I interpreted this slightly differently, I saw it as a young mother needing help or support from her loved one, be this either whilst she is still pregnant or just after birth, especially with the use of intertwined and free, with how mothers and children are both connected and separate at the same time and the intimacy of the song could be interpreted with the fresh new intimacy between a mother and her child. The gory imagery used could symbolize that whilst a new child might look like a beautiful thing to the rest of the world, there was a lot of pain and suffering to get to this point and at birth, obviously isn't a pretty thing therefore showing the darker aspect of having a child. Though I did think that this interpretation might be wrong, due to dodie not having children of her own, but that is just how the lyrics unfolded themselves to me


When I heard the first verse I thought, this is so sweet and cute. Then it sounded insecure and needy and desperate, like the singer is clawing at her lover for more than they are able to give. Then it's sweet and sad. I love this song so much, Dodie!


I love the new meaning introduced to me by this incredible song! It's beautifully written and thought out ohmygod. I did not imagine it was like how dodie interpted it but it's AMAZING


This really reminds me of exactly what I was thinking when going through a toxic relationship because of my mental health and how it was so badly effected afterwards, nailed it dodie :D


Loved this, so wonderful to hear your explanation, and to have someone making sure that people don't gloss over mental health issues the way they so often do.


as a songwriter this is like actual brain food my brain is HAPPY


LOVE IT!! it's great to hear your interpretation/ what you thought while writing it and oh wow, there's way more behind this song that I could have imagined, well done Dodie!!! xx


Totally matched up to my interpretations ABSOLUTELY beautiful song!


I feel like we are in a poetry lesson where we are analysing it! This song is amazing and the underlying meaning is so deep and I just love it


I love Innertwined so much! The style and the lyrics resonate with me. You go girl! Awesome.


Whoa! More artists need to do videos like these. Extremely insightful, thank you for sharing :)


You know its good lyrics when there are multiple interpretations


Ahhh this interpretation makes me a little sad, honestly. That's the neat thing about art though, I suppose - that you can interpret it in so many ways! I suffer from depression and possibly mild anxiety too, and this song was comforting to me when I first heard it. To me, my fiancée is very much someone who keeps me safe from the world when it gets to be a bit too much for me, and he can make me genuinely smile when nothing else can. He makes me laugh and helps me feel better when I'm upset, stressed, etc. Heh so when seeing my relationship in this song and then seeing other people deconstruct it as unhealthy, codependent etc was a little upsetting, though I can absolutely see how the song could be interpreted that way, too, now that it's been pointed out!


I've always listened to this song as a happy one. Sure, the entanglement and the looming danger of codependency are scary, but they're part of every relationship I've ever been in, and... for me breathing with someone, matching their rhytm, is about falling asleep in each other's arms, comforted, loved.

(we both have more issues than vogue, when it comes to mental health, but we're each other's safe space)

but it was SO COOL to realize that you meant something completely different with it! i love the videos in which you explain your songs. love 'em love 'em love 'em. I wish every songwriter posted them.


Wonderful video on your meaning, made me tear, haha :')<br>Lovely song and love how the video fits! :D And being it Barbie dolls make it a bit lighter on the heart :)

Wonderful video on your meaning, made me tear, haha :')
Lovely song and love how the video fits! :D And being it Barbie dolls make it a bit lighter on the heart :)


when she said she felt like a teacher i was like "i wish dodie was my teacher." seriously i could listen to her voice talk about <b>anything</b> all day and not get bored 💛

when she said she felt like a teacher i was like "i wish dodie was my teacher." seriously i could listen to her voice talk about *anything* all day and not get bored 💛


it was ùtterly incredible watching this, I was one of the ones who saw it as a love song but got a few of the subtle contexts. but this. this blew my mind!!! Dodie you are just incredible!


I absolutely loved this video. its made me appreciate and adore the song so much more. and the music video and this gave me a whole new perspective on the song that I actually like the concept of way more than my initial interpretation. anyway so proud of you it's a beautiful song


I love the song so much! The music video is amazing too! They describe so well the situations people with their own securities or mental issues may be facing. I connect to the song on a spiritual level and it explains a lot of emotions that I cannot describe. You're an incredible song writer and singer!


this video just revived my love for literature as a subject ♥ thanks for the valuable lesson, Ms. Clark! (<b>´∇｀</b>) if this is tested on my a levels paper, I'd probably get an A

this video just revived my love for literature as a subject ♥ thanks for the valuable lesson, Ms. Clark! (*´∇｀*) if this is tested on my a levels paper, I'd probably get an A


Ah I can't you're so perfect ❤ such an amazing song and concept ☺


i love love love love love that you've made this video. it shows how clever your songwriting is, and that you're not just some pop princess writing about love. you're incredibly talented and i really really love the song, especially because it kinda describes my previous relationship (if we're going off your analysis, which i am 😊)


I love your interpretation of the song. The music video really helped me pay more attention to the lyrics and it helped me really listen to the song in a way that I hadn't before. I've found myself really relating to the song because I'm in a relationship and I have anxiety and depression so it explains how I feel exactly and I love it. Great song Dodie love you and your beautiful songs ❤


I am so impressed with how you put SO much thought into the stuff you do!! 😱<br>I didn't think you didn't put thought into it of course, but I didn't think that each word and even melody and chord changes had this much meaning. It's so cool and just proves how clever of an artist you are! ♥

I am so impressed with how you put SO much thought into the stuff you do!! 😱
I didn't think you didn't put thought into it of course, but I didn't think that each word and even melody and chord changes had this much meaning. It's so cool and just proves how clever of an artist you are! ♥


this is such a good video. dodie this sort of video and analysis is my SHIT and you've explained your thoughts so well :) I never thought of the song that particular way but now I completely get the Vevo video and its amazing x.

My interpretation of the song is more of a 'naked' sort of love, and a vulnerable one, with words like 'skin', 'brain' 'numb' making me think of being stripped down to a bare minimum, which only gets worse with the singer's mental health problems. More of being in a relationship and crying out for help, but also latching on to someone. being fake and pretending to be 'fine' but really needing someone to 'drink all your thoughts'. reliance in a relationship because you're so exposed and bare; intertwining because theres no other choice, being safe from the world to hide.

I love talking about what all of this stuff means argh xx its such a good song


Love it Dodes! You are such a good artist.


I would looooove to see more of your own interpretations for your original songs (old or new)


Woah I never thought this much about the meaning of this song but now that I've watched this video I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Great job putting so much work in to the lyrics and the contrast of the music behind them. I love it, keep doing what you're doing cause you're doing it very amazingly 💕💕


I love your meaning behind the song, I can totally see how it fits.

My own idea of the song the first time I listened to it was two people who are very attached to each other to the point they almost couldn't function without each other. Depended on their partner way too much.


My friend plays the guitar and she sometimes plays this song and she once told me "it's just so calming and sweet"


Hey Dodie. I absolutely love your music and I've been really interested reading the controversy your video has caused. I myself am blind and was just wondering if you could tell me what is actually in the video… I know it involves a dolls house and it's pretty fucked up but that's all I know. Thank you<br>Also, as a lit student myself this was fascinating x

Hey Dodie. I absolutely love your music and I've been really interested reading the controversy your video has caused. I myself am blind and was just wondering if you could tell me what is actually in the video… I know it involves a dolls house and it's pretty fucked up but that's all I know. Thank you
Also, as a lit student myself this was fascinating x


I just can't even, SHE DOES ITS AGAIN - FRICKING AMAZING DODIE


videos like these make me love dodie even more (though i never thought it possible)


just when I thought I couldn't love this song anymore, dodie strikes me again wOw


I love understanding the meaning behind any writers work. I never changes how my mind perceived it, but it lets me further understand and opens my eyes. Please keep this up?¿ 😘


i love, love, love this!! I wish artists would explain their art more bc i'm sososo super curious on their take and thoughts and i never feel like it takes away from how i personally experienced a song/piece of art. It's soo amazing and rad to see you break it down i could listen to this for hours for every song, i love analysis sharing and comparing! <3
I've honestly always had this meaning of the song in the back of my head because i relate to it as an also mentally ill person in a long term relationship so i've sort of felt this darker meaning of the lyrics but i've never thought about it in such depth and it was really interesting and great and thank you for making this! xxx
(as a side note: healthy and good love is very much possible despite the bumps that mental illness causes if you're with the right person and work together!)


Omg please do more of these. It was so interesting I love it.


Dodie, you are impossibly thoughtful, clever and beautiful. This song is incredible


I like this so much
When I first heard the song, I thought it was sweet and hopefull
I listened to it again when I felt bad and had to cry because the darf parts got to me
The music video opened my eyes and I felt like I had not listened well enough, lulled by the sweet words of the song. The music video is SO GOOD
And I'm glad I got what you were trying to say now


so crazy how far she's come!! I literally live for dodies music


Sooooo good to see you happy in a vid yaay! Brightened up my day <3


This is exactly what I got from it! The whole concept of the song and video are absolutely amazing. I will say that, I always interpreted use of 'breathe, breathe (with me)' to be ambiguous, because breathe and bleed sound quite similar, so it added another layer of grotesque to it, like 'skin' and 'brain'. That's what I always got from it for some reason!


When i first heard the song i straight away thought it to be about dependancy on others. As someone with social anxiety leading to me feeling lonely it made a lot of sense. I love how songs are different to everyone!!


this video. This gave me so much life. THIS IS EVERYTHING IVE EVER WANTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS 6 MINUTES OF AMAZINGNESS. THE SONG IS BRILLIANT.


<b>clap clap clap</b> I absolutely loooove this song, and honestly I got very mixed vibes from the lyrics alone, and the video confused me even more, but this explanation made the song even better!! Thank you so much for making it!!!

*clap clap clap* I absolutely loooove this song, and honestly I got very mixed vibes from the lyrics alone, and the video confused me even more, but this explanation made the song even better!! Thank you so much for making it!!!


i listened to this song all night till the next morning last night and im so happy that this video came out, i love it too much 💕


This is really cool. I'm a songwriter too and my writing process is completely different. I think artists can learn a lot from one another just by sharing how they got from point A to point B on their work. 💜


dodie's lyrics analysis; the only class i'll ever want to take


Oh my god please do more of these types of videos, its an amazing insight


THANK  YOU FOR YOUR VULNERABILITY ALWAYS THIS IS AN AMAZING THING TO SHARE AND IT RESONATES SO MUCHHHH XXXXXXXXX


I take English & I love you & your music & oh my gosh this made my soul v happy. I feel like I can appreciate the song even more now that I understand the original meaning of the song


Bloody hell dodie. You amaze me. Brilliant song and I love your perspective on it. It makes so much sense. I can relate to this because I am trans and can experience terrible dysphoria. I think the pain of that could easily turn my relationship with someone toxic and I feel like your interpretation of the song sums up perfectly how I feel I would be in a relationship. Thank you.


See, I kind of saw this song as a sweeter love song - how one person can feel all this darkness related to a mental illness, but having someone who might understand and comfort them (be it a friend or lover) is deeply reassuring. Love is a shelter from the storm of mental illness. But maybe that's just too romantic a view lol.


I've always thought this was a love song, all pretty and perfect. But once I watched the music video a few times (I was first like "what the actual fuck dodie") the meaning of the song completely changed to me. I saw it instead as the way mental health can affect a once loving, healthy relationship and make it toxic. The music video also supports the idea of a psychotic break (Barbie cutting all her hair off, the Ken doll covered in pins, the way the video gets more and more twisted as the song progresses) so perhaps it could be the POV of a person as they break down psychotically and what affect this has on their partner and relationship.


I loved the video to the song because it really did fit my own interpretation of the song. The dependency on someone else that can slowly lead to the relationship falling apart or 'burning'


I imagined that at the start (a.k.a the first scene) its the two people on a hill, laughing, hugging, bare foot and the main person's hair flying in the wind. It was happy to me. Then after the lyrics "laugh away the fear" it changes into a more depressed setting. They would be at home, at night. The main character on the floor in a corner, crying and having one of the moments I have because of my depression, when you feel SO numb. Their lover would press their forehead against the main person, trying to help them. And when in the song it says "drink all my thoughts" it would show how the lover is having a hard time, it would show them drinking alchohol. Finally, when the lyrics "numb" come I wasn't really sure. I had a few ideas actually. I came to the idea that the main person commits suicide (I know this is quite a serious matter, don't give me hate please). That's how I saw this music in my head.

Mental health is a serious matter and in no way am I trying to upset people. Thanks xx


Go Dodie! That was some fine literary analysis there :D it really demonstrates the quality of your song writing ^_^ i like the layers and depth of meaning you have given the song - i suppose personal circumstances influence the way you hear the song, because when i heard it, it sent me back to the first time i fell asleep next to the person i love - i was completely enthralled - except he wasnt in love with me, because we  are good friends and i think that is how he will always feel about us - but your words for Intertwined described exactly how delicate it felt to have somehow found myself lyjng next to him listening to him breathe - the lyrics capture the thoughts i had and still have now and then - "Skin, heat, hair in your mouth, feet" - "Numb, fine" - "I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" - "Breathe, breathe with me, i've pinned each and every hope on you i hope that you don't bleed with me..." <br>... keep writing Dodie, we love you :) xox

Go Dodie! That was some fine literary analysis there :D it really demonstrates the quality of your song writing ^_^ i like the layers and depth of meaning you have given the song - i suppose personal circumstances influence the way you hear the song, because when i heard it, it sent me back to the first time i fell asleep next to the person i love - i was completely enthralled - except he wasnt in love with me, because we  are good friends and i think that is how he will always feel about us - but your words for Intertwined described exactly how delicate it felt to have somehow found myself lyjng next to him listening to him breathe - the lyrics capture the thoughts i had and still have now and then - "Skin, heat, hair in your mouth, feet" - "Numb, fine" - "I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" - "Breathe, breathe with me, i've pinned each and every hope on you i hope that you don't bleed with me..."
... keep writing Dodie, we love you :) xox


i always interpreted this song as a sweet love song, where the partner singing has bad mental health issues and the partner sang about helps get them through it when no one else supports them. ('can you drink all my thoughts cus i cant stand them' & 'you create a rarity of my genuine smiles' being some examples)however, the partner singing is afraid to share their thoughts sometimes, because they don't want to hurt the partner they're singing about('i hope that you dont bleed with me' being an example). i always pictured this song as the song for my otp. the music video gave very  melanie martinez vibes and i loved it, seeing as how i had never thought of the song this way before.


when I listened to intertwined the first time my first though was omg I love it its so beautiful!! and I always thought it was about someone with some sort if mental health issue (thinking maybe anxiety? thats what I pictured especially with the "I'm afraid of the things in my brain") and then they were seeking comfort in the other person ("I can't stand them" about the thoughts) but I didn't really notice how it could be harming the other person in the process and omg its way more twisted than I thought but I love it so much more now!!!


yes !! I loved this video and everything you said was exactly what I thought the song and video were all about. At first when you first released the song I believed that it was just a love song like any other and didn't properly take in what the lyrics were saying. I was obviously very surprised when i watched the video but then learned to fall in love with it and I then understood how you were saying that being in a relationship will make you happier because your partner will take away all the bad stuff and you will be much happier but that can then cause a toxic relationship with both people being affected badly. I love this so much,  you're an amazing fucking writer dodie !! ++ I very much enjoyed how this felt like I was in my english class


i found this really interesting! because when i first heard the song last year, i thought it was about someone who had lots of ghosts in their past and had insecurities was admitting that she felt secure with this person. i knew there was an underlying theme but had no idea this was it! this is awesome! i totally get the music video now especially the whole 'can you drink my thoughts' bit with the red blood like stuff pouring into the dollhouse. well done dodie i love this!


You've just made many english teachers proud, good job Dodie!


This is exactly what i thought about the song!! Omg you did a great job dear, and i do think that the video matched the song PERFECTLY!

ps, you need to make an explanation for the non love song too (yep still not moving on from that)


damn.. this is deep. I always thought it was just a lovesong sang from the point of view of someone struggling with a mental illness. I could relate to it a lot and is my favorite song. But now that you've explained it, it all seems to make sense (especially explains the music video) and dark. But I love it. Love is always portrayed like this innocent and amazing thing and it may seem that way, but clearly it's not. It can be dark and terrible.


This song still literally describes my love life and how I deal with love.... D:


I have very similar thoughts to dodie on this; I saw it as a tale of a twisted love story with one person who felt out of control and perhaps manipulated. I also see the chorus 'oh I'm afraid of the things in my brain' as the climax of this, as it is in a different key and much higher to the verses around it and it seems almost like a cry for help or a wail


i kind of thought as it as support at first, but then i just listened to the lyrics more and cried instead of thinking about it whoops<br>(your songs always give me so much emotion?? i cant sing When without my voice wobbling)

i kind of thought as it as support at first, but then i just listened to the lyrics more and cried instead of thinking about it whoops
(your songs always give me so much emotion?? i cant sing When without my voice wobbling)


aah thank you for the vid dodie, my inner literature nerd is feeling all sorts of wonderful! the dark lyrics didn't click in my head until seeing the video clip, but once the vid was over i got it straight away. i think because i'm a visual learner seeing the juxtaposition of the sweet and innocent doll house, and the gory blood, fire, and dolls cut up really helped me to understand the song lyrics better. i know you said you don't like to explain lyrics but i loved your insight and would love a vid like this for a non love song xx


I loved the music video, it was so contrasting to what I thought the song was about. That makes it even more interesting I think, because I see it as someone pretending to be fine and sweet and lovely, but actually the words they say are more darker and more painful than they seem at first. (Which often occurs in mental health issues, like you said: pretending to be fine, but actually feeling numb.) Also, I will definitely look back on this music video as one of my favourites and get inspiration from it for my own short films, because this is really what I want to create with my own art and I hope that one day I will be able to make something that works as well as this. Well done (:


oooookay, i'll try.
when i saw the video for the first time, i was confused because i never imagined this while listening to the song. but then i realised that this meaning is yours, and all this time i was imagining how it would be from my perspective -- that is why i felt bewildered.
your meaning is totally awesome, i love it, and i think everything in the song is beautiful. even though when i sing it, i'm telling a different story. partly it's similar to yours, partly it's innocent and sweet (but i keep in mind your meaning, don't worry).
past few years have been rough, but now i feel like i've finally found my place. for me, the first verse is about trust. it's like i'm lying next to someone, really close, and i'm feeling safe and nice. yeah, there's hair in someone's mouth, but we just laugh about it. we're comfortable anyway. the world might try to separate us, but we will make it.
chorus... yeah, it's about mental illness. sometimes i feel anxious or something like that and i need other people to remind me everything's okay. we talk and laugh, and i feel a lot better. the fear goes away.
beginning of the second verse (“numb, fine”): sometimes i shut down completely, and then i can be quiet for quite a long time, but if someone asks me, i will answer that i'm fine. (they don't believe me, but that's fine either.) the next quote, “you create a rarity of my genuine smiles” is my favourite, actually, because i smile and laugh a lot, but only one person can make me smile by just being next to me and in these moments i feel myself truly happy. like, that ”happy” when you feel lots of warmth, affection, and love inside of you.
the next verse is about talking and discussing things. sometimes it's just anxiety (“breathe, breathe with me”), sometimes we talk about something else, literally anything, because i think a lot about different stuff and i have a lot on my mind that i need to discuss with someone else.
the last verse is describing how tangled we are. this codependency might seem unhealthy to someone who doesn't know us, but we're okay -- because we are free to be ourselves when we're together. yeah, i can be oversharing sometimes, even though i realise it's bad right after we talk, and i hope this person is going to be okay with that. “i hope that you don't bleed with me”... it's kind of an apologize. kind of. i'm showing i understand that me oversharing might affect this person in a bad way, and i'll try not to do it again.
anyway, for me everything ends good. i have someone i can be honest with, someone i truly trust. i'm fine (this time it's not a lie) and my partner is fine as well. i feel peaceful and serene.

i know that's not what you were trying to say while writing this song, but that's what i'm imagining while singing, so thanks for making me feel that way, Dodie. 💙

(also thank everyone who read it till the end!)


From the first time I heard this song and reading to the lyrics I have always thought this song sort of came from a person who has some mental health issues and is in a relationship where the person is afraid of affecting the partner but at the same time asking to be understood. The person is feeling conflicted or confused(?) with his/her own feeling as suggested by the contrasting first two words in verses. IMO, The placement of gory words into the lyrics is simply to emphasise the intensity of the feeling in those lines. <br>When I close my eyes and listen to the song, I imagined watching two people dancing in waltz tempo thru some scenes of their relationship.  Well i wrote long enough. No one gonna read it anyways haha.

From the first time I heard this song and reading to the lyrics I have always thought this song sort of came from a person who has some mental health issues and is in a relationship where the person is afraid of affecting the partner but at the same time asking to be understood. The person is feeling conflicted or confused(?) with his/her own feeling as suggested by the contrasting first two words in verses. IMO, The placement of gory words into the lyrics is simply to emphasise the intensity of the feeling in those lines.
When I close my eyes and listen to the song, I imagined watching two people dancing in waltz tempo thru some scenes of their relationship.  Well i wrote long enough. No one gonna read it anyways haha.


I've only listened to it once, and will listen again now a second time because i find the songs meaning to be very significant now (plus it's your song and oh my god i'm a major Dodie head) but my first clueless listen had me thinking it was along the lines of a relationship that slowly got messier and plagued overtime


Hi Dodie :) I loved this analysis and can now see how the music video reflected your intentions for the song. In a creepy sort of way I guess it made it feel more intimate? My initial interpretation was probabl on the opposite end of the spectrum (Good old art eh?). Upon hearing Intertwined my brain immediately conjured up images of reassurance and being able to find security , or a "home", in the form of another person. I too suffer with my mental health and so I guess my subconscious wanted to use your art as a source of comfort. So, thank you, it helps a lot xxx


I honestly just love everything about the song. The lyrics do make an impact of people in certain ways. The video captured this explanation beautifully, so I don't really understand why people are hating on it. Like, of course you're entitled to your own opinion, but I at least don't think the video ruined the song at all. Think of the lyrics and not the song because i think dodie is trying to make everyone realize that people do struggle with mental health, and that could lead into some relationship problems. Its life. Anyways, everything is lovely and I really love the video!!!


i actually interpreted the song in a very similar way. i guess it's because a situation that this song described (the unhealthy relationship) happened to my friends


I've always seen this song as being about someone with mental health putting their entire wellbeing in the person they're in love with and it being super toxic and negative. Just from both the lyrics and the way Dodie sang it, it's never seemed like a cute love song to me


I choreographed a dance to this when i first head it and interpreted the lyrics in a similar way, Its cool that you originally thought the music video would be a dance :)


i think for me, something i love about this song is that on different days it means different things. On bad days, i interpret it exactly how you explained, as a toxic codependent relationship plagued with mental illnesses. On good days, to me, it shows a raw intimacy shown between two lovers. The beginning skin bit Isn’t gory for me on those good days, but rather shows an intimate tone of showing yourself, all of yourself, to your lover. The harmonic Oh's aren't overwhelming thoughts on good days, well in a sense they are, but instead of overwhelming thoughts you simply have, its thoughts of the future that you both share, and due to sharing it, the future seems less jarring for each lover. I have no idea if my explanation made sense but this is how it is for me. Its a song i can cry too but its also a song that makes me warm and happy. To me thats the beauty of this completely amazing song, is that its able to bring out a new reaction from me each time.


well when I was watching the vid and listening to the song I was thinking how the writer was in love with someone and was happy that she is finally someone who understands the thoughts in her brain .. but later finds out that relationships are sometimes one sided and that people don't understand what's happening so her feelings for that someone slowly fade and are drowning in her thoughts


The song made me beautifully uncomfortable when i first heard it... and when i watched the music video it perfectly matched the feeling that something just wasn't quite right. You could almost taste the song - the bitterness of something wrong masked by the artificial sweetness of "love". The writer isn't loving passionately, but desperately. Maybe she doesn't even really love him, but loves for the sake of being in love and being loved. She needs "love" to distract her from herself. But she isn't oblivious to this fact, she knows all too well that she's dragging him down with her, but she also can't bear to be by herself. And so she ignores it, denies it, rejects it, buries this fear that she is damaging him under outward displays of love, even though they, along with her, are empty. She's trying hard not to, but she is hurting him.

TOO. DAMN. RELATABLE. Love this song, thanks Dodie <3


Im so happy that this is exactly how the song came across to me when i first heard it last sumer.


this my actually be my favourite video you've ever done (is that because I'm a english lit nerd?), I love seeing how the mechanics of the song. It's fascinating, especially as I'm in a relationship with mental health issues and this doesn't sound toooo unfamiliar (although hopefully not as toxic and unhealthy as depicted relationship!).

I think my interpretation was kind of more away of the contradictions going on within someone experiencing depression and mental health. Whereas there's definitely negative images within the song, it's the contrast with the positive and romantic harmonies and words that mirror the confusion people with mental health experience: is the negativity real, and actual manifest in our relationship, or is this something my depression/poor mental health is projecting? I loved the conflict portrayed in the song, but instead of it being a depiction of a certainly unhealthy relationship, I saw it more as the conflict within the person with mental health. You become unable to evaluate your own relationships clearly, marred with the crippling negativity of mental health. Not that I'm talking from experience....


I remember thinking, when I first heard this song, that the lyrics "can you drink all my thoughts" referred to an alcohol problem, or at least that alcohol had been consumed by the writer and that's why they were talking and exposing their feelings. Plus, the next bit of the song is "cause I can't stand", and there's a small pause before "them", so I literally heard that they couldn't stand straight - again, because they had drunk too much.


I absolutely adore and appreciate intertwined so much more because of this video. When I first listened to it, I thought it was just a good old love story and a song about love. But then I began listening to it more and more. The meaning I got from the song was the need to rely on others through tough times. The first line "skin, heat" represented the physical need for human interactions. Human beings are extremely social creatures and most enjoy physical reassurances (for lack of a better term). The chorus "I'm afraid of the things in my brain, but we can stay here..." Represented the emotional dependency that we have on one another. As someone suffering from mental illness, that person I depend on can be my therapist or close friends. It's not healthy to keep thoughts bottled up, and to open up to someone is difficult but ultimately worthwhile. The next verse "numb, fine" gave me the impression of a disagreement between two people. But the next line "you create...my genuine smiles" is the writer reassuring themselves that even though this person may not be who they thought they were, they still love them. This represented the unhealthiness of toxic/abusive relationships. The end of the song gave me a sort of suspicious feel, like the writer decided to in the end stay with this person because of unstated reasons. I love this song just so so much and how it can be interpreted in so many different ways


it COMPLETELY matched my own interpretation as I'd associated it with my own (now ex) relationship, where I was pretty much exactly the person you described in the song.
I was unhealthily dependant on him through my (continuing) mental health shit and as a result, really damaged him in the process.
So yeah, loved the song and music video was FAB, and you don't need your english teachers to be proud (although they must be, look at you!!) cause we all are! :DD


I thought exactly like you about the song dodie. It never seemed like a sweet and cute love song to me. I always thought that it describes a breaking relationship because of mental issues. (I'm kind of proud of myself now) <br>Your songs always give me lots of emotions and I love them so much aaarggGHHH (and you of course oh sweet Jesus I love you so muuuccHH)

I thought exactly like you about the song dodie. It never seemed like a sweet and cute love song to me. I always thought that it describes a breaking relationship because of mental issues. (I'm kind of proud of myself now)
Your songs always give me lots of emotions and I love them so much aaarggGHHH (and you of course oh sweet Jesus I love you so muuuccHH)


I live for this stuff! I really related to this song but felt I couldn't connect fully as I've never been in love, but you say the same in 'When', and it's comforting to know now that this song also came from that place :) I'm sorry you did have a relationship something like this, I hope things get better <3 But in the meantime thank you so incredibly much for voicing these thoughts and making so many of us feel less alone. It's rare to hear lyrics as honest as this, reminds me of Marina and the Diamonds <3


I definitely thought of mental illness while listening to the song. It kinda describes my anxious thoughts... but I love the song ( and video) :)


The way I have viewed this song has changed since I first listened to it, I think, because of my own changing mental state. When I first heard it I was in a budding relationship and I remember relating to you, dodie, feeling like it was a first time lover who was over thinking the act of simply laying in bed (not even sleeping, but maybe having the other human occupied with another thing). This was because I, myself, had done this with a first time boyfriend. You know, trying to act casual and comfortable and feeling a love for this person,  but also having a fear of your own abilities racing behind your smile. Later,  when I had matured a bit, but was still with the same person, I think I came closest to the way you wrote it. Being in high school, relationships are messy and one already has so many underlying issues that it can feel like your only escape. Personally, I had fallen into a toxic relationship because I thought that was normal. You simply dump all your problems on someone else and vice versa until, boom, they're fixed, right? The song, to me, was what a relationship should be: a soothing balm over all the hurt coming from outside of it. Currently I am a single pringle who, much like you explain doing yourself, looks into the past for hope and calm, as that seemingly better version of myself is gone. Through your words, I felt the hard bash of a breakup move into the numbness that follows, but, again, like me, you skipped to the past as soon as you could wake up in the morning so as to be... fine. In the end, this song, even if it was misinterpreted or not, has helped me understand myself whenever I hear it, and wherever I may be in life when I do. I also find it fascinating and oddly pleasing to hear, so thank you dodie! Maybe it's done this for others without them realizing it. Art.  :)


I loved this song and my interpretation was that it was an abusive relationship and that the man hurts the woman but then they are intimate and the woman forgives him as her anxiety makes her feel like she deserves it and she cannot speak out about it.
I thought that it was also o do with self harm and that she is "suffering in silence" (quote dodie) and the high "can't" was like her screaming because she doesn't know how to escape

Love you dodie xxxxxxx


I want a series on you analysing song lyrics (not necessarily your own).


I love this, I loved how everyone had their own meanings and I loved seeing in the debates in the comment section as I love understanding what people think and why. As at first I didn't understand how anyone could have seen it as a romantic/happy song as the lyrics (for me) seemed to say the opposite but I came around a bit reading people's comments, and then people convinced me it was about mental health. :3 I'm just loving all the debating and discussion that was going on.  I thought it was about toxic relationships and the person realizing that it wasn't a loving/happy relationship and it was co-dependent and toxic and ugly. "You make a rarity of my genuine smile." This at first sounds quite happy but the lyrics seem to mean 'you make me smile less' which isn't something positive and wouldn't be something you'd want out of a relationship.

And wow I'm blown away a) Can you please just be my English teacher as this is basically essay worthy and b) I love the explanation. And this makes me wanna do my music essay on this song. And it's really interesting to see how much thought you put into the lyrics.


My interpretation of the song sits roundabout where yours does (I think you communicated it superbly, and it's an extraordinary song) but the thing I like the most about it is that the lyrics have such grit and pathos, but you sing it almost like they're just a stream of thoughts circling your brain before bed. It FEELS like depression, intense but disconnected. It's beautiful, Dodie. Honest to God a work of art.


I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS EVEN MORE THAN BEFORE


I kind of combined the themes you explained. Two lovers, but with one having the support of the other. I saw the dark themes within the mental health issues, but hadn't tied it to a possibly unhealthy, toxic, relationship. However, I had noticed that the pinning of every hope on the partner could be toxic for both, and the worry for harming the partner is something people with mental health problems realy worry about and rightly so, as it can happen.<br>Anyways, the song got me thinking, as did this video, so thank you! 😊

I kind of combined the themes you explained. Two lovers, but with one having the support of the other. I saw the dark themes within the mental health issues, but hadn't tied it to a possibly unhealthy, toxic, relationship. However, I had noticed that the pinning of every hope on the partner could be toxic for both, and the worry for harming the partner is something people with mental health problems realy worry about and rightly so, as it can happen.
Anyways, the song got me thinking, as did this video, so thank you! 😊


Jesus this is complicated aha. My thoughts on the song are a lot more simple, but still really help me. Thank you Dodie for being so deep and creating such a beautiful song Xo


I always had a general understanding of this song from just listening to it but hearing you explain it like this has given me not quite more of an understanding but just good ole appreciation for this song. Intertwined closely followed by Sick of Losing Soulmates are my favorite songs not only on the EP but in general and dealing with the same type of mental illnesses myself you make me feel very understood which that in its self is enough to bring a girl to tears. I really appreciate the fact that you took the time to explain this song (something which is known to be difficult for some people) and I just want you to know that it really has helped some people with the same kind of fuckery going on in their brains. Thank you so much.


When I first heard the song I thought it was more of a tribute to another lover! Like almost a vow!! So there basically saying how broken they are but they always come back to each other because that's where you feel most "safe". Hence you stay together  away from "the world". And then the song takes a darker turn because your starting to freak out because you feel your moving to quickly in the relationship and your becoming anxious and unhappy and you "can't stand" your thoughts anymore. But you stay in the relationship because in all of this mess you feel "free" and without it you can't function. And your not sure how the partner even feels anymore because it's not the same because you feel you have "pinned" all of your self onto them. And your so afraid they'll leave because you have done this. And all of this has you so messed up and your just scared but you don't want them to go because you need the mess. You need the person to make it look better than things actually are. And that's my interpretation but when I saw the video it made so much sense and i really loved it a lot. Great job!!!


I love that song!! 😍😊

Me: puts A Level English Lit Lang hat on ready!

My idea of the song did match up to your interpretation, however that may be because I watched the music videos before I'd heard just the audio. I interpreted it an a mentally ill person in a relationship, but it being a toxic codependent relationship, meaning that it was doomed to fail and both individuals got lost as one broken shell.

I love that song!! 😍😊

Me: *puts* *A* *Level* *English* *Lit* *Lang* *hat* *on* ready!

My idea of the song did match up to your interpretation, however that may be because I watched the music videos before I'd heard just the audio. I interpreted it an a mentally ill person in a relationship, but it being a toxic codependent relationship, meaning that it was doomed to fail and both individuals got lost as one broken shell.


I have to say, This was INCREDIBLY interesting. I definitely sensed the darker undertones of the song, however, I didn't exactly see Mental Health as a theme when I first heard it. I originally thought that the song was about a relationship that was unstable or simply not going well. They way I heard it I thought that the relationship was then made better. I got that from "intertwined, free" as in both parties are now one, and feel more free, since the heavy burden of their problems were weighing on their shoulders. But I like the way you originally wrote the song much more! The contrast of the gorey words mixed with the pleasant but somewhat off-putting chord:lyrics ratio. Wonderful work, and wonderful symbolism. Props to yoU!


The way you made this video and analysed your own lyrics makes me feel like the song was written by a past version of dodie in a very different headspace and that present dodie has stepped out of that headspace to look at her work from a different perspective, more objectively even. It's probably not true idk but either way, I really like how you aren't afraid of dissecting a song that's rather personal because before this, everything was only implied and now we know for sure. If anything, I think that makes the listening experience more special, so I really appreciate it.


So here goes my interpretation:
Not having mental health issues myself, that was not the first thing I thought about when listening to the song. To me, it appeared to be very melancholic - about a relationship that used to be happy but now kind of became boring and distant (I can't think of better words right now)

"skin, heat...feet touching feet" represented physical intimacy to me. Following up with "You and I" instead of "Us" seemed to imply emotional distance - so over time, the emotional connection broke, whereas the physical one still exists.
"safe from the world, though the world will try" thus meant to me that the relationship can only work ifit doesn't engage with the world around, because if it did, the lack of emotional connection would become a problem. So as long as the persons keep themselves "safe from the world" they have a chance (and they want to stay in this relationship), but the world always finds a way in, making the relationship more and more fragile.

"I'm afraid of the things in my brain" to me seems like the lyrical me (do you say that in english?) is afraid of the doubts she has about the relationship, because she doesn't want to take action, as in, break up.
So instead of reflecting on herself, she prefers to "stay here" (in the relationship, safe from the world) and "laugh away the fear" (make fun of her own thoughts, because if they are invalid, she doesn't need to act on them)

"numb, fine" to me sounded like "I'm numb, but it's fine", as in accepting the emotional distance and unhappiness in the relationship.
"You create a rarity of my genuine smiles" to me was more like genuine smiles had become rare in the relationship, but everytime it happens, she looses her doubts for a while, which is why she doesn't want to break up - she is afraid that in that case, she would never genuinly smile again.
"so breathe, breathe with me" would mean "please reconnect with me emotionally", because breath feeds both the body and the mind, so she wants to connect on both levels with her partner.
"can you drink all my thoughts, cause I can't stand them" would be again "please take my doubts away, because I'm afraid of having to decide wether or not I want to stay with you.

"Intertwined, free" would be the two paths the lyrical me could choose now - either she stays intertwined with the other person, but also tied up. Or she frees herself, but it is a very existential definition of freedom, as Sartre says, she would be "condemned to be free", which is rather scary.
"I pinned each and every hope on you, and I hope that you don't bleed with me" would be "I wanted this relationship to be perfect, but now it isn't, and I hpe that at least you are really happy and don't notice how uncertain I am, because in that case the whole thing wouldn't make sense anymore, and I desperatly want it to make sense"

On that note, I hope my interpretation makes sense to anyone - I'm not quite sure wether I was able to express my thoughts properly. I used "she" for the lyrical me/protagonist because dodie is female, but the gender doesn't matter here. ALs o I think it's very beautiful how this song makes sense even if interpreted in two rather different ways.


I really connected with Intertwined and even sent it to my boyfriend, he immediately connected with it too. I have emotionally unstable personality disorder & generalised anxiety disorder & it really effects our relationship at times. I can push him away when really I just want to be with him. We do argue sometimes when I'm depressed and anxious and don't want to talk to him (I sound like a terrible girlfriend, I promise I'm not always like it!) But he's really learnt how to take care of me when my mental health gets bad and knows when to give me space. He's such a comfort to me when I'm starting to improve and get back to myself again. <3 I listen to Intertwined most days, it's a really beautiful song with a meaningful message.


i never took eng lit so none of this made sense but i still felt a sense of amazement watching dodie talk about her song so passionately lmao


What mainly confused me about the music video was that, although I understood the mental health element in the lyrics and I know the song was about how this affected each participant in the relationship, I interpenetrated it as a sort of "with you I feel better", rather than "my mental health is slowly turning our relationship toxic". I really liked the video on it's own, and I thought it was really eerie and thought provoking, but it really wasn't compatible with my earlier impression of the song. As explained in this video, there was a lot of contrast between the good ad the bad, but I saw it more as a resolution at the end of a bad period, with "but we can stay here and laugh away the fear" coming after "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" and though obviously no problems were solved entirely, it seemed like they were made a whole lot better just with the other person's presence. For me this song ended on a much more positive note, and that's why I really didn't understand how the video got progressively worse and ended in a house (which presumably symbolised the safe place the couple had created in their relationship) burning down. From what I perceived, the impact of mental health seemed a much more constant issue, reaching no particular climax in the song but being carefully managed and helped through the love of two people.


this was sort of 'the song' to the relationship I was in recently and at the time we saw it as a sweet loving song and your real reason for the song is the exact reason that the relationship ended. It's amost a bit like fate


Tbh I relate to this song so much because I'm the mentally ill one in my relationship and I know I'm damaging him. I chose to interpret this as a person being anxious and ill and their partner choosing to be supportive and sharing their problems so they can overcome them together because despite all my problems I'm an optimist at heart, but I feel a bit silly for it. I think that's just what I wanted it to mean to assuage my own guilt about hurting my partner and my family with my illness. That's kind of shattered around me now in a storm of glass and disappointment so I better cover my eyes and tend to the wounds.<br>Thank you for sharing anyway Dodie. I love your music so much!

Tbh I relate to this song so much because I'm the mentally ill one in my relationship and I know I'm damaging him. I chose to interpret this as a person being anxious and ill and their partner choosing to be supportive and sharing their problems so they can overcome them together because despite all my problems I'm an optimist at heart, but I feel a bit silly for it. I think that's just what I wanted it to mean to assuage my own guilt about hurting my partner and my family with my illness. That's kind of shattered around me now in a storm of glass and disappointment so I better cover my eyes and tend to the wounds.
Thank you for sharing anyway Dodie. I love your music so much!


I used to interpret it how you wrote it but then I got into a relationship and the meaning changed for me. It painted a picture of a couple coming to terms that one of them is mentally ill. It reminds me of my boyfriend and how he assures me that I'm not a burden and that he doesn't love my anxiety but he loves me. How he has learned to calm me down. How he chooses to drink my thoughts but doesn't try to make them sweet. Even though I see my illness as a poison he sees it as a medicine. It is something he has to deal with in order to be happy with me in his life. He makes me feel sick and not broken.


I completely interpreted the song as related to alcoholism, so in a sense still mental health, but more focused on how an addiction to alcohol affects a relationship. I mostly got this from the line "Can you drink all my thoughts?", as to me, the word drink particularly stuck out. Also, I felt that the use of the word "Numb" in the verse before linked to the idea that many people drink in order to numb their feelings, and the following "fine" being the persons inability to accept that they have a problem. I absolutely love this song, and I think the best thing about it is how differently it can be interpreted, but I always saw it as a song about relationships, alcohol and mental health :)


holy shit, this is not the way i interpreted the song, but this makes so much sense. it's not that i missed the fact that mental health was discussed, but i just didn't think about it that deeply. now this song is such a perfect description of a relationship i was in oh my gosh 😳


If the youtube thing doesnt work out, dodie should become an english teacher. More specifically mine because WOW that was /so/ good 😊😊😊😊 love ya doddle x


My interpretation was a lustful and messed up relationship wherein the couple rely on each other and struggle through life together... idk :/ this was a very insightful video tho


welcome to lessons with Dodie! (ba-da-na) (please do more of these please i like them...)


Holy crap, I am totally blown away by this!!!!!


MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY CROPS ARE FLOURISHING MY GRADES ARE UP THE SUN IS SHINING


I thought that it was about a person who entered a relationship with a mental illness, possibly schizophrenia but I'll explain later. They went into the relationship with their mental health being rocky but they've convinced themselves that this will be good for them because they won't be alone ("oh you and I, safe from the world") This is where their mental health begins to worsen, and the main reason I thought of schizophrenia is from the contractions in the lyrics, as if there is more than one voice commenting ("numb, fine"  "laugh away the fear" "intertwined, free") which can be supported by the cry for help "can you drink all my thoughts because I can't stand them" followed by the calming "oohs" which could be an example of the voices in the person's head or the lover trying to calm them down. The song ends with the end of the relationship where they decide that they don't want to drain their lover's mental health or drag them down with them and they both go their separate ways.


This makes me miss literature class SO MUCH


I adore this so muchThrow back to English lit haha you'd be a great English teacherI love the song so much and the video- I thought it was amazing- I was speechless


I thought the song was about a relationship the singer/ writer is in and through a tough time the writer is in, mainly because of a mental health issue. The start of the song was sweet and loving, and sounded like two people holding each other close... almost like one was going to leave and it would be their (or seem like one of their) last embarrass together.

 The person singing the song, seems to be in despair and is calling for help but not exactly telling the other person whats going on  but isn't helping themselves by saying that they are fine and covering it up with a smile ('Numb, Fine') The singer/writer finally told their significant other and that is why they are holding them so tightly. The significant other is afraid of losing the singer/writer and therefore is holding them like it is the last time they will be this close to one another.

I imagine two people hugging and crying in each others arms, trying to seek comfort in one another ('intertwined'). I then imagine the two trying to find strategies to help with the mental illness, and one of the big ones people use is breathing. The significant other is taking deep breaths with the writer/ singer as a way to help he/she calm down and relax ('so breathe, breathe with me').

'I've pinned each and every hope on you' can indicate that the singer is telling the significant other all the thoughts racing in their head, and all the things they might want to do to themselves. 'I hope that you don't bleed with me" Also, might mean that because the singer/writer has told them all of these things that she/he doesn't want them to blame themselves. As that might cause them to go down the say path they have. But the word 'Free' is also used in that verse which confuses people as this song doesn't seem like the person is happy and feeling like they can do anything (which is what most people think when they think of the word free), but instead more trapped in their own thoughts. But to me the use of the word 'free' in this verse could mean that they finally feel better that they have told somebody about what is going on, and also they feel overwhelmed that they have listened and are actually helping. Also, 'free' the fact it is used in this manner and how it can confuse people might also be a metaphor. It could make people confused which is how a lot of people feel about mental illnesses. People who do not suffer from one are usually confused about them. How they are triggered, why people with a great life can have them ect.

"I'm afraid of the things in my brain' is referring back to the beginning of the song, and indicating to us that they are not yet better. ' but we can stay here and laugh away the fear.' Also tells us that once again the singer/ writer of this song has someone that they can confine in when they are feeling overly anxious, depressed ect.

So in conclusion, the song is about a couple that is struggling as one of them is suffering from a mental illness. It is about the two trying to find a way in which they can help the person with the mental illness, and hopefully overcome it. The song is about hope, love and determination. Hope, in finding a way to find a way to help the singer/writer through this illness. Love, being there for one another and holding each other close and not wanting to let go. Determination, they won't stop trying to find a solution until it is resolved.


IM LIVING FOR ENGLISH TEACHER DODIE YES GIRL WOOOOO TEACH EM


i know this is a really deep video but

i really like your handwriting


slowly walks up to you
softly holds your shoulders
shakes you, screaming
'YES YES YES YES'

*slowly walks up to you*
*softly holds your shoulders*
*shakes you, screaming*
'YES YES YES YES'


This is 100% how a viewed the song. Never thought of it as a sappy song rather a song where one of the two parties has things in there head that end up hurting the other half


I definitely saw the song the same way. Just to add to what dodie was saying about the "numb, fine" lyric; the word "fine" is syncopated (on an up beat), so it feels like the word is just being thrown out there and insincere. I interpreted it as being dismissive and more of an after thought. Musically this song is fantastic and the addition of those chromatic chords make the song that much more effective. Love it!


If I was to direct a music video for this I would have a colourful centre point possibly two people performing a classical ballet piece but with darkness surrounding them and becoming more and more powerful such as their being dancers surrounding them trying to 'attack' them. I would end with the darkness being eliminated and one of the dancers continuing the same dance with the other showing signs of uncertainty that the darkness is truly gone.


I personally thought that Intertwined was a song about commitment issues and the fear of what a relationship means. The narrator speaking of her current situation, (Skin, numb, intertwined) vs her desires (heat, fine, and free).
In terms of already being in a relationship, fear of commitment doesn't just mean "I don't want to be tied down," it could also be fear of what commitment would mean, what is expected from them, and/or what damage could be done to either party. A good example would be survivors of an abusive relationship. Their experiences define relationships much differently than people who haven't gone through anything at all.
It doesn't contradict Dodie's personal meaning to the song, as mental health issues are often involved with relationships and commitment, but I thought it relevant enough to comment on.


I felt about the this song exactly the way you describe your attachment to it Dodie. I loved the chords and how it me it sounded like a relationship gone wrong- like there was a bump in the road that turned things sours (much like how mine did losing the best thing ever) I love this song it's my favourite along with WHEN and YOU'RE JUST A DREAMS because I get so emotionally attached to words it feels as though I'm welcomed and am safe before your chords and beautiful voice. I praise you everyday (not like shrine that's creepy) for your sings because of how much I understand them and feel as if there is someone who cares about me (even though we have never met) I love these sickly songs to help understand what my emotions are - Thank you so much dodie !!! Also congrats on hitting one million - p.S what ukulele did you use for this song??


You look so cute <3 Also damn I'll never listen to this song the same way ever again


i kind of saw it as a relationship that kind of fails after the honeymoon phase? like after the initial shock of passion, they're both just kind of left with nothing; but they stay together in hopes that the spark will come back


To me, for this song to be about anything other than mental health would be weird, but I can see how some people missed the underlying meaning because the song is so beautifully written and sweet sounding that it masks the brutality of how mental health issues can make a person feel. I always saw the song like you've found someone that makes you feel safe but there's a constant fear that the toxic thoughts that are in your brain will poison the relationship if you say them out loud. Also the video is brilliant - internal thoughts made physical, crashing down on the relationship. It fits so perfectly with the narrative of the song asdfghjkl I love it I love you.


These teachers need to be found and shown the music video. Maybe they're still at the school? HEDY GET ON THIS


i always kinda saw intertwined as a 'story'(/progression) of a domestic violence and (mental health related) emotionally manipulative relationship?! hmmmmm x


i kinda realised that everyone has interpreted the song in a different way varying on their current mindset (mainly not everyone) so my interpretation was more along the lines of a nice healthy seeming relationship that seems calm and beautiful and 'perfect' to everyone else, but in reality it's quite messy and the protagonist of the song/ writer was calling out for help because they find it difficult to express how the genuinely feel within this relationship and that they turn to anything that makes them feel better; with the lyrics "can you drink all my thoughts" implies that drinking was one of the things that made them feel better. As well as this, the repetition of the word "breath" could reference anxiety and panic attacks and the inability to breathe when everything on your mind is so heavy and overwhelming and therefore scary. With the "I've pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don't bleed with me" I believed that was as if saying 'I thought you'd be the one to help me, please don't let my ill mental state lead you to do the same as I have with mutilating my own body and skin'. So yeah that was my interpretation

and i just realised I'm probably going to fail the analysis part of my exams


defiantly agree with what you said, it all makes sense now that it's been laid out. I do have to say though the songs a bit ruined for me as i do enjoy being ignorant in love (in some cases not all of course) and sometimes i enjoy just a song about being intertwined with someone. Again i agree with all of your dissections of the song but the video also ruined it a little as dolls terrify me 😵


Wish I could do my gcse English on this song think I'd ace it


A very interesting rundown of the song BY THE ARTIST HERSELF, so stop saying you don't think it's that way just because it doesn't match up to your lovey dovey idea of Dodie and mental health issues. All in all, its a beautiful song that soothes as much as it quietly unsettles people. I say unsettles because, frankly, disturb would not be the right term here. I admire how well you slipped in all these meanings Dodie, several of which I never noticed, and I'm looking forward to you quietly telling the world with your music a story no one wants to hear said out loud.


When it says 'intertwined. Free', after all the 'oohs' and such.
I had thought that it was finally alluding to a happy ending. Where singer is finally freed by 'numbness' and finally feels all this weight off their shoulders after talking to their loved one. Where the; "But we can stay here And laugh away the fear" bit referred to the beginning lyrics. Showing that she can get back to the beginning of the song where she is 'safe' with him. (HUGE dependability on him but.. happy(?))

Also maybe just me but the melody sounds like a lullaby?
So as she sings louder (in parts like; can you drink all my thoughts?, cause i can't stand them) she is becoming more aware of her fear/is awake. So when the 'oohs' play, she pours out her thoughts to her partner which act as a lullaby rocking her to sleep, deeper into the relationship. THUS, she is 'intertwined' with him BUT 'free' from her own fear.
(Also the 'falling in sleep/dependability of him is confirmed in the end where she is just humming until the song finishes)
It involves losing her sense of self, but she is no longer 'afraid of the things in [her] brain'.
Yay?

Oh and Dodie, LOVED you analyzing your song!<br>Gets me analyzing for fun and not for my next English assignment... Which I probably should be doing now. XD

Oh and Dodie, LOVED you analyzing your song!
Gets me analyzing for fun and not for my next English assignment... Which I probably should be doing now. XD


I kinda interpret it like there's this person scared of society. Of how she fits in it and what people think of her. So she's like can we stay here? So we don't have to face our issues. Which they do but it's slowly eating them from the inside.


I feel weird aboit the fact that she looks like my old art teacher in this video....


<b>cries</b> I wish I could study this in school

*cries* I wish I could study this in school


This video actually helped with my English analysis lol thx


HELLO NEW RELATED TEXT FOR ANYTIME I HAVE TO DO ANYTHING thanks dodie, luv u <3


that warrants full marks for a literature exam in my school.


Ok please do not take this as hate I absolutely love the song and I think the video was super creative but to me intertwined is just a love song about someone with possible mental health issues or trust issues or something. This deep analysis seems too much. But you are the author so if that's what you meant then that's the meaning of the song. I just would never come up with the meaning after listening to it. Like I said I loved it and all your songs and I love you! ❤


MY (not so) INNER LIT NERD IS IN HEAVEN WITH THIS VIDEO


ohmygod if i could just take my English GCSE that would b great


How to write an English lit essay w Dodie


I think the song is clever as not only does it reflect people's thoughts in a relationship who suffer with mental health issues, but also shows how everyone, as insecure human beings, can feel in a relationship, being in love is one of the most scary things in the world as well as the most amazing, you feel so happy when you are with them that there is a constant fear something might go wrong, you also fear you may become too dependant on that happiness, also you fear that they can't handle how you feel or think, it's just bloody terrifying but also amazing because when everything is good it's like you have a safe bubble to escape, even just for a second, the difficulties in your brain...that's what I see the song as anyway and the video shows it so poignantly ☺


when she claps and snaps, is it some sort of language she created of smth?


i just gobbled this like the true english lit student i am. pls be my tutor/lecturer HAHA


I basically just got any to clap 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏


does this count as English revision ? :)


OK here's my analysis its sort of rough and a mess but yeah

skin, heat, hair in your mouth
feet touching feet:
a couple lying together, probably after sex since they are tangled together (intertwined), if u go off of the idea that the relationship is toxic perhaps there is some sort of dependence on this sex and this touching more than actually talking through problems.

oh you I safe from the world
though the world will try:
they need to be together to be safe, it sounds romantic but merely creates an atmosphere of dependence, perhaps a very one sided dependence like the singer is locking their lover inside. the world may try suggests the idea of an outside parting saying that this relationship is toxic and it needs to stop and perhaps that is why the singer locks their lover away, because they can't accept the truth and depend on having someone there even if it is unhealthy.

oh I'm afraid of the thing in my brain:
this suggest that the singer has mental health issues and is afraid of the them to the point that they may be in denial.

but we can laugh away the fear:
again denying their scary though and pretending every thing is OK, using their lover to pretend they mental illness isn't their and laughing it all off instead of as previously stated just talking everything through.

numb, fine
again denial of the mental illness. often times when someone is depressed they feel numb but they deny it and tell the people around them that they are okay and fine.

you create a rarity of my genuine smile:
at this point the relationship is unhealthy for the singer as well, we start to see that perhaps they aren't completely manipulative and that want of their lover to be with them and be like them is to calm their lover down to make them both happy so that the singer can genuinely smile.

so breathe, breathe with me:
for me this further pushes the dependence, the need for the singers lover to be with them all the time and be like them, perhaps to reassure them that they are normal and again this idea of denial, if they have someone with them like them they are okay and have no reason to be afraid.

can you drink my thoughts away? cuz I can't stand them:
for me it feels like a reference to your drinking, the idea that the singer needs to drink alcohol to have a good time and to run away from their fears and again they need their lover to do the same because of this toxic dependence.

intertwined, free:
for me this juxtaposition almost suggests that the lover is forced into this and have been tangled into the mess of a toxic relationship the singer however is convinced that they are both free.

I've pinned each and every hope on you:
theyve put their hoped and problems alike in their partner and again instead of talking they just put it all on their partner and act as I'd it'll work. moreover they hope the, though unhealthy and toxic, relationship will fix them.

I hope you don't bleed with me:
they've acknowledged that their problems are too Mich for them and that it isn't fair for them to 'pin' them onto their lover, yet instead of being brave they dwell in their fears and simply hope that this doesn't hurt their lover too much.

I'm afraid of the things in my brain but we can stay here and laugh away the fear:
ending with the words fear just pish the ides that the singer is scared and doesn't know how to deal with it and that this isn't a beautiful romantic relationship, though it may seem like it.


This comment might be a jumbled mess because I am exhausted so I will try and make this make as much sense as possible.<br>My Interpretation: this is about a relationship where one of the people involved suffer from Anxiety, and depression, or any other mental issues, example "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" reminded me of how I get when I have intense bursts of depression, I'll be on the floor crying thinking my family hates me and I will be unable to move because the things in my brain are telling me "this is where you deserve to be, don't try getting up cause I will knock you down again" this song to me was about two lovers where one person uses the other as a comfort/coping mechanism, creating a toxic relationship of co-dependency until eventually they are both the same level of fucked up and it starts becoming self destructive, they both feel like the relationship is safe, but they're creating a toxic environment for the relationship, and in the end the relationship can only go one way up in flames.

This comment might be a jumbled mess because I am exhausted so I will try and make this make as much sense as possible.
My Interpretation: this is about a relationship where one of the people involved suffer from Anxiety, and depression, or any other mental issues, example "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" reminded me of how I get when I have intense bursts of depression, I'll be on the floor crying thinking my family hates me and I will be unable to move because the things in my brain are telling me "this is where you deserve to be, don't try getting up cause I will knock you down again" this song to me was about two lovers where one person uses the other as a comfort/coping mechanism, creating a toxic relationship of co-dependency until eventually they are both the same level of fucked up and it starts becoming self destructive, they both feel like the relationship is safe, but they're creating a toxic environment for the relationship, and in the end the relationship can only go one way up in flames.


Can you please just be my English teacher? Please 🙏🏼


PLZ MAKE MORE OF THESE VID TYPES AND CORRECT MY GRAMMAR


jfc where do you come up with this??? pls teach me ur ways


coughs ahem. I don't exactly know how to analyze music or lyrics "properly" but I'll do my best.   The first thing I noticed was not even about the lyrics. It was how the ukulele in the beginning sounds, at first, very steady, like a the initial happiness and joyful anticipation of falling in love. Then, to a two note descend into a more sinister sounding vibe momentarily breaks the stream of good thoughts, giving the listener an insight to an uncertainty or hesitancy that the writer feels entering the relationship. but, the plucking pattern is maintained, perhaps suggesting a relief, but darker set to their vision on being happy with someone. At 1:03, the lyric "numb" corresponds with the woman in a dark room, a shadow obscuring most of her face, which could be interpreted as her uncertainty growing, and her mental health starting to affect her, as the doubt begins to consume her. "fine" is shown with her holding scissors, a possible hint that she is wanting to cut ties with this person, but saying that she is fine with him. Or, it could be, like Dodie said, an obvious and unsettling contradiction of "fine" and the sharp object, leading to believe that she is so very far from fine, and doesn't want her partner to feel like they're being burdened. And so she has the scissor to break the bond with him. 1:19, her hair is cut, probably due to the scissor, maybe meaning that she didn't have the courage to break away from him, and instead took it out on herself. 1:35. the red liquid correlates with the "drink all my thoughts" lyric. my interpretation of this was that the woman's thoughts were overwhelming her, so much that they all came down, drowning her partner in a sea of worry. 1:50. You can see, if you look closely, that the man's arm is attached to her, representing how she is taking apart the person in order to keep herself alive, intertwining them through 'pain?'. the "pinned each and every hope on you" with the persons head obscured, is obviously saying how she is relying on him to bring her up, and doesn't want him to suffer because of her. quite sad when you think of it. But the different colors might be a way of showing how her problems aren't monotone, and the fact the pins are covering up his eyes, could mean that all he can see are her worries. (no hate on dodie, i'm just interpreting lol) 2:28. clearly, some dark shit is goin' down. the girl is holding a lighter, and when the chorus of "hmms" come in, the man, along with his surrounding go up in flames. Again, this makes sense with Dodie explain how it's supposed to be a little over powering/over whelming. In the end, the man is surrounded by fire, confirming how her mental health issues played a part in the undoing of the relationship, causing much of it to obliterate, and the man bleeding with her.  woah.  that was long.

*coughs* ahem. I don't exactly know how to analyze music or lyrics "properly" but I'll do my best.   The first thing I noticed was not even about the lyrics. It was how the ukulele in the beginning sounds, at first, very steady, like a the initial happiness and joyful anticipation of falling in love. Then, to a two note descend into a more sinister sounding vibe momentarily breaks the stream of good thoughts, giving the listener an insight to an uncertainty or hesitancy that the writer feels entering the relationship. but, the plucking pattern is maintained, perhaps suggesting a relief, but darker set to their vision on being happy with someone. At 1:03, the lyric "numb" corresponds with the woman in a dark room, a shadow obscuring most of her face, which could be interpreted as her uncertainty growing, and her mental health starting to affect her, as the doubt begins to consume her. "fine" is shown with her holding scissors, a possible hint that she is wanting to cut ties with this person, but saying that she is fine with him. Or, it could be, like Dodie said, an obvious and unsettling contradiction of "fine" and the sharp object, leading to believe that she is so very far from fine, and doesn't want her partner to feel like they're being burdened. And so she has the scissor to break the bond with him. 1:19, her hair is cut, probably due to the scissor, maybe meaning that she didn't have the courage to break away from him, and instead took it out on herself. 1:35. the red liquid correlates with the "drink all my thoughts" lyric. my interpretation of this was that the woman's thoughts were overwhelming her, so much that they all came down, drowning her partner in a sea of worry. 1:50. You can see, if you look closely, that the man's arm is attached to her, representing how she is taking apart the person in order to keep herself alive, intertwining them through 'pain?'. the "pinned each and every hope on you" with the persons head obscured, is obviously saying how she is relying on him to bring her up, and doesn't want him to suffer because of her. quite sad when you think of it. But the different colors might be a way of showing how her problems aren't monotone, and the fact the pins are covering up his eyes, could mean that all he can see are her worries. (no hate on dodie, i'm just interpreting lol) 2:28. clearly, some dark shit is goin' down. the girl is holding a lighter, and when the chorus of "hmms" come in, the man, along with his surrounding go up in flames. Again, this makes sense with Dodie explain how it's supposed to be a little over powering/over whelming. In the end, the man is surrounded by fire, confirming how her mental health issues played a part in the undoing of the relationship, causing much of it to obliterate, and the man bleeding with her.  woah.  that was long.


dodie can you be my english teacher?? maybe then i will like english.. :o


Read mine and Katie's, Dodie! We all know nothing, together!


please God do a cover of banana pancakes


want to never hear the song the same again? try this on for size. Stockholm syndrome.


When she said vevo i just went

Video every.... every....

January, march, april, may... ect.

There is no month beginning with v

OOHH VEVO


I think this is the first time I have enjoyed English Lit?


I would probably have made a more (dance?) ballet-like depiction (not going into too much detail as I plan to use it in the future), but the girl singing starts in a white dress, (looking down for the word skin and more jarring words near the start). As I identify as aromantic and haven't exactly experience romantic attraction before (not even sure if I will), but I saw it as a friendship, falling apart. As the video progresses the girls dress slowly starts to tear, and change into a darker colour (like black) to signify her depression taking over. As she leans on her friend as a form of support (later in the song), the back of the dress sinks onto her and starts to drown them both. In the end they are both covered in the darkness, and the original girls head is close to the top. The darkness consuming her. And after the last hum, it does.

Also throughout as her depression in coming from her anxiety (which unfortunately I can relate to), the fear is there to (maybe they run from something in the dark). Thats all, sorry it's not as skilled or elaborate as the other interpretations as I am still in high school and have not had as many experiences (neither good nor bad), but thank you everyone who reads this and or helped inspire this.


I thought it was that the Barbie was being pushed and the Ken was forcing the thought that it's okay so she gets fed up and just all these thoughts that hurt her so she kills him due to the pins in the Ken's head at the end.


You know it's gonna be good when dodie busts out her glasses and chalkboard. Incredible look into the meaning behind the lyrics and the melody. It made the song that much more enjoyable! :)


It's funny how life can change your perspective on things, when I first heard this song I listened to it with my boyfriend at the time in an intimate moment close to the one described in the beginning of the song and while I did pick up on the mental health issues and the meaning behind "breath with me" I felt it was reassuring both me and my boyfriend at the time struggle with mental health issues and I took the song as a sad but still loving melody about finding someone who can make you feel human and keep you up when all you feel is down and breath with you when you need it but now that boyfriend and I have broken up and listening to the song again I see the real struggle and Strain on the relationship as I have experienced. The dependency on each other is a real hard ship and the dependency I put on him really affected me after we broke up and I see how toxic it can be to rely on someone and I relate and love this song so much more and in an entirely different way. Intimate moments and genuine smiles are nice but you can't expect someone to drink up all your thoughts


You should really make more of these types of videos on your other songs, they're really good


I already loved this song and this made me admire it even more. The music video is one of the best I've ever seen and although I initially thought it was a more romantic song, I think the video suited it almost perfectly. This is some amazing songwriting  and I love all the little things you slipped in that you might not notice at a glance, like the "drink all my thoughts" line. I hope someday with a lot of practice I'll be this great of a songwriter. Now excuse me while I listen to it for 3 hours straight.


honestly I loved the journey I went though in first listening to the song, and then seeing the music video. I initially interpreted it as finding refuge in a relationship to help with mental health problems, and it generally had a positive meaning. Then the music video dropped and I saw the deeper, more insidious sides of having a relationship with mental health issues, and it made me re-evaluate and appreciate the song all over again. That re-evaluation  actually felt like the all contrasts you put in all the lines, where on the surface it all seems fine, but upon further introspection the relationship is ultimately damaging. I don't know if that's what you had planned but I feel like that was a more fulfilling way for the meaning to be conveyed cause wow it hit me like a tonne of bricks.


this actually blew my mind on how much work and thought goes into lyrics


Ugh I LOVE literary analysis and dodie ur so SMART this makes me happy and impressed and like kind of in love with you


When I first heard this song it really hit me. It is one of my favorites and I think it's so beautiful in a twisted way and I relate to it. Thank you for such a beautiful song that helps me when I feel like I'm sinking and everything in my head is too loud. Also I really liked this video and you dissecting the lyrics it was very interesting. Thank you so much Dodie, you are amazing 😊💚😊


wow this video! I really love seeing the meaning behind the songs. Honestly when i think of intertwined it seems like a love song but it gives me this feeling of sadness. Maybe its the chords chosen and how softly its played, but I've cried to this song a lot. Its not that the lyrics are sad its the why its been played. I don't know it helps me get out my emotions. Anyone agree? or is it just me cx


I don't know if it's because I have the same fears/apprehensions about being in a relationship but I had understood it the way it is explained here and not the way everyone was describing it in the comments on the vevo channel. I really couldn't understand why people were expecting a happy video for such a sad song. I'm glad it was explained the way I thought it was, I was starting to question how dark my brain really is tbh


When I was explaining the music video to my mom, I told her that I thought the fires and various missing flesh was the manifestation of the fears in her brain, and that the dolls represented the fake nature of the relationship, and the seemingly fine smiling couple that where really in pain.  I thought the song was truly about an unhealthy relationship within which 2 people where pretending they where in a healthy one, and that the fears they had were being covered up by their unrealistic problematic "love".


I love this, you should explain your songs like this more :))))


When I first heard the song, I cried a lot. I honestly could go line by line as you did explaining how I felt, but I'll try to be brief. I was in a long distance relationship and I pictured those few times I got when I was "Intertwined" with him, both physically like kissing and touching, but also simply in the same room together, emotionally connecting in a way that was not usual for us, because as you can imagine, its hard to connect like that over a simple screen. the line, "you create a rarity of my genuine smile," I thought it more like I only truly smile when he was around, which was rare. The contrasting words like "Intertwined; free" to me showed that although we were together, we were our own person, and in a way the relationship made us free. This song painted a picture in my mind of us laying on the couch, when things were really tough in my life, and the only escape i got was when i was next to him, holding him in my arms, cuddling. Basically, to me it was a song about true love and its pureness. The video took a complete spin on what I thought of it to be, but as you said, art is all about perspective, and I love seeing how different people interpret it. Sorry it's a little long but I hope you get to read this :)


This is a quick explanation, but I always interpreted it as two people in love who both have mental health issues relying on one another to help the other, be there to talk it out, to create a love strong enough to numb the pain of mental health issues, for at least a while <3


I've pictured the lyrics as talking about an unhealthy relationship as well, in which the ones involved don't see that they are not good for one another. This changes on the "Intertwined, free [...] I hope that you don't bleed with me" part, when one of them does something drastic (suicide, maybe, 'cause there's blood involved) but they are still worried telling the other not to follow the same path, reassuring the codependency.


I've always wanted a song writer to do this!! This is like a beautiful flower and I'm the bee!!! Lapping it up and loving it! Really appreciate and admire the themes to this song. Thanks for talking about mental health issues Dodie and bringing them to the forefront of the conversation, so we can learn to be more open about it. Much love. <3 <3


Before watching video and just listening to the song when the video came out, I thought the song as desperate, passionate, and sickly sweet. In a way the two lovers are hanging on and grasping for each other. The strength of the softness in your voice and the way you recorded the original video of "Intertwined" (bright lights, light colored clothing) gave me this impression. After watching the music video, I was.. shocked.. the best word i can find. Not in a bad way, and not in a "oh my god i was so wrong about the impression of this song way" more in a way that furthered my analysis of what this song means. I thought the same thing as before but pondered:  maybe its a lot more creepier and complicated than that. I thought the passion and the desperation was coming from how, for the lovers, the only thing they had to hold on to was each other in this dark, twisted world, and that if they were to reveal themselves, their darkness to one another that they would lose each other. And in the video, I figured that exactly what happened. After watching THIS^^^ video however I definitely saw it differently, my thoughts still stand, and after hearing what you were really trying to say in this song, it made it a hell of a lot easier to analyze. In conclusion, amazing work on this, definitely on of my favorite songs on your album. Thank for giving this gift of music to the world


Miss Clark you are quite the lovely teacher, and what a perfect imperfection we're all happy to see you make 😊


I love this. This is how I pictured the song too, and I loved the way you described it


I fucking LOVE this video ugh. It's so interesting to see the entire ACTUAL thought process that went into the writing and making of this song instead of reading other people's speculation. You are an amazing songwriter Dodie! xx


Soooo I already knew this, but my golly you're incredibly smart. I love, love, LOVE analyzing pieces of art--songs included!--and this was just brilliant. Your lyrics are so . . . I can't even think of the best way to word it, but let's say thought out, intricate, and amazing. You. Are. So. Cool #understatement <3


To me, the song was about two people in love you both had issues with their mental health, but eventually were able to help each other and "laugh away the fear" in a healthy way


HOLY FUCK. This is why I love this song, your description here is exactly what I excepted, and how I read into the song, AND why I loved the music video. But man... you explained your writing process SO WELL, you should do just a few more of these, not a ton, just a few... cause this was great!


This is fantastic I'm such a music nerd I live for this kind of stuff.


dodie, this song really was amazing. I loved it! your interpretation was amazing and I agree completely, although at first I was thinking of a couple falling blindly in love for each others charm without taking into account one anothers problems, which later on causes problems and they clash together with love but no understanding of each other. they feel stuck yet free all at once causing confusion. and yeah I would love to go on about this with you sometimes that would be an honor. thank you for explaining this piece of art with me.


i always thought the line "laugh away the fear" was "love away the fear"(your accent is beautiful, but very confusing to a lil american like me 😂), and that kind of summed up how i interpretted the song. the point of view it is sung from is scared and in an unhealthy state of mind, while their lover is a bit of a pillar for them, and they see almost absolute comfort in them, yet they're still scared that even what they have will fall apart. thats what i've always thought and it always made me very emotional- but even the instrumentals and your beautiful voice are enough to put me to tears.


When you thought you'd seen all there was to love about Dodie...then she makes this video and you're falling too hard. <3


I'm so glad that, despite what seemed to be loads of people attacking your art, you took the opportunity to see their criticism in a positive light. Love the song, love the explanation 💜


wow i thought something completely different! i always thought this was a more light-hearted, innocent, and romantic song but i guess i didn't really look too much into the lyrics! i really love how this song can be interpreted so differently! oh and thank you for sort of explaining it all i really did not understand how this song could be so dark but you did a wonderful job explaining it!


i interpreted it as more of a "i can't live without you so i will overtake you" i loved the video so so much it was perfect if you ask me i just love your songs in general


I loved this video, and being able to hear what you were thinking about when writing it. I found this so interesting


I LITTERALLY LOVE UNDERSTANDING SONGS I LOVE HOW U EXPLAINED IT SOO GOOD PLS DO MORE


I never quite came up with some kind of theory for what I thought the song was about (which is weird because I normally over analyze things) but I thought that it was a kind of chaotic peace like in a movie where they play a really peaceful song over a bunch of explosions. I don't know if you know what I mean but it makes perfect sense to me. I think the video fit perfectly with my meaning


The little dark spot inside even the sweetest of people is a scary and beautiful place, and once it is set free it can create some amazing art.


I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. You have no idea how much I love analysis, watching this video was so satisfying. Now that I have listened to you explain it I have no idea how I managed not to pick up all the darkness before! I love this song even more now aaaahhhh


Dodie I absolutely loved this song and here's why. I keep listening and listening and listening to it and its just so beautifully tragic and realistic for so many people. I feel like your interpretation goes perfectly with the music video. I love the lyrics "I'm afraid of the things in my brain" because it's expressing that you're so scared of the mental illness(es) that you have and how they effect you and others, including your loved one(s). I also relate with the lyrics "I've pinned each and every hope on you, I hope that you don't bleed with me". It's so sad, because, in my interpretation, it's like you're pinning every hope of getting rid of the awful things onto your partner and it completely overtakes them, but yet they just pretend they're fine just like you (as amazingly portrayed in the music video with the partner with head made of pins laying in bed). It's so sad, but you make such a realistic tragic relationship into a beautifully written piece of music and it's so jarring and wonderful to hear music like this today. I love you so much Dodie, keep being creative and beautiful and talented and dedicated and all around wonderful.


I honestly interpret this song as how it feels when I cuddle like I'm safe and protected and I'm loved and appreciated and that even with all of my negative thoughts my s.o. still loves me idk I also call it the cuddle song ( cuddling to me is just being in each other's arms and company)


Dodie....this is....just....too....brilliant. I'm proud of you.
I love you so much.
So.
Much.


So the first time that I'd heard the song was when I watched the music video, and I think that my perception of the song was different from those who had just heard it without the vid. It was interesting because you had to really think about the lyrics to get them to fit the dark theme of the video, but once you did, it made perfect sense, and it was a really beautiful way to portray the song.


This video was immensely enjoyable to watch. You do very well as a teacher in this setting!!

And wow, what a different take than what I previously imagined--all this time, it made me think of someone depressed finding comfort in another person, but that was a more sweet version...this is such a dark take on that! Thank you for explaining in such explicit detail. :)


This is exactly how I saw the song and I loved the video so so much because it takes this beautifully written and angelic, lovey sounding song and purely displays what the lyrics are trying to say. It exposes the hurt that the melodies and chords are covering up and I think it's so beautiful. Sam is an artistic genius and I love him.


Dodie I love this so much, all the contrast throughout the song gave it just the right vibe. Honestly, intertwined wasn't originally my favorite song on the album, but this analysis made me realize that I definitely underrated this track, I love it so much. I hadn't even thought of the dark themes that hid within. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas with us!