Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-71.84.15.225-20150807131522/@comment-14909251-20150916231545

The Bespectacled Guy wrote: 1. I think it's interesting that you highlighted the "Wish I could talk to you" line as an example of a line that indicates that Summer is alive, when I took it very much in the opposite direction. For a start, the line isn't in the present tense, it's in the conditional tense. Summer is saying that she wishes she were able to talk to Ruby (with the mutual understanding between her and Ruby being that they both know that she cannot). This could be because she is a fugitive, or literally unable to speak, but the most likely reason for her inability to contact Ruby and the resulting frustration arising from it is because she is dead.

5. I understand your take on the lyrics but I feel that her being dead is a more plausible explanation, especially given the imagery used (blood, emptiness, etc.). I will admit that I do not completely understand the song. Why is Summer complaining that she wishes she could reason with her daughter "if only for a minute" if she's communicating with her there and then? Why is there such a sense of urgency? I don't think the idea of the song is that she was actually there talking to her. One of the lyrics I think hints more at her being alive is "I was sure that I would see you when I made it back home." That implies she actually made it back home, but wasn't able to see her. Could just be poor writing or may be referring to her having been on a far away mission, but it is more suggestive of her being alive than any lyric is suggestive of her being dead.