There's a certain intensity and anxiety - and I relate to this line so much because I feel Lorde just nails it here. Sometimes, my best friend and I talk about what we're going to do, and we realize that it's just the two of us, suspended in time wherever we are, alone with each other amid the rush of people chasing after big dreams and jobs. Some already know their destiny lies in Goldman Sachs, in JP Morgan, in Morgan Stanley, wherever. Some plan for the United States, some for the UK, some for prestigious unis where I live. I have friends who are planning to go into medicine, some into engineering, and a lot into business. I'll be applying to university in a few months. She's isolated, she's aimless in a sense - but more importantly, she's different. Throwbacks - B.o.B, Hayley Williams: B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. She's not participating in the legions of students who are studying degree after degree, on their way to become the "the double edged people" who "wanna get rough" and just "keep talking".
Her, on the other hand - she's doing, well, nothing. Lorde has said she especially likes the song. She's surrounded by people who have a focus - they're studying business, they're doing something socially acceptable, and they're probably going to be successful. Ribs is an ethereal lament about adolescence, and the bittersweet experience of growing up. The entire song is about an intense, acute feeling of separation - of her+her friend/lover alone against them, the rest of society - and this line is a reflection of that. I've never really thought about different meanings. 76759819, Play, Homemade Dynamite (Vevo x Lorde), 03:34 Tools.
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