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Much like all girls want to be skinny, curvy and sexay, guys want to be big and muscular. Not a Hulk, rather a toned body. This is beauty defined by the media today.

Sort of like this dude:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE

Note how defines masculinity, down to what a man should smell like.

Everyone wants to be attractive and fit in with society’s view of attractiveness; even milo.

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Mobb Deep

Havoc and Prodigy – Hip hop duo from Queens.
I guess Milo can fit in…

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The boring relationship she’s in is what’s driving her to get involved with someone else.

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This phrase is brilliant! When she was attracted to him, she couldn’t stop smiling. But the affair ended with her as a victim, leaving her sad and full of grief. Alex uses personification to explain how the man introduced happiness into her life and took it away right after.

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Alex begins to warn the girl, hinting that whatever she’s looking to find won’t end well for her.

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Is he running to get away from something or running to reach a destination? Probably both. But will he arrive at a solution (peace of mind) or did he just waste his time running from the inescapable?

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There he goes – dwelling in the past. He needs to take his own advice of not looking back and move on! Otherwise he’ll be stuck running for the rest of his life.

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In the first lines, Erlend Øye is talking to himself. He’s trying to get over a break-up – metaphorically running away from it.

If he stops and thinks about “her” for a second, he’ll remember how great the relationship was, regress back into a state of sadness and come up with some ridiculous plan to get her back – all of which he’s probably already done before.

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Probably the colors that make up the picture. Red is usually used to describe powerful feelings such as hatred, anger, aggression and passion and yet it’s still associated with love.

The blue in the picture seems to portray the reality of the situation – “I don’t have this girl anymore and that kind of sucks,” – since blue is associated with sadness. Together they both make for a meaningful depiction.

Franz Marc’s Red and Blue Horse

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A platitude often used to help someone through a hard time:

Time heals all wounds

The speaker has probably been told this a million times but he’s still not over her. It’ll probably take a lifetime before he’s able to take that picture down because some things really do last a long time.

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