Almost Lover – A Fine Frenzy
Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy from One Cell in the Sea (2007)
Genre: Indie Pop
Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick
I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you’d want the same for me
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images
And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you would never let forget these images, no
I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you’d want the same for me
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you’re gone and I’m haunted
And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that easy
To walk right in and out of my life?
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
Mood: sad, sentimental, beautiful
Video Tags: forest, piano
Interpretations:
In the song, the storyteller is heartbroken over her ex lover. She can’t stop thinking about him, and the time they spent together, and wishes that she could just forget about their relationship because thinking of it is painful. Memories of him make it hard for her to go on with her life (“I’m trying not to think about you/Can’t you just let me be?“). She’s also angry, because of how easily the guy walked out of her life. She knows that while she’s heartbroken over him, he has moved on, with no painful feelings when he things about her (“So you’re gone and I’m haunted/And I bet you are just fine“). “Almost lover” refers to how she thought he was in love with her, but he wasn’t really, which is easily seen by the way he walked out of their relationship. She thought that they would be together for a long time, but she didn’t mean a lot to him, and he wasn’t the “real” lover she thought he was.
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