Reply To: Artificial Heart discussion
I want to bring up Dissolve again.
I am annoying and literal, and I’m sure that’s a large part of my problem.
Kate and joelr – At first I was thinking along the broken heart lines as well, but the broken heart thing bothers me for one main reason – why would he ever like a broken heart?
Also, I struggle to see why he would want to pass on the heartbreak. Perhaps I have never experienced the bitterness for the opposite sex that a bad break-up might inspire.
My impression was that the thing in the box was a good thing that was bad for you, like drugs.
So I have decided that this song makes total sense as not a break-up song, but a song from the perspective of someone involved with a happy drug addict who ODs, then becomes hooked himself (and involved with someone else), then leaves the stash (not the ‘stache!) to the girl he hooked up with afterward. The drugs were bad for them, but worth dying for because they were so good.
Maybe.
If it’s not something like this, the “But I liked it” line keeps me up at night. Grrr!