Norwegian Wood
Echoes of Love and Loss in Thin Norwegian Wood
Lyrics
It's as thin as Norwegian wood
Comparing something to being as fragile or delicate as Norwegian wood.
What could a crook know about love?
Questioning the understanding of love by someone dishonest or untrustworthy.
I tend to chew what I can get
Choosing to deal with or accept what's available or accessible.
Not sure I know my body yet
Uncertainty or lack of familiarity with one's own body.
It hurts to show but it's not easy knowing what I know
The difficulty of revealing personal truths despite knowing them.
When I'm down, I'm so down
Feeling deeply low or depressed.
If I expressed myself, well, you wouldn't stick around me
Belief that expressing oneself would push others away.
It's as thin as Norwegian wood
Reiteration of fragility using the analogy of Norwegian wood.
What could this crook know about anything?
Doubting the capability of someone dishonest in understanding anything.
I thought I'd screech in the face of death but
Expectation of reacting boldly to death, which didn't happen.
I went into liquidation like my businesses
Comparison of personal breakdown to business failure.
It hurts to show but it's not easy knowing what I know
The struggle of hiding personal truths despite knowing them.
And when I'm down, I'm so down
Feeling deeply low or depressed again.
If I expressed myself, well, you wouldn't stick around me
Fear that expressing oneself would push others away.
Save yourself
Encouragement to safeguard oneself.
A love like this is bad for your health
Warning that this type of love is detrimental to health.
Save yourself from the woman who loves you, oh-oh
Advising to protect oneself from a loving but potentially harmful woman.
It hurts to show and it's not easy knowing what I know
The challenge of concealing personal truths despite awareness.
When I'm down, I get so, so down
Intense feelings of depression when low.
If I expressed myself, well, you wouldn't stick around me
Belief that expressing oneself would push others away, again.
And I'm no mystic, but you can trust me with the rest of it
Claiming not to possess mystical qualities but being trustworthy with secrets.
And I was a flight risk in my time
Admitting past tendencies to escape or avoid commitment.
If not for you, then rest assured I'd go without this life
Expressing gratitude for someone preventing a self-destructive path.
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