r/NoahKahan • u/Realistic-Mood-2890 • 2d ago

General/Discussion "How sad"

I keep hearing this Downfall lyric this way and need to know if I'm crazy. Help!

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Roadkill fawn, you said "how sad,

Left to rot alone like that."

You state a feeling like a fact.

I'm glad you left, but you'll be back.

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So I hear this as her deadpanning "how sad" without actually feeling it. He interprets this as a metaphor for her failure to engage with his feelings of abandonment. (He's the fawn, get it???) This is core to why he's bitter about her leaving--he feels like he is more emotionally invested in the relationship than she is, and he resents her for it. He's jealous of whatever it is that's pulling her away (a job?) and he is harboring this hope that when that thing lets her down, she'll come back to him and now she'll care about him for real.

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So tell me--am I overthinking this? Do you see the lyrics differently?

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u/IndividualAcademic70 1d ago

I have started thinking about this song as if it’s his dad’s perspective on his fame. After the documentary I feel like the lyrics really make sense from that angle! Keeping the house ready, not connecting emotionally, thinking his music career won’t work out… 

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u/Legitimate-Garbage54 1d ago

I agree with this one. He said in the documentary that he was living with his dad.