![]() ![]() Bob is the demonic-yet-dapper Mephistopheles of this story. In the absolute depths of her misery she ‘wishes her heart away’. When she eventually does she finds herself lingering in a side alley outside a nightclub hating the world in general and herself in particular. So bad she can’t bring herself to leave the safety of her room (or even her duvet) in her Los Angeles apartment. It’s a story about love in its many forms, the wisdom of poor choices and the long road home from heartbreak.Įmma Elliot has suffered a bad breakup. A story that seems playful and boisterous on the surface but hides a sharpness underneath, like a kitten unaware of its own claws. ![]() ‘Heart in a Box’ is a story about wanting and getting. Or, to quote Coldplay: ‘When you get what you want, but not what you need. ![]() In other words: the wrong is in the wish. Should you ever acquire your dream you will quickly discover that it does not feel anywhere near as good as the dream itself. Getting and wanting are both as bad as each other. One that says: the fault is in the want, the desire. It just something we say to people who’re behaving obnoxiously and irresponsibly, but for me the phrase has a much deeper moral meaning. The phrase ‘careful what you wish for’ gets kicked around a lot these days, without much thought for it actually means. ![]()
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