While the last thing survivors need is more blame, our society supports a narrative that blames the objectively innocent party because the blatantly guilty party has spent their entire lives fabricating a persona and we’re just being human, and human psychology is quite counterintuitive especially in the context of trauma.
Never actually understand, even if they try, because all they see is you, on fire, screaming about the arsonist that no one ever sees, and who has been spreading lies about your alleged mental instability, deceptive personality, etc. Anyways, I especially relate to her midnights becoming afternoons, complex PTSD often leads to this phenomenon, whether due to purposeful sleep deprivation by the abuser, or just hyper vigilance associated with the PTSD, along with the fear of facing people, especially your loved ones, who funny how you say the words domestic violence, abuse, abuse survivor and boom the subject changes. The abuser has no anxieties, no emotional pain, or salience/memory for that matter, so the survivor appears to be the crazy one, obsessed with the abuse and that buzzword that seems to ignite arguments about diagnosing people without a degree, etc.
I believe this is another amazingly on point and nuanced commentary on the insanity that follows emotionally abusive relationships. It is highly possible that the singer may have become suicidal since they are clearly, deeply in love with the listener and the listener is barely, if at all, returning any of the love, breaking up the 'great big family'. This last line gives a negative twist on the entire song because it doesn't continue, letting us know how the singer feels about the lack of love returned from the listener. I theorize that the listener may not return the hug, smile, or kiss because the singer finishes with the line, "Won't you say you love me too?" This is furthered by, "a hug from me to you", which is where they also greet each other with a hug, or at least, the singer greets the listener with a hug. "With a smile and a kiss" may sound like it's talking about relationships and how the people in them make each other smile and share kisses, but instead, this is a family that is comfortable with each other and cares about each other deeply, therefore smiling and kissing each other in greeting. This line states, "We're a great big happy family!" which pulls the listener into a feeling of happiness and companionship as if they were family with the singer. Without waiting for the listener to respond, the singer moves on to the next line, assuming that the listner is returning the affection. The next line, "You love me" shows that he wants the listener to return that friendliness and care. When the singer says "I love you", he is trying to convey his feelings of care and friendliness to the person that is listening to the song.
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