I heard a live version of this song a while back...I find the live version will just rip, not tug, at the heart strings if you were in a relationship like Miss Bareilles' clearly was. It is pretty clear to me she has found the wrong guy and is having all kinds of problem breaking away from Mr. Wrong.
Maybe he wasn't even Mr. Wrong, just not Mr. Right. She gets involved and she finds he has this problem or that, but she can't pull clear. He keeps pulling her back in, or maybe even reeling her in. Who knows?
Maybe, I don't get the song, but the lines below are just wow for me.
But you're neither friend nor foe
Though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down.
Though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down.
Talk about juxtaposition. If you can find the live version on Between The Lines: Live At The Fillmore, her notes when she sings "...keeping me down" aren't down, but up and she just holds it like it was meant to be clear she was yearning for a higher calling, a higher love, but knows this isn't it.
How many of us have held onto that person we knew just wasn't right, for just a little too long? As for me, I keep coming back to Sara Bareilles because of the incredible song writing. Enjoy your Friday.
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