I have to admit, this is not one of the songs that got me from the beginning, but rather something that I started to get into cause it got stuck into my head one day. So I had to listen to it. You know how it happens.

I always got a...30's (??) kind of feeling from this song. Like it could be in an old movie, romantic but slightly distorted, and maybe a bit dark. Twisted. Not necessarily linked to mental health issues, mostly associated with feelings of despair, anxiety, uncertainty. But in the 30's. If that makes sense. :D

I felt, as I'm sure many did, weird about the 'gory'/creepy scenes in the video, but overall I liked the contrast between the blood and the flames, and the Barbie world. Interesting twist. :)


hooooly shite i'm early

i have nothing to say except that you look really cute


This video was really interesting, but i thought it was about a relationship crumbling or slowly ending. I love the music video as well btw, it's very Melanie Martinez style.


It's been a few days since I watched this and after thinking it for a while I figured this would be a great song for BoJack Horseman, I watched it because of you and I became obsessed with it but think about it, he needs his friends to tell him he's not that bad or otherwise he goes insane and has breakdowns but that's why all of his friends and partners go away, he just makes the realtionship toxic


Dodie, you are amazingly 🤓 intelligent. That is all


"you create a rarity of my genuine smiles" kind of suggested to me that around him, her smiles weren't genuine anymore, so her genuine happiness became rare because of him, and her genuine feelings were rarely shown to him, as confirmed by "laugh away the fear", which sounds like she's pretending not to be afraid when she is


i thought that the isolated words had a sense of incompleteness, like maybe the person was confused about what was happening?


Dodie you are an absolute treasure. I couldn't figure out what is was about specifically, because I am 'numb..., fine' myself. But oh god. Oh god. This is exactly how I feel. You are seriously the first one to have put it into words. I am truely grateful.
Please carry on making videos and songs and whatelse.
Thank yooouuuuu


I interpreted it as a pretty good relationship between the boy and girl doll, where they're both in love and want to make it work, but the girl doll has a mental illness. She's well aware that the symptoms of her illness, which include self harm and possibly hallucinations, would have a very negative impact on her boyfriend, so she's trying to suppress them. That's where the title comes from— because when two strands are intertwined, if you cut one then both are severed, which is a metaphor for how being in a relationship means sharing your pain with another person.<br>It seems to be working and the relationship is going well, but the girl is still having these thoughts and feels that she can't keep up suppressing them for much longer. She's terrified that, one day, she'll self harm again and it will really hurt her boyfriend and destroy the relationship— "I've pinned every hope on you... I hope you won't bleed with me"— but she's trying to just enjoy the relationship now, without thinking about the future.

I interpreted it as a pretty good relationship between the boy and girl doll, where they're both in love and want to make it work, but the girl doll has a mental illness. She's well aware that the symptoms of her illness, which include self harm and possibly hallucinations, would have a very negative impact on her boyfriend, so she's trying to suppress them. That's where the title comes from— because when two strands are intertwined, if you cut one then both are severed, which is a metaphor for how being in a relationship means sharing your pain with another person.
It seems to be working and the relationship is going well, but the girl is still having these thoughts and feels that she can't keep up suppressing them for much longer. She's terrified that, one day, she'll self harm again and it will really hurt her boyfriend and destroy the relationship— "I've pinned every hope on you... I hope you won't bleed with me"— but she's trying to just enjoy the relationship now, without thinking about the future.


I sing “when” as a happy song. Like a hated being 16 specifically. And being surrounded by “greener times” could be a good thing. 99% of your life is before or after where you are. It would be great the 99% of your life is great. Not to say the song it wrong. It’s great. It’s just really different to me.


also i think my interpretation of it was really similar? like i struggle with anxiety so it kind of makes me see what i'd be like in a relationship, like i'd probably try to make the person my safe and happy place, but it wouldn't end up helping so it could just cause more problems because i'd be paranoid and sad a lot of the time anyway. <br>but on the other end, it could potentially paint a healthy relationship, depending on how you see it.

also i think my interpretation of it was really similar? like i struggle with anxiety so it kind of makes me see what i'd be like in a relationship, like i'd probably try to make the person my safe and happy place, but it wouldn't end up helping so it could just cause more problems because i'd be paranoid and sad a lot of the time anyway.
but on the other end, it could potentially paint a healthy relationship, depending on how you see it.


Please tell me you just taught me the magic of words with a wand.........????

doddleoddle of course it was, why wouldn't it be.

I've been educated in the very similar sounds of a chop stick vs a pencil being sassily chucked.

Nope, fuck it.

That's a pencil.

Disappointedly disappointed about he disappointment of no wand involvement.


This is... interesting. I've always seen the connection to mental health issues in this song, mostly because of the lyrics "I am afraid of the things in my brain", as well as "because I can't stand them [the thoughts]". Also the word "fine" following "numb" always seemed odd to me, because it was so opposite but similar at the same time, but didn't seem normal in the style of listing connected words, as which the single-words-at-the-beginning-of-verse-thing always appeared to me. But pretty much like all the other naive fans, I still always thought of this song as something rather bittersweet, sad and happy and more in the context of a person struggling with mental health issues receiving help and support from their loved one. I always saw the sadness in it, which is also the reason that it is one of my less favourite dodie songs to listen to (don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful piece of art, incredibly interesting and so thought out, it just pulls me down too much most of the time, which is why I don't like to listen to it very often, but I still like the song), but I just never saw or just plainly overlooked the part with the toxic relationships, at least consciously. I think also part of the reason that I don't like listening to it very often is that my subconscious brain realises these small hints and it makes me uncomfortable (this just proves even more what an amazing piece of art this is, if it reaches my subconscious before my conscious brain!). Anyway, I have to say that I did find the video a little disturbing/creepy on the first look, especially when the red liquid (blood? thoughts?) started pouring down in the background I was like what the hell, what is this?? But it fits the song perfectly well, awesome job. I think I will have to watch it many times to actually understand and come to a conclusion about everything.


The line "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles" always confused/bothered me because up until and during this line the singer seems affectionate despite saying that their unhappiness is caused by the person they're singing to. The juxtaposition of the tone and the words very much confused me and still does especially considering that  now I 100% know that dodie knows what she was implying there.


I JUST KEEP LAUGHING AT THE FACT THAT DODIE KEEPS LOOKING IN A FAR OFF STARE FROM THE CAMERA

SHE IS SO ADORABLE

but i did she her point tho. bravo dodie! you have yet again astonished us with your wit and your mind. luv ya.


Hey, Dodie! Would you be able to turn on community contributions for closed captioning on your videos? That way, your viewers can caption your videos for you and make them more accessible for deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers, and they can also translate them into other languages for viewers in other countries who don't speak English. I, personally, would love to contribute!

Many thanks! ^_^


Rin Matsuoka I think it's a cheap baton, like one you use to contuct orchestras.

Joby & Moby! What shes using to point out on the chalkboard


How I interpret it:

I think it's about 2 lovers, one with serious mental health (whenever I watch the mv I always imagine a physco because of the constant cuts of ken being tortured and stuff) that is not stable. They think they can manage but it gets worse and worse until it gets so bad they go mad - this could mean all the cuts of the torture are real? Holy shit that's well cool, anyway.
Also when it's "laugh away the fear" I always imagine hysterics and crying and laughing idk.

Thanks for reading this lol I love this song and i just wanted to share it lol

How I interpret it:

I think it's about 2 lovers, one with serious mental health (whenever I watch the mv I always imagine a physco because of the constant cuts of ken being tortured and stuff) that is _not_ stable. They think they can manage but it gets worse and worse until it gets so bad they go mad - this could mean all the cuts of the torture are real? Holy shit that's well cool, anyway.
Also when it's "laugh away the fear" I always imagine hysterics and crying and laughing idk.

Thanks for reading this lol I love this song and i just wanted to share it lol


I didn't really ever feel the more unsettling tone of your song, even after watching this, until just recently when I was laying in the dark, trying to sleep, and it started playing from my music playlist. Instantly I felt nervous and anxious, as if the darkness and lack of distractions let my mind focus on the words and let the meaning sink in. It was so odd for me at the time, as immediately before a comedy song was playing and the mood shifted rather suddenly. Overall, though, it's a good experience to look back on and it helps give me a better appreciation of the song.


OK OK DODIE I HAVE AN IDEA FOR YOU:
Can you please react to the interpretation of "sick of losing soulmates" on genius.com? I think that would be really cool and to just see how accurate it is :)


Can you talk more about the sickly sweet stereotype of women? You know if you want to. Loved this so much btw i pretty much interpreted it the same way you explained it.


this song has two very different meanings to me:

simply listening to the song, I imagine a sickly sweet afternoon in which two (happy) lovers sit, in the quiet, simply enjoying each other's company that provides a safe haven from their own mental issues (from the line- Can you drink all my thoughts, cause i can't stand them)

HOWEVER

after watching the video, it becomes a twisted, sickly sweet, toxic relationship. It conveys that the female (me/you, the writer) has serious mental issues but strives to obtain a "normal" or "healthy" style of relationship. this causes multiple breakdowns, making the male (any gender of prospective suitor) seek other comfort for themselves and their own mental problems.

As a generalisation, the song can either be sickly sweet or twisted and scary, based on the experiences of the listener/viewer. This song helped me understand how toxic a previous relationship was(a long time in the past, not even from the past two years) and so i cut them off as a friend, which had still been just as toxic. It has also helped me understand that asking myself to immediately reach a sense of stability or normality for the comfort of another person is torture, and unrealistic to ask of myself in the first place.

sorry this was so long, thank you for reading though❤


there's this assignment in my school's ap english 4 class, which i'm taking next year, where you have to write an essay analyzing a song like dodie did in this video! i think i'm gonna do one of dodie's songs - probably not this one bc now that i've seen this video i'd probably say the same things she said and that would be plagiarism lol - but i think i might do "human"


I find this interesting, although I prefer to see it more as a conversation between partners with each comforting each other when they need it so stuff like "oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain" being followed by "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" the second person speaking is saying they will stay with them, comforting them and making them laugh until they forget what they were even scared of. And the intertwined, free bit is saying they have all the thoughts knitted together in their head but they talk it out with their partner and become free of them. I think one partner has all these thoughts and fears and things where they spill out everything and the other one is more "numb, fine" where they try to bottle their feelings and pretend they don't exist but being with their partner makes them feel more and acknowledge more of their feelings because they know no matter how much time and effort they require their partner will be there for them, because they understand


i remember u said it wasn't about u and now im confused

@doddleoddle OHMYGOD DODIE HI I LOVE YOU

Dil Howlter you should be looking after dab and Tabitha wyd here


as a music and english lit student, this is feeding my soul


this was pretty much how i took the song, and it really spoke to me personally because of those reasons.<br>i thought of it as two lovers, one of them being very mentally unstable and being dependant of thier lover to feel safe and comforting, but it was damaging for them to do so as it is quite a heavy burdon for the other partner. but the first lover DOES know that, shown in the line "i hope that you dont bleed with me" and i just very personally connect to that and i love the song and cried alot thank u dodie ily

this was pretty much how i took the song, and it really spoke to me personally because of those reasons.
i thought of it as two lovers, one of them being very mentally unstable and being dependant of thier lover to feel safe and comforting, but it was damaging for them to do so as it is quite a heavy burdon for the other partner. but the first lover DOES know that, shown in the line "i hope that you dont bleed with me" and i just very personally connect to that and i love the song and cried alot thank u dodie ily


Brilliant and fascinating.  Thank you! [Didn't like the video, though. I felt the burning dolls theme was already overdone, such as in Kimbra's "I wanna Settle Down"]  Love the song itself, though.


My girlfriend have anxiety and depression and I've already suffered a bit with those issues before... Your meaning to this song matches really well with how she sometimes feels about being kind of a "burden" to me, but my interpretation leads much more to a sweet side of one helping each other, it's really an amazing song and it's actually one of our songs... Thank you for being this amazing human being and sorry for any mistakes in grammar...


What does dodie whisper at 4:05?????????

omd hahah once a teacher called me that as well 😂 but yeah every time a supply teacher gets it right first time my friends and i are like whoOAA 😂

Charis K so cool!!!!! Nice to meet someone who encounters the struggle of new teachers saying charis with a ch rather than a k

!!!! do you pronounce it with a silent 'h'?

ahhhh okay ..now you've told me i can hear it now heh.. thanks everyone !

whatisgoingonwithdodieandjontellmethanks whatisgoingonwithdodieandjontellmethanks OK soz i take my words. it sounds more like definitely

simple me not in that statement, you know there is a thing called grammar lmao

LOL. inocent of u guys.. ofcours she said ther'e fucking. also , it fits the content of the bed situation !

Charis Wang definitely fits the best to me, they're fucking just doesn't fit in that specific statement, "more likely they're fucking" ?? I think what she was going for "more likely (definitely)" kindof like worded parentheses if ya know what I mean

She said it the same way later on and the second time you can hear it clearly. "Definitely"

she says " they're fucking", hence i see how others heard it as 'definitely' due to the accent, resemblance in lipsing, and the audibility of the phrase...

+Caroline Harvey  I mean, it just makes sense because she said the "Innocent bed scene BUT perhaps more likely..." There's a but which contrasts "innocent" which makes the thing she whispered not-so-innocent.

Maybe "definitely"? It sounds like it cuts off at the very end of the word so that doesn't help.

She says "definitely". She's trying to stay neutral in her analysis by saying "perhaps more likely" directly before that, but as the writer and with a humorous tone, she's not-so-subtly implying that there really isn't another way to interpret this part in her opinion.

Charis Wang dude I have no clue I tried but i really dont know


DODIE. You're skins looking really clear! I'm jealous :3


Saw the doll vid first, then this breakdown, so I can't really offer a completely untainted outside 'first impression' of the song in general .  We all see with our own colors overlayed, and so this is mine even after being instructed by the artist. I see a clinging desperation to find safety from the shit of the world in the comfort of another person. I'll protect you, you protect me. I actually thought the lyric was "love" away the fear. The whole thing, though sounding sweet seems very sexual, and the sex playing a very strong role in the comfort sought. Perhaps this is the only true moment when the safety from the world, and escape from the fearful thoughts is found, and the recognition of the burden this places on the other is acknowledged. It's a really beautiful song, and I love that you've given insight. Thank you. <3


I live for this kind of analysis😫😍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾


I've never been so impressed while listening to anyone talk


Hey dodie! I'm not sure whether your mental health issues were present before your bad relationship (the one you made a video on) but have you ever heard of c-ptsd? It stands for complex ptsd and it can form from long on going trauma, usually in childhood but A LOT of people develop it from adult relationships. It can cause depression, dissociation, and a bundle of other things! Sorry if this seems very forward, I'm not trying to diagnose you with anything but not a lot of people know about it so I thought I would tell you, as I could possibly be something you struggle with! Much love


I took this song much lighter and happier than it was meant. The "drink all my thoughts" part was taken to me as two partners being able to depend on eachother for a shoulder to lean on when their mental health gets too out of hand. "Laugh away the fear" meant to me that when the two people are near eachother, they're distracted from maybe their depression, or their derealization (the two being my case). The constant switching between a light, happy tone to a dark, gory tone meant to me that there's always going to be that dark mentality, though you can be distracted from it when your with someone who's special enough to do so. Even when you're enjoying each other's company, there's going to be a dark undertone, because whether you like it or not, when they're gone, you're back in that submerged, soundproof room where all you can hear are the unsettling thoughts running through your head. The lovely "oh"s at the end of the song left me feeling sweet, as if someone special had just tried humming me to sleep.


you should do a karaoke for this song! its honestly so good ah


My interpretation, which is pretty close to Dodie's:

The first bit, "Skin, heat, hair in your mouth, feet touching feet, oh you. And I," is reflecting on how lovely the intimate moments are. It's just you and your partner, on this island of love and closeness. It's paradise, like an island.
The line "Safe from the world" implies that there are things that reside elsewhere off the island that are scary and big. But it's okay, because we're here, small and close.
"Though the world may try" implies a struggle against those big scary things, pushing and fighting against them.
And of course, "Oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain" shows that those big scary things aren't actually far away off the island, but rather right there in bed with you, inside your head. It's not the world you're afraid of, but the way your brain sees the world.
"But we can stay here, and laugh away the fear" hints at denial. After admitting we're afraid, we deny that anything's really wrong. We comfort ourselves with the fact that our partner is there to distract away from the big scary things in our head. We can still be happy despite the poison threatening to seep in.
"Numb, fine" is yet more denial. I feel awful, but I'm okay.
"You create a rarity of my genuine smile" equates to "you are my island of happiness surrounded by a sea of darkness."
"So breeaaaathe," is like a relieved sigh the way it's sung, trying to reassure the partner that everything is okay. I am dependent on you, and I know it can be suffocating and unhealthy, but breathe and you'll be fine. We'll be fine.
"Breathe with me." I'm having trouble breathing myself, I feel suffocated too, but if we cling to one another and focus on breathing, we can make it through. I promise.
"Can you drink all my thoughts, cause I can't stand theeeemmmmm, ohhhhh" I go from comforting my partner and saying we'll be okay, to once again being dependent. Help me. I can't stand being this way anymore. The drawn out "themmmm" implies that the thoughts are ongoing, and the "ohhhhh" is like an exclamation of pain.
"Intertwined, free" We are brought back to the image of love after reaching the crescendo of suffering. More denial, reassurance, and comforting thoughts.
"I've pinned each and every hope on you," All of my happy visions for the future come true through you, I have so many dreams for my life, all because of you.
"I hope that you don't bleed with me" Those dreams and the pressure of my expectations can and will hurt you, but I hope they won't. Though I want us to breathe together, I hope we don't bleed together.
"I am afraid" again, I'm scared of those big scary thoughts.
"Laugh away the fear." Concluding with reassurance and denial. We're still surrounded by the big scary things, but we'll still be okay. This is what I want to believe.
The "Hmmmm's" like humming a lullaby to someone to help them sleep. Leads back to the idea of being intertwined in bed and sleeping.

Woof! Thanks for taking the time to read this if you did!


When I listened to the song, I interpreted it as someone with mental health issues and their struggle in a relationship.  How you love this person and relationship so much and it makes you feel so wonderful, but you can't help but feel "numb" due to your illness. And you have to learn to not rely on the person and relationship to fix problems that only you can fix.  And learn how to not just lie and tell your lover you're "fine" when you're not. I personally adore this song. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.  The chords and the lyrics and the harmony, it just melts my heart and it speaks to me so much.  If you read this comment dodie, I just love you and you inspire me immensely.  It takes a true artist to be able to write something like this, and not even be in a relationship.  You're so creative you have literally been able to capture the thoughts and feelings of how thousands of people feel, without you even feeling it yourself. It's art at its finest. Truly.


Last time I was this early mcr was still together


without doing a major analysis kinda thing, the line "you create a rarity of my genuine smile" kinda hinted more towards abusive than codependent to me, I read it as the other person taking away their happiness (like they make the smile only appear rarely)


instead of a codependency, i interpreted the relationship to be more toxic/abusive, leading to the mental health issues displayed in the song. other than that yeah pretty much :)


this is so clever so can you please do a baritone ukulele tutorial so I can sing it to


my interpretation of the song is that the author is struggling with a long-lasting situation (maybe mental diseases) but when the author is with someone special (a friend or a lover i couldn't decide precisely) it's almost like she's forgetting about everything bad that has happened to her, or at least trying to. She always go after this person when she needs help bc this person "drinks" all her thoughts and try to make her happy again, that person makes the author laugh away her fears. That felling of quick happiness and sadness from whatever situation the author is going through makes the author confused, this is why the song has words that are opposite all over the lyrics


dude this is my new favorite song by you now


i always saw it as a song about dating someone who isn't 'right' in society's point of you (for me in the sense of LGBTQ+) and being afraid the people they love in a platonic way won't be able to accept.


okay. so. dodie, i love your meaning of the song! i mean, you wrote it, so... anyway. i was kinda thinking maybe it might've been a nonfaithful relationship, possibly abusive, where the girl was so dependent on the guy that she went insane and yeah... uh. anyway. i don't know.


to me, the song still has a romatic theme. A lover's blind reassurance to their love, who has mental health issues. Issues that the lover doesn't quite understand, but will offer support for anyway. The lyrics reminded me of a person I know and this person is a very positive influence in my life, so I naturally applied a positive, cute, lazy Sunday morning vibe to this song (but with a hint of misunderstanding)


I interpret it as a sort of model/description of a  cliché relationship that is out of reach because you have too high of an expectation. (It's like a display of everything you want but cannot have) and when you see others that have what you want, it brings you pain, although a "perfect relationship" isn't "ideal" (and the people you think you want to be like, have their own problems that they're hiding beneath the surface)


this is how my relationship ended. my mental health was too overwhelming for him.


I AM BEING FED WITH THIS LIKE YOU ARE FED WITH ARTISTIC DISCUSSION. I'm so happy I wasn't the only one who thought this song was as messed up as I'd hoped it would be <3


dodie i have been dealing with sever depression since i was 7 on top of that i kind of knew things my entire life and never could explain how or why i knew what i did (you kind of seen that first hand yourself if you can even remember a comment i left on i am pretty sure tessas video)

i just deal with it by calling it my power of knowing and just leave it at that and everybody has mental health issues at one point or another just because you dont go into details about your life it doesnt mean that you dont have sever depression or other mental health issues

i love you and keep up the great work dodie

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Can you please be my music and english teacher???


To me, I feel like the song is about a relationship and it's a story about the mental health of one of the people in the relationship getting worse and it begins to affect the other person. For example the lyric 'I hope you don't bleed with me' suggests that perhaps the person with mental health issues is afraid of opening up about it for fear of it affecting the other person negatively and making the relationship toxic. And, as the song goes on this person begins to tell their partner about all of this ('drink all my thoughts') and their partner is affected as was predicted. In the video it's like as the person opens up about their issues with mental health the blood and gore disrupts the peaceful setting similar to how something as serious as mental health can affect ones relationships with others and how it's something that's not dealt with very well by a lot of people. and as seen in the video the partner is affected greatly (all the pins stuck in the dolls head sort of like overthinking or being overwhelmed) but they both try cover up and say they're fine ('laugh away the fear') and eventually because they both try cover up and pretend they're fine it ends in the relationship crashing and burning (everything on fire in the video). Perhaps outlining how important it is to have communication in relationships and in how we should get rid of the stigma around mental health in general.<br>Now this is just my personal thoughts on the song and I could probably write an essay on it but I love this song and I find it quite relatable being mentally ill and afraid of how it will affect my partner and my relationship with them.

To me, I feel like the song is about a relationship and it's a story about the mental health of one of the people in the relationship getting worse and it begins to affect the other person. For example the lyric 'I hope you don't bleed with me' suggests that perhaps the person with mental health issues is afraid of opening up about it for fear of it affecting the other person negatively and making the relationship toxic. And, as the song goes on this person begins to tell their partner about all of this ('drink all my thoughts') and their partner is affected as was predicted. In the video it's like as the person opens up about their issues with mental health the blood and gore disrupts the peaceful setting similar to how something as serious as mental health can affect ones relationships with others and how it's something that's not dealt with very well by a lot of people. and as seen in the video the partner is affected greatly (all the pins stuck in the dolls head sort of like overthinking or being overwhelmed) but they both try cover up and say they're fine ('laugh away the fear') and eventually because they both try cover up and pretend they're fine it ends in the relationship crashing and burning (everything on fire in the video). Perhaps outlining how important it is to have communication in relationships and in how we should get rid of the stigma around mental health in general.
Now this is just my personal thoughts on the song and I could probably write an essay on it but I love this song and I find it quite relatable being mentally ill and afraid of how it will affect my partner and my relationship with them.


Please please do this for all your songs !


Last time I was this early, Phillip Hamilton was still alive

British Tea drinker when the time comes fire your Pepsi in the air, this will put an end to the whole affair.

British Tea drinker NOooOoo Why would you do that? :(

British Tea drinker why bring me pain like this

'  No! He wont shoot you! Just shoot to the sky!'
Everyone- Alex no.
Hamilton- Alex yes

I love that I'm finding Hamilton comments everywhere

British Tea drinker I came as soon as I heard


When I first listened to it, well, to be honest I don't think I paid too much attention, probably because I let myself be fooled by the first lines, that make you think it will be a sweet simple song about being in love. But when I watched the video, particularly the fire and the scene where there are parts of Barbie and Ken literally intertwined, I suddenly realized how well the lyrics and even the title by itself could be refering to a dependent relationship rather than just a new one describing romance. <br>The only thing I thought apart from that was that maybe it could fit this kind of relationship, or moment in a relationship, when you are so united with your partner, you share so much, you grow to be afraid that if you split, the you that will remain will be one you can barely recognize, one that it's full of things that you thought belonged to the other but now are too intertwined with yourself. If that makes any sense. The dependecy interpretation it's still better.

When I first listened to it, well, to be honest I don't think I paid too much attention, probably because I let myself be fooled by the first lines, that make you think it will be a sweet simple song about being in love. But when I watched the video, particularly the fire and the scene where there are parts of Barbie and Ken literally intertwined, I suddenly realized how well the lyrics and even the title by itself could be refering to a dependent relationship rather than just a new one describing romance.
The only thing I thought apart from that was that maybe it could fit this kind of relationship, or moment in a relationship, when you are so united with your partner, you share so much, you grow to be afraid that if you split, the you that will remain will be one you can barely recognize, one that it's full of things that you thought belonged to the other but now are too intertwined with yourself. If that makes any sense. The dependecy interpretation it's still better.


I understand why it was done like this now and I do love it ,it's so creative and weird at the same time ,but at first ,I imagined the video would be sort of like very warm toned things with like a couple in a little apartment in like white duvet covers with only each other if that makes sense ,I imagined it to portray a simple love where they just ignored the world around them and that and yes they depend on eachother but it would be shown in a more subtle way like in a more ignorant sense idk does anyone get what I mean in the most unorganised way I've explained this ahaha ,I'd love to hear other people's views on this! X


I like the insight into your thought process regarding this song. The juxtaposition of light and dark balance beautifully and precariously. The only thing I thought differently in my interpretation was it seemed as thought the fear of these dark things happening is more prevalent than the actuality of them happening. The fear that the other person will only be hurt by the relationship is more overwhelming. My two cents anyway.


My interpretation is a gruesome relationship that one would read in a horror book

Skin: referring to a lustfull tendency of a partner
Heat: the blush or euphoria they get from partern
Hair in your mouth: trying to escape a hateful relationship but you can't tell anyone without it coming back at you later
Feet touching feet: the attraction pulling at the victim that they belong to them
Oh you and I safe from the world though the world will try: the world will try to separate the two if the world knew what happens behind closed doors
Oh oh oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain: the abuser is thinking of what would happen if the victim escaped or left them
But we can stay here and laugh away the fear: the abuser is reassuring themselves that their partner would never leave and they can just laugh off the the thought of it together.
Numb: the feeling the abuser begins to feel when they realize their partner is afraid of them
Fine: trying to shrug away all thoughts of their abusive relationship
You create a rarity of my genuine smiles: the parter is the glue holding together themselves together
So breathe: the abuser becomes demanding of their partners everyday life
Breathe with me: you must only interact  with me
Can you drink all my thoughts?: can you take away my constant worries and relieve me from my heartaches
Cause I can't stand them: the abuser is slowly slipping to the brink of insanity
Intertwined: the abuser loses control and kills the partner
Free: they are free from the worries of the partner ever leaving
I've pinned each and every hope on you I hope that you don't bleed with me: after losing control of their actions the abuser is taking to self harm to escape the harsh reality that they killed their partner.
I'm afraid of the things in my brain: the lonely partner's thoughts begin to attack their brain to the point that they commit suicide
But we can stay here and laugh away the fear: their bodies lay together where nobody can judge them
The hums and harmonies: a calming melody that reassures the reader that all will be well in the world now they are gone.

I know I'm a twisted child, I'm sorry😕


I also felt personally it was about a toxic relationship in which one of the people in the relationship purposes that they let the relationship die instead of ending it. Especially the laugh away the fear. I took it as they were aware of the problems, and choosing not to face them. But this is also really really cool, and now when I listen to the song it's completely different. I love stuff like this, and kinda hidden meaning behind songs is what I live for.


To be honest I was always confused about this song. On one hand, simply listening to the melody makes it seem cute and innocent, but if you listen to the words everything gets a lot more confusing. I think the confusion, desperation and dependency shone through to me, but I was never quite sure about the over all meaning and theme of the song. I loved watching this video because I think the theme Dodie talked about in the video was the one I needed to hear, but never allowed myself to at the time. Idk, I just loved this analysis, getting serious English teacher vibes 😂


So what I got from the song is someone who has been in an abusive relationship and is just now trying to love again after being hurt. The "things in their brain" are memories of the past of that abuse, which made them not easily put trust in other people.

   I'm going out of order, but "safe from the world, though the world will try-" it's cut off, but I believe it could be "though the world will try to tell me that I'm making up my abuse." Now in what situation would abuse be denied? When the abuser is a woman and the abused is a man. The song is from the point of view of a boy.

   As with some abuse, it can leave some PTS and triggers, but this other person is trying to calm him down during one of these episodes by telling him to "Breathe. Breathe with me."

   (I'm jumping around a lot here, I apologize) Then he responds with "Can you drink all my thoughts?" He is afraid that if he tells his new lover the extent of his abuse and what it has done to his mind, they will not be able to deal with it and leave him. He's "pinning each and every hope" on them that they will stay with him.

   Because of his past relationship, the line "I hope that you don't bleed with me." Could be interpreted as not wanting a relationship like the last, being hit so much that even if they were bleeding, so was their abuser by making her hands raw from blows.

  The majority of the song takes place in a bed, with an intimate feel of either cuddling and/or sex with the lover trying to reassure the boy. He tells them he's afraid, and in turn, they tell him "But we can stay here and laugh away the fears." As in "I will protect you, I will make you smile again." Which he does in the line "You create a rarity of my genuine smile."

"Numb. Fine." Comes from beforehand with him telling people he was fine, even though he was numb with pain. "Free" also adds to this, free of his abuser.

   The song is not a sequential story, making it difficult to understand if you don't mix things around. It's confusing, but this was the best thing I could come up with. I apologize for any misconceptions I have.


i always thought it was more about a depressed person who falls in love and connects to their soulmate intertwined souls if you will and depressed person slowly gets better although still struggles a bit but everything is okay bc ☄the power of love☄

i always thought it was more about a depressed person who falls in love and connects to their soulmate -intertwined souls if you will- and depressed person slowly gets better -although still struggles a bit- but everything is okay bc ☄the power of love☄


I really wish I could have watched the whole music video.... but my anxiety wouldn't have allowed that.


When you want your English teacher to go this in depth into other songs and poems because of this


I take it back. This was absolutely brilliant.


Dodie... I wish there was a word to describe you!😭😂 Something like, "omigawd that's so Doddish!", Or "that's really Doddly!". Idk, is it just me?


dodie would make an amazing english lit teacher!


The waltzy, slow-dancey beat combined with the instability in the lyrics reminds me of the ending of Sweeney Todd for some reason, when they're dancing and he just<br>throws her into the fire

The waltzy, slow-dancey beat combined with the instability in the lyrics reminds me of the ending of Sweeney Todd for some reason, when they're dancing and he just
throws her into the fire


See this was really interesting...
This was exactly what I thought the song was about but still the music video doesn't exactly feel like it fits
But I suppose that is just my opinion
It's a beautiful song nonetheless, well done dodie!


I love Dodie's reprentation of her eating up the comments!


I interpreted it in a similar way however, in a sense of the mentally stable (for lack of a better word) partner didn't find being the relief for their lover's mental illness overbearing or toxic. I mostly think that because in my cause, I've been having a super hard time with anxiety lately and met my now boyfriend, who ended up helping my anxiety calm down, to the point where my therapist didn't even recognize me and said he didn't think I needed to continue with therapy anymore. He also loves the fact that he can help me with my anxiety. I guess the way you interpret the lyrics depends on your own situation which is completely normal.


Honestly, the video was much darker than how I'd first seen the song, though the mental health issues were pretty obvious. I saw a moment in the early days of a relationship where one person was happy but scared and was trying to tell the other person while the other comforted them (hence the contrasts). In my head, the relationship can go either way but the video was very effective, good work by Sammy!


dodie looks really pretty in this video 😍


YO i just finished reading Gone Girl and if you listen to the song with that story in mind you can access a whole other level of creepiness with the song (not going to explain it all bc it's too good to be spoiled for those who haven't seen/watched it).


DODIE this is borderline twisted😂 Bloody amazing song though.


This is going to seem incredibly strange, but when I heard this song for the first time, it sounded like a rose. OKAY THAT DOESNT MAKE SENSE but for me, for some reason, songs can have a kind of sound that could remind me of an object, memory, color, smell, etc. For this song, it sounded like a rose (as i said). It at first looked/sounded beautiful and perfect and red, but as you get into the song/rose, you start to discover thorns, and what you think was a nice red turned out to be a sign of blood (woah gory i know). With the "intertwined; free" bit, it reminded me of something getting caught in the beauty of the rose and thorns and then breaking free from it, with a little bit of the blood and rose color making their hands red. idk it may sound weird but I tried to describe it the best I could. Did anyone else have kind of a synesthetic experience with this song too?


I am afraid of death and I suffer with constant anxiety and overthinking. I feel like this song deals with similar thoughts and portrays how it affects a relationship. Not being alone gets one's mind off of it, but at the same time makes them even more aware of how they can't shake their thoughts off. The person becomes self aware and in the end pours it all out in hope of feeling better. So to properly break it down:

The first lines describe a peaceful, intimate and an imperfect moment between a couple. They feel maybe a bit too hot and her hair is in his mouth, but, as the second lines tell it, they both feel safe in this embrace.

"Safe from the world, though the world will try - oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain" Then the storyteller begins to question what she feels safe from and the anxiety hits in, so she stops herself for going too deep into it. She assures herself that they "can stay here, and laugh away the fear". Laughing away the fear meaning that she can crack jokes about her worries and fears, and make it seem like a smaller problem, though in reality she isn't able to deal with them seriously.

The next verse states how she feels, "numb", but with a smile she reassures that all is "fine" and on a second thought she does feel fine, since she feels a certain happiness with him that she can not reach by herself "you create a rarity of genuinr smiles". Once in a while being with him makes her forget what causes her anxiety.

"So breathe, breathe with me, can you drink all my thoughts cause I can't stand (them)" she wants him to just be there so she isn't alone with her thoughts. But he can't change her anxiety so she pours her heart out to him and breaks down. I feel that Dodie sings the word "them" followed by the "oohs" separately from the rest of the sentence, which to me seems like the storyteller can not reason with herself why she feels so overwhelmed by her thoughts. She just does and she feels sad, and she acknowledges it.

"Intertwined, free". By telling him all that goes through her brain he has become aware of her situation. The burdon isn't just hers anymore, she feels free. "I pinned each and every thought on you, I hope you don't bleed with me" - she is afraid her thoughts will affect his thinking, and that he will also become as anxious about the world as she is.

"I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here and laugh away the fear." All of this confirms what has just been said - she is afraid of what or how much she thinks about her fears. And now that he is maybe afflicted by them as well - maybe now they both can struggle to live their lifes happy.


I always thought of this song For friendship

For me it was helping I have a best friend that when we laugh my hair is often in my eye so it gets in my mouth and Heat like when it was cold outside so we just sat down hugging each other and her fluffy jacket And Then I have Mental illnesses I always thought it was just she helps me laugh off all the pain and Awfulness of it all And make it all Sweet yet I'm always afraid she'll leave For Better more "normal" friends even thought I know she won't it's like she will and yet when I'm with her I feel like I'm free and Can laugh. With her my smile genuinely happends.


Of course I thought of it as a mental Health song but I thought of the partner being described was almost the one who saves her or him from drowning in fear and insecurities or just life in general. I just always had an image of someone being pulled out of the water with a big gasp of breath. Idk I like dodie's version better.


this video satisfies my music soul and my english nerd soul. wow thank you :)


I bet so many students wish that the poet of the poem they are analyzing in class made a video like this


“Skin
Heat
Hair in your mouth
Feet touching feet”

We open up with an intimate scene between two lovers. This confirms that the song is about a romantic relationship.

“Oh you
And I
Safe from the world
Though the world will try”

There’s something or someone driving the couple apart, but when they’re together that doesn’t seem to matter. Perhaps this is a Romeo and Juliet-esq story?

“Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain”

The narrator suffers from a mental disorder that scares them.

“But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear”

Their partner is one of the few things that makes the narrator feel safe.

“Numb
Fine”

The lovers are having a fight. During it, the narrator is numb, and the fine is dismissive, yelling at the other partner.

“You create a rarity of my genuine smiles”

Because the narrator is so dependent upon their lover, they make up easily

“So breathe
Breathe with me”

The narrator is having an anxiety attack, and their partner is helping them.

“Can you drink all my thoughts
Cause I can't stand them”

The disorder is tormenting the narrator and they just want their lover to help them

Ooh, oh
O-oh, oh, oh

“Intertwined
Free”

The narrator is planning suicide, but their partner is holding them back. Being with them makes them not want to die.

“I've pinned each and every hope on you
I hope you don't bleed with me”

The narrator is terrified their dependence on their lover will cause them so suffer the same way they do.

“I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear
Hmm, hmm
Hmhmm”


Yes dodie, you do sound like a teacher. ;) But just like for me in school, nothing you said was unexpected or unknown to me. The climax of the song is so intense and fills me up with I-don't-even-know-what everytime I hear it. It truely is a piece of art. I expected you to talk about it being a (happy-ish) waltz contrasting the dark theme but maybe that's just me. Lots of love anyway! You are stunning <3


4:33 I love the glimpe of harmonic dodie back to professor like dodie


Is it bad I've never thought about what it means, I've just enjoyed the lovely music haha.


okay, I think I kind of got it right the first time. Like, my interpretation was around the idea of the two people on the relationship kind of losing what they were, the two of them becoming dependant of the other in a bad way. Intertwined, because it's hot and hurting, but I don't have the parts that you now replace anymore, so if I want to stay complete, I need you, even if that makes me not complete at all. It was about the damage that the dependant relationship caused in both of them.


The weirdest thing is as she was explaining it I was like what I missed all this and then when she got onto the "pinned each and every hope on you I hope that you don't bleed with me" I was like oh my Jesus I knew it all along HOW DID I KNOW AND NOT KNOW AT THE SAME TIME


I interpreted it as a masochistic person with mental issues trying to  protect their partner from themselves,  but hurting them in the process. There's a sweet person trying to control their emotions to keep their partner safe, but the partner wants to help. <br>all in all I relate, thank you for writing it dodie!

I interpreted it as a masochistic person with mental issues trying to  protect their partner from themselves,  but hurting them in the process. There's a sweet person trying to control their emotions to keep their partner safe, but the partner wants to help.
all in all I relate, thank you for writing it dodie!


Ah! I'm late because I didnt have access to the internet when the video was published! First this has been one of my FAVORITE videos ever. I'm in love with this analysis. Second, my interpretation! I always believed this song was about romanticizing mental health (not as in dodie saying, oh look depression and anxiety are the best but as in the way the media portrays mental health as mysterious and alluring sometimes, especially when people with mental health issues are in relationships, instead of something terrible and scary)
What I mean here is I thought the whole song was from the point of view from someone with mental health issues trying to convince this person to love them. Of course the singer is desperate for someone in more of an obsession than love, and this is their almost plea for their obsession to be requited, most likely after a one night stand. With soft melodies contrasting the darker lyrics it can come across an almost lullaby but I see it as more of a haze.
Lyric Analysis:
"Skin
Heat
Hair in your mouth
Feet touching feet"
This is a romantic image, probably after the said one night stand, the singer is painting a romantic image to convince the other to stay
"Oh you and I
Safe from the world
Though the world will try"
The singer is saying: We could be together, you can protect me from myself, i'll be OK if you're here
"Oh, I'm afraid
Of the things in my brain"
I can't protect myself from my thoughts
"But we can stay here and laugh away the fear"
Safety
"Numb
Fine"
The other has left after said one night stand and the singer is dealing
"You create a rarity of my genuine smiles"
This person depends on the other so much and can only feel happy when with them
"So breathe, breathe with me"
Singer is talking to them self, they're drowning in their thoughts
"Can you drink all my thoughts, cause I can't stand them."
I imagined drink all my thoughts as a plea like Dodie, but i cant stand them not as a scream but as this quiet whisper, a breaking point, the singer has gone over this edge in their mind because they've become obsessed with someone who clearly does not love them and they can't handle it
Then the ooos as this soothing noise, I imagined it as medication, something to calm/empty the vastness inside their head
"Intertwined, free"
The singer is intertwined with the other in this unhealthy knot like dodie said, but free represents the other (someone without mental health issues) walking away, free, able to live without their thoughts
"I've pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don't bleed with me"
The singer is very unhealthy, they've 'pinned' everything on someone who wants nothing to do with them
"Oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here and laugh away the fear"
This ending gets a lot darker, if it were a music video it would fade to black here
the ooos would continue with a shot of the other in a suit looking at a photo of the singer next to a candle
(I'm not going to describe the whole music video idea I had in my head here, because this comment's really long)

I'm going to describe how I would shoot the music video here though:<br>So camera pans to a 'couple' in bed in the morning sleeping, once the lyrics start the singer is awake though, "you and I, safe from the world though the world will try" cuts to the couple dancing in a kitchen, quietly, you can see the bedroom they were sleeping in before in the background, this is to show they're in the same place (it opens this way because of the song, it's building up quiet and sleepy so so is the music video) "Oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain" the singer, dodie, is laying on the bed alone, in blue lighting, everything before has been in warm lighting, "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" is her in the kitchen picking up stuff previously seen in the dancing scene, "numb, fine" the singer is seen taking a sip of something alcoholic, wine or something probably, "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles" cuts back to warm light where they're dancing she is dipped and it's a close up of her smiling at him, "so breathe, breathe with me" blue light, she's in the bathroom staring in the mirror, holding the sink, a tear rolls down her face she quickly wipes it away, "can you drink all my thoughts" it cuts back to dancing where the other takes a sip of wine from a glass, close up of their face on drink, "cause i can't stand them" cuts back to cleaning where she picks up that glass and throws it at the wall, the ooos have us back in that bathroom where she takes some pill, then sinks down the wall, "intertwined" the first scene where they're sleeping, "free" the other slipping out the front door, "I've pinned each and every hope on you" the singer realizing that the other has left, "I hope that you don't bleed with me" then she's picking up the shattered wine glass and she cuts her hand, "I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here  and laugh away the fear" we see dodie in the bathroom closing her eyes and then it fades out to black, the ooos come and we see the other looking at a photo of the singer next to a candle, and laying down a rose, then the last  shot is both of them at a coffee shop smiling and laughing (this is the first time we've left this apartment and the only time, this is the last scene because it's how she wants to be remembered) The video would jump a lot because so do her thoughts, that's it for my rEALLY long comments! Sorry! If you stuck around I applaud you!

I'm going to describe how I would shoot the music video here though:
So camera pans to a 'couple' in bed in the morning sleeping, once the lyrics start the singer is awake though, "you and I, safe from the world though the world will try" cuts to the couple dancing in a kitchen, quietly, you can see the bedroom they were sleeping in before in the background, this is to show they're in the same place (it opens this way because of the song, it's building up quiet and sleepy so so is the music video) "Oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain" the singer, dodie, is laying on the bed alone, in blue lighting, everything before has been in warm lighting, "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" is her in the kitchen picking up stuff previously seen in the dancing scene, "numb, fine" the singer is seen taking a sip of something alcoholic, wine or something probably, "you create a rarity of my genuine smiles" cuts back to warm light where they're dancing she is dipped and it's a close up of her smiling at him, "so breathe, breathe with me" blue light, she's in the bathroom staring in the mirror, holding the sink, a tear rolls down her face she quickly wipes it away, "can you drink all my thoughts" it cuts back to dancing where the other takes a sip of wine from a glass, close up of their face on drink, "cause i can't stand them" cuts back to cleaning where she picks up that glass and throws it at the wall, the ooos have us back in that bathroom where she takes some pill, then sinks down the wall, "intertwined" the first scene where they're sleeping, "free" the other slipping out the front door, "I've pinned each and every hope on you" the singer realizing that the other has left, "I hope that you don't bleed with me" then she's picking up the shattered wine glass and she cuts her hand, "I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here  and laugh away the fear" we see dodie in the bathroom closing her eyes and then it fades out to black, the ooos come and we see the other looking at a photo of the singer next to a candle, and laying down a rose, then the last  shot is both of them at a coffee shop smiling and laughing (this is the first time we've left this apartment and the only time, this is the last scene because it's how she wants to be remembered) The video would jump a lot because so do her thoughts, that's it for my rEALLY long comments! Sorry! If you stuck around I applaud you!


I totally thought it was about a couple who was growing out of love or they just don't feel love like they used to. Boy was I wrong!


I always thought about the song in a romantic way - intertwined, two people in love that they become one unit and a team and the melodic waltz just pulled me in etc, but then as soon as I saw the video and dodie's interpretation I realised the dark undertones and why the song always felt a bit wrong? Like so beautiful and sweet but just some parts weren't quite right - skin' and 'the things in my brain'. It makes sense now - and for me anyway that realisation of a good thing, a happy healthy relationship but with bad undertones, fragility, dependency, the feeling of a wrong and something 'not quite right' (which I really felt with the off chords and the language choice) but pushed down and forgotten about really ties in with the theme of mental health and relationships - you can can swept away by the romance and the thought of everything being perfect and forget that both of you are human, and there will be problems as a couple and individually, and if you push them down and don't acknowledge those feeling and thoughts it will create problems.
At a first glance without listening to the lyrics properly this song is beautiful and sweet, but further down its just a little too dark and it has problems - just like relationships and people - fine on the outside, not so fine on the inside. So i guess now I've thought about it my first interpretation and now my realisation really adds to the meaning of this to me and adds a whole other level of that dark creeping sinking feeling when you realise.
Just my thoughts! Really beautiful and heartbreaking song, and so talented dodie! Thank you x


I always related to this song because it accurately portrayed mental illness within intimacy with another person. It is a brilliant and gentle snapshot into the struggles of having a partner on top of anxiety. I scramble to manage my panic disorder in my day to day life. The lyric "breathe with me" reminded me of how my boyfriend wraps me in his arms and helps me breathe when I go through an attack. I understand Dodie's explanation of unhealthy dependence, but the verse "you create a rarity of my genuine smile" meant something precious and valuable to me. I get so caught up in work and being productive that I don't think of my own happiness or well being as often and I probably should. But he helps me focus on myself and my joy. Not that I am incapable of finding meaning in life without him, but I deeply appreciate his constant reminder that I often ignore. "Genuine smile" spoke loudly because I work as a hostess, so my smile is no different than a name tag or a resturant policy. Thus, the legitimacy of my smile is more intimate and rare than mymy forced grin at work. Additionally, "laugh away the fear" will always have a darker meaning. No one can ever "fix" one's mental disorder, but they can aid in shifting one's focus to positive energy, like lauging. its a temporary solution and the panic will return, but for that moment, I feel safe and free. So, finally, "intertwined; free" is a  comforting lyric. Anxiety makes me feel like I am floating off the earth with worry. My feet can't touch the ground and I can not get anywhere.  Thus, being intertwined with a loved one helps ground me. I am able to feel something tangible and kind. Thus, I feel free from worry or outside stress. :) Whether this song has a positive or negative tone to it, it definitely captures mental illness in moments of intimacy. You dont hear songs like this on the radio. It holds a lot of gravity for me because I will never have Hollywood love due to my anxiety. and I don't want that romantic, unrealistic kiss in the rain. I want the deep breathes and white knuckles as I calm down from an attack. it is raw and real and I relate to this song extraordinarily. Thank you, Dodie, for this warm and real song about love. 💖


I interpreted this song basically the way you wrote it, someone with a mental illness in a relationship and all the ups and lows there may be, even the dependency, I have been in that place, I got so emotionally attached to someone because of my depression that that someone ended up frustrated and left me, you can imagine how that affected me, but actually it happend around the time you uploaded the video about cutting ties and you can't imagine how much it helped me, then, when I heard this song It helped me realize that I'm not so okay and to work in my dependency problems. You and your songs have helped me trough the hardest times in my life and had made a better person (I think) and I can't tank you enough.


You are way too clever and sophisticated for my brain... how can someone be so awesome and cool, yet so clever!


The intertwined video makes me think of Melanie Martinez in her dollhouse video. I personally think both Dodie's and Melanie's videos describe a mask of perfection, where they know that the relationship is terrible and breaking apart but they fake it for others and eventually start faking for themselves. Idk thats what I thought of.


I adore this. I know you said that you don't like to explain your art and like to let each individual interpret, but, honestly, I love it. I love how the lyrics seem to have double meanings, which leads people to interpret the song differently. It is also thoroughly satisfying when not only the words but also the tune of the song changes to get the message/story across. I feel like so many songs today are superficial, with only repetitive lyrics and a catchy beat  to propel them to the top of the charts. Not all songs are like this, but most are. They will be filled with vague lyrics about love and heartbreak, most of which we've heard before, none of which are very deep or meaningful. Anyway, I know this is a long comment, but I hope you might consitter doing something like this again for one of your songs that has similar layers and meaning 😊


I imagined “Intertwined” as a song about a couple who were quite distant and didn’t  know much about the other and when serious events came up that brought along serious conversations, they sort of swept them aside until they slowly built up and became so many huge problems right in their faces until they realized that their relationship had become very toxic and unhealthy and just kept trying to push it until they absolutely couldn’t do it any longer.


This video was beautiful and this song is beautiful and all the lyrics are beautiful and you are so beautiful and I love you.


I always thought the song said, "And love away the fear." RIP


I always thought it was kind of scary. A toxic feeling. I didn't know people thought the song was romantic.


Hi Dodie! I completely agree with your interpretation of your own song that's exactly what I felt when I first heard it. Fear of how damaging a mental illness can be for yourself might negatively affect a romantic partner and your friends in the same way. BUT! the truth is that not everyone suffers from mental illness the same way that we do and not everyone is as negatively affected as we are . . in the past I had relationships that I would put forth all of the shit that mental illness carries thinking that it hurt then worrying that it hurt them and they confirmed it by turning it back around and using it to hurt me just so they would feel better. That is not OK . I'm learning that as I get older and meeting new people and having better relationships with people that there will be people in your life Dodie that can handle it better than you can. You can release all of your fears and all of your worries and cry and cry and cry and they will be there for you and you won't make them bleed and you won't hurt them. There have been hundreds of times that I am spaced out that I'm upset that I don't want to deal with simple things that everyone has to deal with bills and work and stupid things like that to get me so upset and my partner just listens and he knows exactly what to say to at least make me feel comforted that I'm not hurting him when I am struggling. You cannot assume how others feel about you. You'll find someone like that I promise you Dodie. You deserve that :3


alright i’ll do a few interpretations of what i think some of the lyrics mean. now i think of it completely different, but i used to think of it like this:
skin- spooning and cuddling, cuts to holding hands.
heat- hugging, cuts to a DIRTY SCENE which i won’t describe
hair in your mouth- kissing, more dirty stuff;-;
feet, touching feet- back to the innocent stuff. watching youtube or netflix together, our feet touching.

~skip~
oh i’m afraid
of the things in my brain
but we can stay here
and laugh away the fear-
both people in the relationship have mental health issues, but while they are with each other, those feelings and thoughts sometimes go away.

numb,
fine
you create a rarity
of my genuine smile- at first i read the lyrics wrong, and thought it meant the other person in the relationship made the other person genuinely smile. but now i see what it actually means. so now i interpret this as a cute relationship gone wrong. at first it was lovey dovey and what not, but then it became toxic. no more real smiles.


okay before I listen to her version, I see the song as someone's who's really insecure, sad, or maybe suffers from some mental problems... it's related to her mind. And it's about not wanting to face everything you have to, because you're (obviously) really scared of it, and you're finally having a moment of calmness with someone... you're afraid the moment everything rages you'll be alone again. The song is her wandering in those dark thoughts and at the same time trying to ignore them.


ok but also god bless this entire song and how she wrote this


I’ve never seen someone discuss their own song like this. This is transcendent.


Alright, so my interpretation was slightly different. Some different things plus the mental health issues. I will explain all the lyrics by my interpretation.
Here we go!

"Skin
Heat
Hair in your mouth
Feet touching feet"
We're cuddling. Your skin is pressed against mine and I feel warm. We're in love.

"Oh you
And I
Safe from the world
Though the world will try"
Things are rough, but we're together, so we're okay. However...
However, the world is against us. People say that I'm not enough for you, that you deserve better. Everyone is trying their hardest to break us appart. I'm in love with you but I'm scared of this love.

"Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear"
I'm really, really scared of this love. I'm scared of myself. The things they say are getting to me, they are overwhelming my soul and eating my brain. It hurts.
But you tell me we're gonna be okay. You're here, you say you love me. Nothing's going to tear us appart. I love you, you love me.
You bring me joy. You send the fear and the anxiety away. You make me feel better, you make me ignore the bad things. I love you very much and I'm glad for having you. Maybe I'm enough for you and you're enough for me and everything will be okay.

"Numb
Fine
You create a rarity of my genuine smiles"
I'm not okay. You make me feel okay but you can't be always by my side and people talk. People talk too much and I listen too much and I'm feeling so numb to everything. It seems like I can only feel bad feelings, so I just excluded myself from all the feelings. I tell you I'm fine because I don't want you to worry.
I'm still in love with you. You're the only one who makes me feel right now. You're trying so hard and I want to be okay for you, but it's hard for me too. You're the only one I try to smile for and it's not healthy, but still.
You're the only one that makes me want to feel alive.

"So breathe
Breathe with me
Can you drink all my thoughts?
'Cause I can't stand them"
I'm having a panic attack. I have been having a whole lot of them recently, but this is the first one I'm having while I'm by your side. You calm me down. You tell me that I can talk to you about anything and everything. You tell me you love me.
Can I talk to you? I don't think I can. I'm stupid and I'm undeserving of you. You deserve better, everyone is right. I'm not enough for you, I'm not enough for anyone. I can't stand myself, I can't look in the mirror. I'm sorry. I can't talk to you, I won't tell you anything. It's my fault, I can't dump it on you.
But I want to. God, I want to. And you want me to. But I can't. I won't. I'll keep everything to myself and I'll keep telling you I'm completely fine.

"Ooh, oh
O-oh, oh, oh"
I'm trying to distract myself from my own thoughts by singing mindlessly. Trying to distract myself from the fear. It's not working.

"Intertwined
Free
I've pinned each and every hope on you
I hope that you don't bleed with me"
I used to feel free when we were intertwined. I don't feel like that anymore, and it's my fault. I put all my hopes and all my will to keep going on you, and now it's damaging you. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you too. I was supposed to be the only one hurt. Please, forgive me. I'm sorry.

"I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear"
It's eating me alive. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm not enough. I love you. Do you love me?
You do. You still bring me joy. You still make me smile. You will help me. I'll be okay. We'll be okay. Together, we will laugh and smile until the fear leaves. We can do it. I love you and you love me and you send the fear and the anxiety away. You make me feel better, you make me ignore the bad things. I love you very much and I'm glad for having you. Maybe I'm enough for you and you're enough for me and everything will be okay. Everything will be okay because we are together.

"Hmm, hmm
Hmhmm"
It's the melody of a lullaby. We're going to sleep and, tomorrow, everything will be fine. Everything will be okay. We will get through this.
We will be okay.

(I suppose that that's my interpretation because I was feeling rather depressed and anxious the time I first listened to this song. I thought it was a really sad, but hopeful song. Maybe because I was sad, but wanted to have hope. And that's why, when I first saw the video, I hated it so much, because I saw "Intertwined" like a beautiful and hopeful song and the video was the complete opposite of that. Nowadays, I understand that a relationship in which one of the people have mental health issues would be really damaging and poisonous, but I still like to think that this song is about one exception. They took care of each other and they helped each other and now they're okay.)

That's it :)


I did not pick up on the use of gorey implications, but I had the rest basically the same as it meant to be. the 'Drink my thoughts' was especially plucking some of my heartstrings.


I interpreted it as a song about being in a relationship with someone you don't trust


this song makes me feel so weird - i didn't realise just how messed up i am (especially within any relatioship) until i heard it, but seeing the video is the first time i realised how FUCKED UP all of this is


at the breathe breathe part id always kinda assumed that the writer had killed the lover and that the denial was denial born from guilt. this fit well with the whole 'i hope that you don't leave' though i've always been one to try and make things as dark as possible.


DODIE DODIE!!!!!! In love with a ghost wants to do something with you and your voice please try and get in contact with them you two are my favrote music artists


hey, id love to do my own video for this song with a cover, would u like it too? cause im a bit insecure and this video would also help me with my curriculum for application in some cinema universities


This to me is love. I agree with you Dodie, but also think it’s not unhealthy to not always be alright. I think you are so cute and sweet, but of course there is always another side to everything. I know this probably won’t reach you by now, but here. I don’t believe the same as you for everything, but wow can I just watch you be you forever.


I saw the song as a look back into a bittersweet romantic relationship where both the writer and their partner are both struggling with mental health yet when they're together they actually help each other and relate to one another; but while they think they are helping each other they're both just falling deeper into each others mental health. Thus making everything worse in the end of the relationship(the dependency causing the relationship to end). So while they were in the relationship it was all happiness and smiles though it was all falling apart without them realizing. So it's as if it's two different songs one during the relationship and one after it just mushed into one song.


I hadn't really considered it before, but I did see this song as a sort of sweet love song with the presence of some sort of dependency and darkness lurking within the person singing. I always took it as being afraid of the monsters within, and finding someone that doesn't make them as scary anymore (or as strong). But, thinking about it, I realize the way in which I was thinking about it did assume a sort of unhealthy dependency on the other person to "deal", which might be more of a representation of my own unhealthy way of thinking at the time when I was first listening to your EP (which is amazing, by the way).


Oh my God! Dodie!!.. You are much crazyier than I thought! or even insane!
I understand that this story is a fiction and just an image of your feelings. I also had many creepy things on my mind, but I always throw away them cause I know that they are bad or something... But you making a video with an image of killing each other, blowing everything away (even if it's a metaphore) and sing about it so calmly, so it makes this image even more maniac!.. I've really started to fear of you. as always - you just blowing my mind!..
It's a really nice song. without a video it seems so touching and cute. The story that I here is so common and simple, so realistic. But with video - ... I'm afraid of you! Like I've just seen a thriller! I'm shocked. For me it seems just too much for "just for fun".
Still love you and I hope you'll never do things in video in real life!
P.S. I've heard "love away the fear" at first - it ads an interesting meaning, I think ;)


I thought that it was a sweet song that was describing a couple who both have struggles but find comfort in each other.

The start , with cuddling in bed, reminded me more of a time where they would be talking about deep things , leading to the lyrics “I’m afraid of the things in my brain” but , as both people can relate, they can laugh it away for a moment and finally feel better.

I thought the contrasts between the happy and sad lyrics definitely did show mental struggle and maybe a dip in the relationships trust (not opening up to the other etc), however once again, find an outlet in the other person despite what’s happening inside.

Dodie you’re so talented and your song was so thought out and lovely and I love it so so muchhhh


Now that I realize what the song means, I feel like it is better! :3


Okay. So mental health is hard. I've been in a relationship with a guy for about 7 months who struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder. Before we started, he encouraged me to research it so I could better handle his episodes when he had them. Literally every article, every informational video, every book told me RUN AWAY WHILE YOU STILL CAN. It's apparently not treatable, incurable, and they recommended therapy for the partner involved. But who is going to love them? If the only relationship available with the person you love is a toxic one, what are you supposed to do?


I don't know why, but for a music video, I always imagined like a couple on a date at like a boardwalk/beachy type place with S/O 1 getting texts every so often from a contact called "Brain" or something like that with all of the "mental illness thoughts" said person has. Eventually towards the end of the date, S/O 2 sees the texts while sitting on the beach and S/O 1 has a break down with S/O 2 comforting. After a bit, S/O 1 realizes the dependability going on, recognizes that it's not really healthy so S/O 1 gets up and walks into the water with S/O 2 closely attempting to understand but not getting it and in the end they both end up drowning.


Actually the first time I saw the music video, some people realized that the video was supposed to match up with how you wrote the song BUT I did definitely see those comments saying it didn't match.


I lowkey thought the song as a bit differently.
I mean, I knew what it was supposed to be about, but I had a few theories the first time I heard Intertwined.
I saw a few of the lyrics and thought a few were coming from the point of view of the writer's partner.
It may just be my optimism, but a few of the lyrics sounded a bit like someone was trying to comfort someone else (the partner trying to comfort the writer.)
A few could also be seen as thoughts from both parties and some of the ending could possibly have been the partner's mental/emotional health being diminished by the writer's mental/emotional health as well as their dependency on the partner in question, possibly resulting in either a break up (one that leaves the writer trying to mask the feeling following said break up) or both parties now being codependent and unstable. Leaving them both ignoring the problems and pretending to be perfectly fine with what has happened.

(Sorry if there's any grammatical/spelling errors, or if it doesn't make much sense, it's kinda late and I haven't slept in a few days, so please bear with me.)


ok can we talk about how clever this lady is. she has come up with a song that is so dark but is portrayed so lightly and in the most beautiful way. dodie has so much talent. like i dont even know how to put it into words. this is one smart ass woman who deserves nothing but amazing and great things to happen in her life. i have so much respect for her as a songwriter and singer. i just cant put into words how proud i am of her. and also Sammy and the rest of the team who came up with the video, jesus, it is good!


I have a hard time focusing on lyrics of songs and sort of just listen to them for the sound. That's why I was so confused when I saw the video because it was so dark in contrast to the sweet sounding song. It made me pay attention to the lyrics, though and then it all made sense ... watching it at 1am probably wasn't the best idea, though.


Could be just hopeless romantic me, (which it definitely is because the author is very explicitly explaining the meaning) but I always found it to be a song about falling in love and the two people in that love dealing with their mental health together and growing to understand each other and beginning to depend on each other. Thank you Dodie for this song, it helped me through more than you know and explained to me  a lot of my own personal relationship. beautiful song, beautiful girl.


when I saw the little "out now" underneath the word intertwined I swear I laughed so hard


I imagined this song as an abusive relationship written from the perspective of the person in the relationship being abused

Skin
Heat
Hair in your mouth
Feet touching feet
-forced/manipulated into intercourse

Oh you
And I
Safe from the world
Though the world will try
-isolated, being told that friends/family are against them so they shouldn't make contact with them and are safe from them, though family/friends will try to reach them.
Cut short by their partner

Oh, I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear
-Afraid of the awful thoughts about their partner, as this could lead to more/worse "earned punishment". It's best to stay and laugh away the fear of their partner than run and possibly be caught (alternatively, they haven't recognised that what's happening is wrong and stay because they are told )

Numb
Fine
You create a rarity of my genuine smile
-smiles rarely and their partner has made it this way, they rarely smile genuinely because they aren't happy, they pretend to be happy and fine because upset could lead to worse

So breathe
Breathe with me
Can you drink all my thoughts?
'Cause I can't stand them
-take the bad thoughts they are having about their partner because they can't stand the fact that they could ever think anything bad about them

Ooh, oh
O-oh, oh, oh
-screams of pain/terror

Intertwined
Free
-trapped in this relationship, but they are under the false impression that they are free

I've pinned each and every hope on you
I hope that you don't bleed with me
-every hope that the pain will end is pinned on their partner. They are bleeding because of the abuse, they hope that the partner doesn't bleed too because not only are they oblivious but they don't wish their pain on anyone

I'm afraid of the things in my brain
But we can stay here
And laugh away the fear
-still scared of the awful thoughts but has accepted them

Hmm, hmm
Hmhmm
-sobbing in pain/fear/hatred


I sit next to someone in English who, whilst analysing poems and books, always says "I mean the writer obviously didn't plan that." And I think this video debunks that. I've always seen 'intertwined' as speaking about someone who suffers from a mental health problem and the only solace they can find is with this other person they love. However, towards the end with the word 'pinned' it's showing how they are completely reliant on this person and is needing them to be absolutely fine mentally so they can support the dependant one as well as their self. Also, with the lines "I'm afraid of the things in my brain." Shows how this person is just completely trapped in their own mind, as they can't run from it. I could continue but I don't think I will have space 😂


While I didn't think too deeply about the lyrics of the song at first, I am glad to see this because I always thought that 'skin' was a jarring way/unfit way to start a sweet song, so hearing that was intentional is cool! I like the development of the lyrics because I feel that as the song progresses, the unhealthiness of the relationship becomes more clear, which is a parallel to what would have been happening in the relationship as it actually occured in real life (and is also what happened in the video). Very cool!


These comments, this video, that girl, that song <33333


I basically had a somewhat opposite interpretation in a way????? For me, instead of seeing this song as someone in a relationship sharing their fears and troubles with their significant other and it being a “burden” on them and damaging their relationship, I always saw it as someone helping their significant other overcome their struggles with mental health and making their overall relationship stronger than before because they were able to share and get help. I think the main reason I always think this way when hearing the song was mainly because of of when it said “intertwined, free” because even though it was intended to show denial I’m a way, I thought of it as being with that person made them feel free for even just a little and maybe even helping them forget while they were together, even if it was just for a little bit.


So before i watch this video.
I have just for the the first time listened to this song on recommendation from my friend who told me the song isnt what it appears to be.
"Ive listened to the first minute and it started off soudning like a relationship but im getting the impression of anxiety/depression?
And she doesnt want to tell anyone else to put a burden on them
She thinks by spending time with the person the song is about, she can get rid of the feelings by herself without anyone knowing it"
Thats the exact messages i sent her throughout the song. I really like songs with really deeo meanings


A month ago I had to do a project where I analyzed the lyrics of a song for class. I chose Haze by the lovely Tessa Violet, but now I'm like oh! I could have just presented your video and skipped the talking. Or not. :P (Shout out for Haze giving me a great mark bcos now my teacher thinks I'm super artsy though) I love this song a lot, and I can really relate to the lyrics. I really like your way of analyzing it too, it'd be super cool if you could make more videos like this.


If they remade Romeo and Juliet into a movie (again), I think this song would be beautiful for Act 5, Scene 1


Dodie I neeeeeeeed a cover of Emma Blackery's new song. I think you'd sound gorgeous 😍😍🎶


I thought, when I first listened that song, it's kinda like questions of in the writer's mind(which is Dodie) killing her, she can't handle it. She thinks if she stays away from the people or 'the real world' itself, she can think less about these questions. As I have the panic attack too, breath part means in the middle, she remembers all the questions again from the beginning of the song, they make her uncomfortable about it. Actually, I think this song has a story behind it, but not between two people, just a person with two different voices in her brain.  And as I see in the video that she hasn't got current relationship, she just imagine it as she said. But even if she were in a relationship, she thinks she can effect him with her mental issues and it makes her more uncomfortable. So, I guess, she loves the idea of having someone in her life but she also afraid of effecting him in a bad way.


for me i envision the song as a person desperate for help, pleading for their significant other to pull them out of the whole their in, capturing the intimacy of their love, "skin" "breathe, breathe"  but at the same time a plead for help "can you drink all my thoughts" "afraid of the things in my brain", i didnt see it as a toxic relationship but one that had elements of a love song but dealt with the desperation of help and security


I kind of perceived it the same way, but not using all of the lyrics. I kind of viewed it at someone with mental health issues who depended on their lover, but the lover seemed to help them, but when they're not together all these bad thoughts and feelings come flooding back. Xx


My original interpretation:

/Skin, heat, hair in your mouth, feet touching feet/
/Oh, you, and I, safe from the world, though the world will try/
A cutesy little sleeping together type scene that's not portrayed as a hard, get down kinda thing, but just light with the concept still there, followed by the thought of being safe in that moment, with the world constantly trying to exploit that relationship (like the internet and ships, you know what I mean)
/Oh, I'm afraid, of the things in my brain/
(How relatable)
/But we can stay here, and laugh away the fear/
Again that idea of being where in that moment, you are safe and distracted from your mind
/Numb, fine,/
I saw this in two different ways: Saying to yourself "yeah, I'm feeling numb, but I'll put on a smile and go through life like any other day", or I saw it as a more angered tone, like "I'm feeling numb, fine brain, whatever the f you want to do. mumbles pisses me off..."
/You create a rarity of my genuine smile/
Again to that thought of being okay and distracted with that person
/So breathe, breathe with me/
Just a little cute thing again
/Can you drink all my thoughts? Cuz I can't stand them/
Can that person stay here and continue to take away those thoughts and still be the distraction you need
/Intertwined, free/
Again, the thought of distraction in that moment
/I've pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don't bleed with me/
Damn, this one hits me hard every time. Implying a very toxic relationship where you are so dependant on someone that it would seem it could be suffocating for the significant other, and then that next thought of not wanting to drag the other person down with you because of you being there and having all of that piled on top of them, creating them to bleed with you. (This is a fear of mine for if I'm ever in a relationship, oh geeze)
/I'm afraid of the things in my brain/
/But we can stay here, and laugh away the fear/

My original interpretation:

/Skin, heat, hair in your mouth, feet touching feet/
/Oh, you, and I, safe from the world, though the world will try/
A cutesy little sleeping together type scene that's not portrayed as a hard, get down kinda thing, but just light with the concept still there, followed by the thought of being safe in that moment, with the world constantly trying to exploit that relationship (like the internet and ships, you know what I mean)
/Oh, I'm afraid, of the things in my brain/
(How relatable)
/But we can stay here, and laugh away the fear/
Again that idea of being where in that moment, you are safe and distracted from your mind
/Numb, fine,/
I saw this in two different ways: Saying to yourself "yeah, I'm feeling numb, but I'll put on a smile and go through life like any other day", or I saw it as a more angered tone, like "I'm feeling numb, fine brain, whatever the f you want to do. *mumbles* pisses me off..."
/You create a rarity of my genuine smile/
Again to that thought of being okay and distracted with that person
/So breathe, breathe with me/
Just a little cute thing again
/Can you drink all my thoughts? Cuz I can't stand them/
Can that person stay here and continue to take away those thoughts and still be the distraction you need
/Intertwined, free/
Again, the thought of distraction in that moment
/I've pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don't bleed with me/
Damn, this one hits me hard every time. Implying a very toxic relationship where you are so dependant on someone that it would seem it could be suffocating for the significant other, and then that next thought of not wanting to drag the other person down with you because of you being there and having all of that piled on top of them, creating them to bleed with you. (This is a fear of mine for if I'm ever in a relationship, oh geeze)
/I'm afraid of the things in my brain/
/But we can stay here, and laugh away the fear/


i always see the song as a couple with at least one person having mental health issues. this person is trusting their partner with this and sharing their problems, but is worried that it is negatively effecting their partner. it's sorta like they have found a safe place to share their worries and it's making it better for that person but there is always the worry that they are hurting the other. idk lol


My interpretation of the song was slightly different..

When I first listened to it, I imagined a happy couple. But the female had these thoughts that were overwhelming to her, and scary. She needed to share them, but she was unsure if her partner would understand(Drink all my thoughts?). She ends up telling him, and it overwhelms him. It ends up messing him up pretty bad, and then the two pretend everything is fine, when in reality, nothing is.

EDIT: It doesn't nessecarily have to be a female and male, it's just what I thought of.


I thought it was more 'I'm fucked up, but you are my one good thing'. Like, love doesn't cure a mental illness but it can give support. As someone with mild anxiety and in a relationship I always found it to be true to my situation, but now knowing it's toxic idk anymore


So I choreographed a dance to this song (it was contemporary) (and this song is beautiful) and every dance has a meaning behind it. Whether it is clear or not, it does. My meaning behind the song was that this girl was amazed or in love, if you will, with the thought of love and romance. She knew though that her mental health would get in the way of almost any relationship. But, she was so in love with the though of love, that she created a fictional relationship in her mind. It was perfect. She loved her 'lover' but, she quickly found out that this relationship was not real and was distraught. The dance ends with her calling out for her imaginary lover and looking for them, but she falls on the floor crying when she can't find them. It's a very deep dance and can really be taken many ways (like this song) and I love it. So thank you Dodie for giving me inspiration with your song and all of your music. I doubt you will see this but, whoever reads this, please give me feedback and tell me what you thought of my 'theory' of what the sog meant.


I never really took this song as a steamy romance song as she had stated in the first video she posted of this song and explained what she said she thought the song would match with, but more of something like a morning with a sky painted in lovely shades of blues, a delicate light shining through a window, white sheets and curtains, and a couple (preferably females for some reason to me? i think it seems cute with two girls) cuddling, giggling, and just being happy while they lie in bed. Later on comes one of the two crying because of an overwhelming sense of emotions flooding into their mind, but the other lover hugging them and running their hand through the crying one's hair, telling them that they are safe and loved. This helps the overwhelmed one, and they can go back to being happy, and even though it seems like the two girls can't have a healthy relationship (the emotional breakdowns, homophobia, etc.) but the two cuties are strong enough to stay together because their love for each other stays the way it always had been. Kind of a pure thought of mine ♡

wow, i kinda want this to be me and my best friend. she has a boyfriend. i have no one. i have mental health issues and really don't want to hurt her emotionally with my constant mood swings and emotional instability. but she loves me somehow? like she said she loved me as more than a friend but she loved her boyfriend and wanted to stay with him. plus y'know, homophobic family members. the bisexual struggle is real. someone please help me ♡♡


Just watched this now... it is. Exactly. How I interpreted it.


omg I'm still not over the pour out your thoughts/drink my thoughts bit! omg actual genius


i saw it as more of a strange,sinking relationship. that start off quite nicely. they're each other's comfort zones, and have a strong,dependable bond. love is shared,happiness scattered alongside the dark world that tries to get them down.
this is when person a realizes that person b has mental health issues,and so tries to help them with such. this comes alongside denial about the issues from b,which of course hurts a greatly. still,all throughout this,they maintain a decent status,until b notices that a has actually been experiencing similar things ever sense the relationship began.

soon after they separate in a bittersweet melody. failed love,foiled by inevitable pain.


After being in relationship with a girl who had severe mental health issues... depression and anxiety being most prevalent I can say that this is pretty spot on. It really sucks for both parties even though you both love each other more than anything in the world. She can't help it. It's not her fault and you don't know how to help but that's all you want to do. I couldn't do it I had to leave and I'll feel like shit about it for the rest of my life. So yeah this song hits me where it hurts.


this song is literally me in a relationship lol


i saw it as romantic before but i like this version SO MUCH BETTER


I feel like Buzzfeed should have a quiz: 'What does your interpretation of Intertwined say about you?'


See to me the way I took the song is that the writer has a mental illness/issues/life problems and their lover is their safe space and is understanding and they feel safe with them. I can totally see the theme of interdependence but it was not my first thought


How did I not know these vlogs existed? That's it. Time to drop everything and have a doddle vloggle marathon-le?


I always thought the song was about abuse in a relationship and how you ended the relationship by killing him.

Dark, I know lmao


Admiring this breakdown so much... beats 'the curtains are blue because-' any day!