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Jun 30th 2021!⃝I really related to this song so I wanted to tell my interpretation.
I feel like this song is about a child who is struggling mentally in a "perfect family". I think devil town is something in their mind, I'm not sure what, but I'll elaborate why later.
"You said something dumb again. She's mad, at least that's what they say. Mum and daddy aren't in love.That's fine, I'll settle for two birthdays", I think this means the child's parents are considering divorce, this is because it seems like they're still together but still arguing.
"Devil town is colder in the summertime", this line may mean the more the child tries to act happy/warm, the more they start to feel emptier/colder.
When the song references to the other person, I think they mean a person in the world in their head. Personally, the people in my head have genuinely helped me get through some times in my life, like an escape.
"We're all dead in devil town. That's fine, 'cause nothing's gonna scare us now" may mean no one's real in devil town, it's all in the child's imagination. This would also mean the child has control over what's happening so they aren't scared anymore.
"We're all in our dressing gowns, mine's white and stripey, yours is green and brown", I think this means the child feels caged, but they think their friend in his other world is free. I think this because white and stripey gowns sound a lot like how prison gowns look. Green and brown sound like earth/natural colours.
"I forgot my name again. I think that's something worth remembering", the child may not use their real name in their other world, so they start to forget an important part of their identity. I think this because I've experienced this and I started to realize how the other world has took so much from the real me, yet I didn't regret any of it.
"How do you feel so proud? Every time I close my eyes, the colours fade and change inside my mouth", I think this verse was directed to the child's parents feeling so proud for looking perfect in other's eyes while destroying their kid. The child is questioning that because their other world is starting to become a little to real (meaning, they've ruined them to the point to losing touch with reality.)
Sorry if my wording is really repetitive, I just really wanted to put my input because this is my comfort song <3.
