Alvvays - belinda says, 2022

"It's such a phenomenally efficient piece of storytelling and I think Molly is a really specific lyricist who works on her songs with the keen eye of an editor, so I was wondering if anyone else thought there was something very dark at the core of the protagonist's story. Lyrics seem to really focus on fear, guilt and shame. The singer has to leave town to have her baby, and when "word gets around" in the new town, she'll have to move again. Molly could have sung "See how it goes" twice but she sings "See how it grows", as if there is a chance that something may be wrong with the baby. And finally, heaven is a place on earth but "so is hell". Has anyone else pondered this or is it just me?"