she'll raise the child to have a great future without a stable income or another loving parent but she laughs it off and focuses more on the baby as her child is her main source of love and happiness


Dodie - Intertwined
Your song: Hair in your mouth
You're meaning: Pubes in your mouth


My english level is not that good to undertand songs perfectly the first time i listen to them but this is what it meant to me:

For me it was a relationship where the girl was afraid of what could happen (like a really bad anxiety) and she looked for help in her partner so he was like his good thing. Because if that she's scare of he going away because she hurting her with all her thoughts or "visions" that were (for me) all the things that happen in the video (her bad thoughts or what might happen)

So basically for me the songs is about being scared of loosing the people you love because of that fear.


i always did felt that the song was about an unhealthy relationship. It was more that the girl was afraid to break up with him. The man was unstable and he needed her but treated her poorly. It seemed like the couple always ended having sex and ignoring  their problems. Like this girl was clinging to a man who she didn't actually love. He needed her body and she was  afraid of what would happen if she didn't agree. In my mind the man was aggressive and she feared his anger if she ever brought up her true feelings, also how she would adapt without his, "abusive" (for lack of a better word) actions. You probably know how people become attached to their lovers even when they wrong them. I can see dodies real message now, makes sense! Maybe it's just me thinking this, or maybe it's odd. but that's my picture of the song.


I basically had the same idea but a little less deep because I never had the chance to get into it. "I've pinned each and every hope on you" shows someone putting everything; trust, love, hate, fear, etc into this one person (the lover). "I hope that you don't bleed with me" shows that regret you (myself actually) feel after spilling your thoughts and heart out to someone and hoping that it doesn't effect them the way it effects you.


what i got from the video was a relationship that was slowly falling apart but they're just ignoring that anything was happening and pretending everything is perfect because like the barbies


I still kind of see it as romantic? Idk I think it's just the musical parts of it


ok but dodies eyebrows look so good in this


The music video is not what I expected but it does looks awesome. Every time I listen to a song and feel so deeply touched by the lyrics I tend to make a music video on my own head and I'll replay it on my head every time I listen to the song. For intertwined I imagined something like this: it starts with simple shots of a couple holding hands on their bed while sitting across each other. Then, it changes to another couple (a lesbian couple just because I can), they're cuddling in bed, one of the girls have her face on the other's hair and is happily sniffing it. Then it changes to a third couple (a gay one bc I want to) and they're cuddling with their feet touching (kind of like the shot on the actual music video). Then it changes back and forth to each couple. When the lyrics say "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" the girl from the lesbian couple turns around to her lover with a sad face and says something. Then in "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" the first couple starts (maniac) laughing while strongly holding hands like they desperately need each other. In "numb, fine" the gay couple stare at each other like they can't feel anything anymore, but when  the lyrics say "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles" they smile fondly (in my head that means that they both have depression but they're there for each other and they're still in love). In "breath, breath with me" the sad girl from the lesbian couple is crying having a panic attack and the other is calming her. The music video in my head is a sad, weird one but it shows love on its true imperfect side, so I won't describe the rest of it.<br>Basically, for me the song is about mental health issues and relationships. It's about the feeling of desperately needing someone and how depression can leave people numb to life and to the outside world. I adore this song in a kind of crazy way but aren't we all just a tiny little bit crazy.

The music video is not what I expected but it does looks awesome. Every time I listen to a song and feel so deeply touched by the lyrics I tend to make a music video on my own head and I'll replay it on my head every time I listen to the song. For intertwined I imagined something like this: it starts with simple shots of a couple holding hands on their bed while sitting across each other. Then, it changes to another couple (a lesbian couple just because I can), they're cuddling in bed, one of the girls have her face on the other's hair and is happily sniffing it. Then it changes to a third couple (a gay one bc I want to) and they're cuddling with their feet touching (kind of like the shot on the actual music video). Then it changes back and forth to each couple. When the lyrics say "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" the girl from the lesbian couple turns around to her lover with a sad face and says something. Then in "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" the first couple starts (maniac) laughing while strongly holding hands like they desperately need each other. In "numb, fine" the gay couple stare at each other like they can't feel anything anymore, but when  the lyrics say "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles" they smile fondly (in my head that means that they both have depression but they're there for each other and they're still in love). In "breath, breath with me" the sad girl from the lesbian couple is crying having a panic attack and the other is calming her. The music video in my head is a sad, weird one but it shows love on its true imperfect side, so I won't describe the rest of it.
Basically, for me the song is about mental health issues and relationships. It's about the feeling of desperately needing someone and how depression can leave people numb to life and to the outside world. I adore this song in a kind of crazy way but aren't we all just a tiny little bit crazy.


when the artist explains their art, the art is dead.


i relate to this song. but not so much anymore. my mental health was deteriorating over the beginning of this year for 6 months. i became extremely dependent on my bf and nearly ruined our relationship. i’ve then learned how to not become so dependent, and i’m now mostly an independent woman. which has helped my bf and i’s relationship tremendously. <3


Is it really an issue your mental health? you are clearly articulate, aware of yourself.. you're not overly emotional, you don't look dejected, you are not too excited, nor are you distant.. could you not be as so called normal as so many other people? what is this mental health that we are so concerned about?
Does it have to do with having a healthy mind? well then, it's best we learn how to keep a mind healthy without using drugs to balance it.  We can start in the program but do we stay there? I was in it for over 8 years getting diagnosis after diagnosis with no clear understanding of what was actually happening inside me, so I ask (more than ten years since I was in a doctors office being assessed) how long will we be a patient dependent on drugs? will we realize there is more to a healthy mind than chemicals to balance? maybe some good nutrition particularly good for the brain, meditation, yoga etc.
Doddle you are awesome, gifted, your song has a great chord progression that intertwines with the lyrics so carefully constructed, you gave us a great analysis of it and in other words I think you interpreted your song beautifully, concisely and in no way did you appear to be unstable while you did so.  I wonder what issues you have that are not shared by most of us on the planet...


I didn't think about dependency specifically but I thought it was about an abusive relationship


I interpreted it almost exactly like you said but the video still seemed disjoint to me. but maybe that's the entire point. mental health isnt clean and perfect and doesnt fit nicely into a box and it shocks and scares.


Hey, greetings! I am not a writer at all but id like to express my opinion to you. After i heard the meaning you showed in this video (or at least the meaning you read in this song) i listened to the song for the first time but i couldnt feel? or hear any of these analyzed aspects. I think i find metaphors and meanings within sentences way easier to understand than the meaning of single words and their position within a line (beginning, end, etc). Thats all i wanted to tell from my perspective as a mere listener <: have a nice day!


So much intelligence spilling out of Dodie's mouth I don't understand it but the music video really got what I thought the song was about so ya I think I got it. Ok bye


You genuinly sound like my english teacher like 70% identical (its not 100% because shes scottishXD.) Love the song btw, ur my favourite artist


Dear people who are reading this,

I've recently created a song that I'm happy with. I've gone over it so many times with my friends and they still can't understand what it's completely about. I've been debating in my own head whether I should make a youtube channel or not.

The song's about my relationship status and my friendship status. It's called 'So Wrong' and my friends are confused about the title. It's about me losing my 'soulmate' and my 'best friend'. They both turn into exes and end up getting together. I've told all of my friends and they're still struggling to understand why I'm so bothered being as I'm the one who ended it. Yes, I ended it but it was because I was confused. I knew my friend liked him but I didn't want to lose him. A line in the song indicates that I have given up ('Stab me in the back all you want because I don't care anymore'). I've analysed my song and sent it to my friends. They are understanding it better but they still don't understand why I still care. I ended it because someone messaged me from a private number saying I should end it and they knew the school I went to. I knew this was a threat in a way but I used to get so many pranks and I didn't want to risk wasting police time. Also, if it was one of my 'friends' I wouldn't have wanted to hand them in to the police and get them into trouble. I just have one question to anyone who is reading this. Should I share the songs I have written on YouTube and make a channel, or should I carry on writing songs for my own purpose because I like making music and singing?

P.S. Dodie, you're my inspiration, kinda like Christina Grimmie was yours.

Sincerely,
      Ella-may


Holy shit I will never hear that song the same again after watching the music video. What. The. Fuck


could you do this for in the middle please?? i'm v conflicted on the meaning


THE VIDEO IS BLOODY INcreDible thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo😻😻😻😻😻😻😻💛💛💛💛💛


You should sing sign of the times - not all of it it's very long-


PLEASE DO THIS FOR BURNT OUT OR SECRET FOR THE MAD


dodie sing-songing "CAAALLED IIIT" killed me


DODIE THIS IS COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO INTERTWINED (which I love a lot) BUT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU USE FOR EDITING!!!!!!!!!?????

pls reply so she can see or can someone else tell me??


I think that you should cover the song "the judge" by twenty one pilots If you haven't already!!


I find this extremely dark but a soft kind of dark


This is REALLY sad when you think about it because it means dodie WAS so sure she couldn't love someone requitedly without scarring them severely and the relationship being toxic that she made a song and music video about it, then made that song the central theme of her first album. Poor dodie :(


i saw the song like the writer is someone who is kind of a mess in their mind and it just rips them apart but this person in their life loves them and is there for them and makes them happy however this person says they do yet they don't understand their thoughts. so the writer has so many issues and like, spills it out to the other person and they just accept them and love them the way it makes them happy. but when i saw the video to go with this song it made me see it like the writer had a messed up mind and had a partner but it got to a point where they accidentally spilled all of their thoughts out and it made the other person leave them because they just saw them as a weird, mentally unstable person that they couldn't love


lol i just saw a couple in total denial of their obvious problems <br>but your side is nice too, less detailed but nice 😂

lol i just saw a couple in total denial of their obvious problems
but your side is nice too, less detailed but nice 😂


"I'm done with this sickly sweet stereotype of a woman" but also <b>likes women because they're "soft" and "smell nice"</b>

"I'm done with this sickly sweet stereotype of a woman" but also *likes women because they're "soft" and "smell nice"*


ok so i'm pretty sure that my meaning is pretty crap and short but i'm going to try anyway.

so at the beginning of the video, it shows a very clean and immaculate house. i took this as the two lovers' start of the relationship, because almost every relationship starts out with the two people hopelessly in love with each other. then as the lyrics start, it's obvious that it was the two lover's first time having sex (either their very first time or their first time with each other) then, when dodie sings "safe from the world, though the world will try" means that the couple are trying to stay together even though things are starting to not work out between them. then, the girl starts to be aware of these problems and starts making some scenarios in which the two will break up and fall out of love. the girl keeps this to herself and acts like everything is fine between the two. she disregards those thoughts and tries to stay with the boy because she's still in love with him. then, as dodie sings "you create a rarity of my genuine smile", the boy starts being distant and a little abusive. the girl loves the boy so much, that she acts like the abuse (mentally or physically) means nothing; he's just feeling sick and can't think straight. she tries to reach out to the boy to get him to be the guy she loved so much at the beginning. then, the abuse gets more and more severe and that's when the blood comes pouring down. the girl starts having these awful thoughts and becomes severely depressed in the relationship. then the boy goes out somewhere and leaves the girl alone. the girl has some thoughts while by herself and remembers when their relationship was amazing and full of love. she wants to break out of the relationship, but can't pull herself away from him. she blames herself for him not loving her anymore, and just wants him to love her again. then, when the chorus is sang again, it shows the girl face down on the floor covered in blood. this leads me to believe that she killed herself. the boy realizes that he lost her and decides to kill himself and the house they lived in was set on fire. he stayed in the house as he slowly burns himself to death.

god this is a great song with so many interpretable meanings oml


I kinda thought that it was a bitter sweet romance that was coming to an end


I was just watching the the music video for square Hammer by Ghost and at 1:02 there's a person that looks like you I just wanted to confirm if it was you or not please reply back to me👏 I love your and your videos so much😁😁❤


I wish you were my English teacher. I'd pay so much more attention.


holy smokes. You are brilliant. BE MY FRIEND!?!?!


I thought the video was the female partner(barbie) is suicidal and ken was the person that she tries to pour out those feelings but sees that is poisonousto the relationship. and the part about pinning him down I thought it was like her not trying to see if it makes him think of the relationship as something bad for him


Looove this video 💕. Can you pleaase be my literature/language teacher?


I thought the song was about a man who cheats on his wife while his wife is mentally unstable. She finds out and slowly becomes insane trying to pretend everything is fine when is is intertwined with another women. She is afraid and try's to laugh at the catastrophe that is her life . Ending in a break down of feelings and betrayal. - I don't know it's just what I thought ... but hey , art is up to interpretation


Oh my god you're so cute. Id love alevel English so much more if you were my teacher


5:03 Look at the word intertwined
(out now) 10/10


watching this video just reminds me of that one chloelmao vine with "i think this story is just about a guy fishing?" "who are you?" "the author"


Idk I kind of pictured a couple leaning on one another after the loss of/ while losing a child. That the only time they feel somewhat understood and comfortable, even with the pain they're going through, is when they're with each other because the other has/will lost/loose the same as them. Does that make sense? I can imagine the video I'd put too the song but I can't seem to describe it correctly.


she says “fine” as if she’s angry (like she’s pretending nothing’s wrong while suffering) and I saw it as trying to keep the relationship fakely happy while both were suffering silently


see now here's the thing.... singer/songwriter like dodie put SO MUCH EFFORT INTO SONGS LIKE THESE, and in english we analyse books and our teacher says "why did the author write this" and I Google and interview and the author just like the sound if it so she put it in, But in our class, it was a "description of the character mental heath, and the mood of the character, and representing a paradise" and it was all bull

and 8/10 time I bet you that if I show an English teacher this actual masterpiece, then they would just say "oh it's a nice song" AND I'M LIKE NOO LOOK THE DESCRIPTION (ps sorry if there are any mistakes) 🌻


I mean, I'm watching this completely drunk, idk if I can take it or even assimilate it. I'll get back at you once I've sobered up! (and yes, there is no spelling mistakes in this comment, because my mother was a teacher, so I was raised with a constant reminding of every spelling mistake, which brainwashed me into correcting them immediately after I see them. Even when I'm absolutely wasted. That is all. Goodnight)

Although, I'd have to say, in my more-than-usual honest state of mind, that the fact that your lyrics are so well thought is part of why I like you and your songs so much! Hope I'll get to meet you one day and give you a biiiiig hug (I like hugs, they are the solution to every world conflict #HugsForWorldPeace)


I honestly wish dodie was my english teacher my english lit teacher is unclear and jokes about suicide calling it funny🙄


1. I feel like the way people perceived this song is a lot like the theme. Where people think it’s a nice love song but it’s actually a toxic relationship. And they’re confused when they get a closer look. Sometimes like others perceive others relationships in real life. 2. I didn’t get a lot of time to think about the song before I clicked this one, but I thought it was about someone who depended too much on someone else regarding their problems. The other couldn’t bear the burden and then became more disconnected and their relationship was lost in a way.


okay can dodie just teach my english class pls
it's the only way i think i'll find lord of the flies interesting
ilu <3


i honestly just couldn't keep up she sounds like an english teacher


Three years late(jeez-) but here’s my interpretation because- yes...

Heads up to those who would like to read this(unlikely), I’ll explain all the lyrics because alskdjkfkskxkdj:

*insert lyrics of first verse*:
A person(imma just call this person M) who fell in love with their bestfriend(Let’s call em N) imagining life if they were a couple.

*”I’m afraid of the things in my brain”*:
M is thinking of the negative things that may happen if they would become a couple and/or about if their personal issues might be dragged into the relationship.

*”But we can stay here and laugh away the fear”*:
M never told N they liked them so M just acts like they want them to be best friends, nothing more, nothing less. They joke around and laughing while M’s hoping N won’t figure out they like them.

*”Numb, fine, you create a rarity of my genuine smile”*:
M’s having their personal problems while N asks if M’s ok. M responds with “I’m fine!” or something mostly but they’re hurting alot inside. N is one of the main reason’s of M’s true smile.

*”So breathe, breathe with me”*:
Now N’s POV. M can’t handle everything going on and (rope+ceiling+neck=) themselves. N cut down the rope and hoped M’s still alive and breathing, hence the “Breathe”-

*”Can you drink all my thoughts? ‘Cause I can’t stand them!”*:
((Ok this is a tad bit too complicated for my brain to fully turn into words so I tried my best)):
N finds a note in M’s locker(classic) about M talking about their problems and it mentioned they liked N but don’t know how to tell them and N had a breakdown.

*pause*:
It’s all a dream....

*”Intertwined, free”*:
M told N they liked them in the fear of the “dream problem”. They feel kind of free now that they told N.

*”I’ve pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don’t bleed with me”*:
One of M’s source of positive emotions is N. M hopes N doesn’t do the negative stuff to themselves M does(that includes blood. Like cutting).

*”I’m afraid of the things in my brain”*:
M’s scared N’s gonna reject them, but kind of saw it comming either way.

*”But we can stay here and laugh away the fear”*:
M changes the topic before N answers

*Ohhhhhhhh- part thing*:
Insert N trying to tell M they kinda like em too and ends up hugging them

end...The Ohhhhh part thing was a dare by M’s sibling to N. Sad M

Three years late(jeez-) but here’s my interpretation because- yes...

Heads up to those who would like to read this(unlikely), I’ll explain all the lyrics because alskdjkfkskxkdj:

*insert lyrics of first verse*:
A person(imma just call this person M) who fell in love with their bestfriend(Let’s call em N) imagining life if they were a couple.

*”I’m afraid of the things in my brain”*:
M is thinking of the negative things that may happen if they would become a couple and/or about if their personal issues might be dragged into the relationship.

*”But we can stay here and laugh away the fear”*:
M never told N they liked them so M just acts like they want them to be best friends, nothing more, nothing less. They joke around and laughing while M’s hoping N won’t figure out they like them.

*”Numb, fine, you create a rarity of my genuine smile”*:
M’s having their personal problems while N asks if M’s ok. M responds with “I’m fine!” or something mostly but they’re hurting alot inside. N is one of the main reason’s of M’s true smile.

*”So breathe, breathe with me”*:
Now N’s POV. M can’t handle everything going on and (rope+ceiling+neck=) themselves. N cut down the rope and hoped M’s still alive and breathing, hence the “Breathe”-

*”Can you drink all my thoughts? ‘Cause I can’t stand them!”*:
((Ok this is a tad bit too complicated for my brain to fully turn into words so I tried my best)):
N finds a note in M’s locker(classic) about M talking about their problems and it mentioned they liked N but don’t know how to tell them and N had a breakdown.

*pause*:
It’s all a dream....

*”Intertwined, free”*:
M told N they liked them in the fear of the “dream problem”. They feel kind of free now that they told N.

*”I’ve pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don’t bleed with me”*:
One of M’s source of positive emotions is N. M hopes N doesn’t do the negative stuff to themselves M does(that includes blood. Like cutting).

*”I’m afraid of the things in my brain”*:
M’s scared N’s gonna reject them, but kind of saw it comming either way.

*”But we can stay here and laugh away the fear”*:
M changes the topic before N answers

*Ohhhhhhhh- part thing*:
*Insert N trying to tell M they kinda like em too and ends up hugging them*

*end...The Ohhhhh part thing was a dare by M’s sibling to N. Sad M*


I need to know where are her glasses from, PLEASE


dodie.......... the vevo music video for this song scared me more than the first chapter of fran bow. which is much more gory and heavy.


now when i listen to intertwined i get sad.


Not gonna lie, she spoke a little too quickly for me. I’m a first language, fluent English speaker, but I got a little lost here and there. 😅


If you were my English teacher I would love English class


if this isn't me in a relationship woooow jeez...


I was all for the love but I suppose I was never any good at English :)


dodie can you please do my literature homework?


Dodie ur so kyoot I just ugh ur adorable wow


why is not intertwined in an English lit love and relationships poem anthology tho


I thought of two ppl in a relationship and one is sad and the other is trying to help and it's in the POV of the one that's sad


I projected the music video of just a footage cuddling in a bed on a cold morning


I suppose my interpretation is bittersweet, but not really... nefarious. That's a reason why I don't like the music video personally (no offense intended). In the video, Barbie destroys everything in the sickest way possible, and though it seems like she's the singer in the song, I can't really... match that up in my head. She seems malevolent and self-absorbed, whereas the singer to me seems to be someone who is scared, and is crying for help and understanding. Barbie in the video just seems bent on destroying herself, destroying Ken, destroying her home, and diving off the deep end with conviction--no doubt at all.

In my mind, the singer of this song is someone who is dependent, though not necessarily completely codependent. I imagine this singer to be someone who silently suffers with a lot of pain, trauma, and poor mental health. I feel that this song describes a point where the singer had previously not confided as much as they should with someone they sincerely love, and that they have decided to come forward with it all, though fear that doing so may hurt their lover. It feels to me like this song is just saying "I feel peaceful, happy, and comfortable when I'm with you. But now, I am chancing coming forward with my struggle, because I can't bear it alone anymore, and I really hope this doesn't just make you hurt too."


i didn't think this song related so much to mental health issues but i like it more now that i know what it's actually inspired by. in the beginning it felt like it was referring to the awkwardness of being intimate for the first time. how uncomfortable the the little things are.
 when the lyrics go "'Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain but we can stay here and laugh away the fear' its like being so self conscious about yourself but you have this person with you trying to prove to you that you shouldn't worry.
 later when she sings "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles" its like you're both laughing at the situation and becoming more comfortable together.
"So breathe breathe with me" i my absolute favorite part in the song, idk why but i love singing it
"Can you drink all my thoughts cause I can't stand them" some more stuff about being nervous about da sex
"Intertwined, Free" being tangled up under the covers and being free from the negativity in your mind
"I've pinned each and every hope on you" saying that they've convinced you that you're being a bit too harsh on yourself and you're starting to understand how they perceive you
"I hope that you don't bleed with me" a way of saying that you hope the don't give in and become unsure of how they feel about you, so some anxiety comes back and yeah :)

so yeah that's my interpretation of you song. this song really is so beautiful and think (if you're reading this dodie) that you should do these for your other songs that mean a lot to you, like explaining you thought process and such


Please can you do a meaning on you and human


I'm currently co-choreographing a group dance to this song! Everyone starts on their own (sitting in a large circle facing away from each other) and slowly they break off into pairs until eventually the small groups of two become groups of four. The whole group isn't connected until the word intertwined and from then on everyone stays very close to each other. I wanted the beginning to feel very alone and slowly build up to everyone needing/feeding off of each other. It's the first thing I've ever choreographed so I'm not sure how well it'll go, but I'm excited!

I forgot about this comment, but the dance is now on my channel if anyone is interested!


I always thought it was a métaphore for domestic abuse


Why did you end on such a harsh note...She's right though.


(before watching) i think this song is a bout a girl in a relationship with her soulmate but she has a mental illness and this is her telling him asking him to make her feel better but when he leaves or dies she breaks down without him


You should make a video of how to make a uke song


If I made the music video for it I wouldn’t have used dolls because they are so plasticy and stiff... and also because it was scary af.


DODIE,PLEASE, MARRY ME. <br>(I'm italian I can cook pasta and pizza for u)😏💘💍

DODIE,PLEASE, MARRY ME.
(I'm italian I can cook pasta and pizza for u)😏💘💍


Omg are they intertwined with their own thoughts??


i thought it was about a woman going through pregnancy for the first time lmao


I'm watching this instead of doing my English homework


English teacher is that you? 👀

I love it i love yu btw


What style are her glasses e.e i want them


When you're a foreigner who speaks proper english but you have no idea what she's talking about ( ik she talks fast which obviously influences it)


hey guys does anybody know how to caption (...or transcribe? idk) a video? I just think it's very helpful for some people and I have a LOT of free time


anyone know how I can get a letter to dodie


DudeEeEEEEEEEe I HAVE muCH TEARs RUNNIng froM MY EyES


Sorry, but you actually remind me of my  english teacher x)


guys my friend says dodie can't sing, what should i say back in response


This song just got 50 bajillion times better


may i just say u look smashing like holy fuck wow


Noticed that you used the PEE structure. First you make your Point (e.g. the writer does __ to show __), then the Example (e.g. this is shown in the quote __) and then you Explain what you have just said (e.g. this implies/ this shows/ meaning that). Teachers have been drilling that into our heads for the past 4 years now. And theres also PEEE, PEELEE, PEEZ...etc...etc. Did you learn that in school too?


ooh never thought of it like that! kinda scary but i think I'll adjust c':


hi, would it be okay if i did a cover of intertwined on my channel?


I thought of the song as sweet but like cold? like it makes me think of someone singing in the rain during a storm to their partner and they're having relationship issues and they're both depressed and they love being around each other and make each other smile but they're not really good/right together? Kinda like they both have hella problems but they're both avoiding them and just cuddling and crying into each other even tho they depressed as heck and should be getting help????¿?¿¿?


felt like a Mr Bruff video lesson (appreciation to those who know what im talking about)


love the song but I couldn't understand anything you said here lol. I have a freind that I ask what emotions mean in songs which is weird cuz I'm emotional writing songs. I don't get it haha


Whatthefuckkkkkwhatthefuckk this song is so much darker and jesus lord you are so talented, that harmonic "oHH" KILLED ME


I just screamed Oxymoron at one point in the video


my girlfriend has mental health issues (she has to go to therapy and take pills n stuff) so I have to listen to all of her problems which makes me really sad and at one point I even told her to stop saying this stuff to me (which was a dick move. I dont say stuff like that anymore) its really hard sometimes. I still stay by her side and listen to everything she has to say tho. I truly do love her. what do I do


The music video did not match up to what I thought was being said. Obviously because I personalized it. I found that the "dark lyrics" were being sang by the singer in their own head. And that the "nice lyrics" were her outward portrayals towards her partner. The "Can you drink all my thoughts?" I thought meant something like "can you read my mind"? as to say like when you walk into a room and someone at once notices your mood without you saying anything and asks you how you are or can just read that you're not "ok".


please don't assume you would be toxic in a relationship and scare yourself off from even trying though; I mean, I've been on the receiving end of that toxic co-dependency thing and I don't think my ex is destined to always have that result, not by any means.  The fact that you are aware that it could be a problem means that you can take conscious steps to keep it from being that way (without obsessing over it too much that you make that a problem of its own though).

I definitely got the creepy mental vibe from the song though.  Thanks for explaining it in-depth.  This made me less concerned about people taking my poems about self-discovery as being about battling depression when I did not write them about that at all.


the comments here makes such a good prompts bless the fanfics thats based on this


Okay long comment because I saw this as something completely else which is kind of disturbing to me, as I usually apply your songs to my own life, so here is Intertwined as seen in my life:

Everything from "Skin...." to "Though the world will try" is a sex scene for me

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

How im afraid all the time, but with him I relax and laugh

"Numb
Fine
You create a rarity of my genuine smiles"

Of course im still ill (which is numb) and sometimes I feel guilty about feeling sad because I should be happy, but my smiles are definitely genuine with him

"So breathe
Breathe with me"

Panic attack

"Can you drink all my thoughts?
'Cause I can't stand them"

Him helping me with all my horrible thoughts, (yes me pouring my thoughts to him)

"Intertwined
Free"

Freedom from my brain when he is intertwined with me

"I've pinned each and every hope on you
I hope that you don't bleed with me"

How I hope my horrible thoughts from earlier isn't going to affect him as much as they affect me

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

To be fair, I always heard "and love away the fear" so slight change in my perspective, but still about how my anxiety will always be there, but with him I can keep it away for a bit.

Okay... sorry, I just had to put this out there, as the music video didn't match my interpretation at all, so here's my thoughts. Though, taking the chord changes into perspective, I totally see now where you are going with it and it makes total sense, so thank you for uploading this and thank you to whoever read this for reading <3


i think the context of dependency can easily be applied to addiction and abusive relationships as well, like "safe from the world though the world will try" = rejecting peoples efforts to try to help... i love this so so much ah


This is cute , I'm happy you explained it to me - love you so much ♥