Shared! : Diyanah's Analysis of Mad Girl's Love Song
I am pretty sure that this poem means something else. But this is how I see it:
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; means the persona is shutting herself from reality. The world is referring to the reality. She is escaping from reality by shutting her eyes. I lift my lids and all is born again. means the persona is back to reality. The persona opened her eyes and everything is back to where it is. She is no longer distorting reality. (I think I made you up inside my head.) means the persona imagined herself as someone sane. The stars go waltzing out in blue and red, means the persona is hallucinating. The stars look as though they are dancing.And arbitrary blackness gallops in: means the persona is depressed. Arbitrary means having unlimited power. Arbitrary darkness means her emotions are controlling her. Gallops means fast. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. means the persona is shutting herself from reality again. I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed means the persona wishes that she could allure herself to a marital relationship. And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. means she imagines someone dreamily romantic. (I think I made you up inside my head.) means she is imagining herself being sane again. God topples from the sky, hell’s fires fade: means she does not care about god. In her head, god is as if falling forward and the fires of hell is as though being extinguished. Exit seraphim and Satan’s men: means she does not care about Satan either. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. means the persona is shutting herself from reality again. I fancied you’d return the way you said, means she is imagining she would return the way she was. But I grow old and I forget your name. means she could never control her life. Grow old depicts the time that passed and since she has been shutting herself from reality for so long, she does not remember her sanity. (I think I made you up inside my head.) means she imagined herself being sane again. I should have loved a thunderbird instead; means it is easier to love material than wanting something that is impossible to have. Thunderbird is an American sportscar. It is called T-bird like the one in Grease. She wants to be sane and that is considered impossible to have. At least when spring comes they roar back again. means cars are driven during spring. Roar refers to the engine sound. During winter, cars are being put away and since spring comes after winter the persona would be happy when spring. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.)" means she commits suicide. She is escaping the reality of never being able to be sane. Mad girl’s love song is about a girl that is insane expressing love for her sane self.
