#(( I'd imagine deer to be a delicacy for him ))

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Omg i love this post 💖❤️

Let me just add something to the list:

1. Electricity

'call me something noone else calls me'

like what Allie? The little diamond? The little prince? The boy? (And lately - the wonder? Although i can imagine this nickname has also existed long before miles wrote a song about it)

'love like locked horns'

first of all, our little autistic mr. Factual Accuracy Turner surely should have known that it is two *male* deers who engage in this activity? Could also be interperted as Alex and Miles arguing since they've got different approaches to their relationship (Miles wants it to be open and public, Alex wants to keep it secret)

'be my ebb and flow'

ok and the literal meaning of ebb and flow is: "a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth". Just the way milex relationship has always been, don't you think?

2. Fire and the Thud

This one has been discussed miltiple times but let me just add:

'you showed me my tomorrow beside a box of matches'

a match normally starts a fire, a flame, and what was the name of Miles's first band again?

'am i snapping the excitement if i pack away ghr laughter and tell you how it feels?'

Alex and Miles both have admitted on more than one occasion that their relationship wws established on laughter and sharing a sense of humour. Alex said Miles is the one who makes him laugh the most. So is it Alex being nervous that getting those serious feelings in the way of their light hearted young love and confessing to Miles that he has truly fallen in love with him to the point of no return will hurt Alex?

And the last verse is just a fucking confession.

'in the jostling crowd you're not allowed to tell the truth and the photo booth's a liar'

what truth are you not allowed to speak? You're a successful rockstar dating a beautiful lady who is also a successful tv presenter, you're a poster couple of british celebrity culture so what's the truth to be hidden here? What photos are not true and why does the photo booth lie if all you show the public is true?

'there's a sharpened explanation but there's no screaming reason to enquire'

explanation for what exactly?

I like to think of it as an explanation for what Alex is feeling. Explanation for falling in love. But there is no point in asking since even though he does always rationalise his feelings (hello autism) and is perfectly capable to explain them to himself/others, he is resigned to the fact he has fallen hard and there is just no point in thinking about it since there is no going back?

Or, alternatively, it couls be an explanation for a friendship with a certain someone that many people including journalists have described as 'being in love'? The explanation being you are just two Northern lads who are mates and write songs together? But noone is asking since the public sees the perfectly heterosexual image of you both?

'i'd like to poke them in their prying eyes with things they'd never see if it smacked them in the temples'

I like to think of this as him talking about their love. The love that is pure and beautiful, it is a connection of their two souls entwined, something so rare and wonderful it's even hard to describe or comprehend. However the media and the public do not care - for them it is just another cause for a scandal, another reason to dig into dirty laundry. They would never see the purity and delicacy of this connection. They would only see (or rather make up) dirt and filth and an opportunity to get some hype from it. The beauty of this love, even if explicitly showed to them, would never be seen since the media/crowd are not able to perceive and comprehend such love and level of connection.

I am also pretty sure 505, The Jeweller's Hands, Secret Door, and even That's Where You're Wrong (i will post my analysis of this song later) are all very Milex. I am also sure Knee Socks is Milex too (Mean Streets being Miles favourite movie at the time and Be My Baby being his favourite movie soundtrack that he explicitly talked about in the interview? And later Miles writing about 'a king and a queen' in see ya when i see ya? A coincidence? I don't think so. ) So yeah, our little prince Alex is not the most heterosexual of lyricists, let's put it that way 🌈♥️🐵💕🐢

Alex and Miles’ songs we have actual proofs are about each other :

Golden Trunks

Arabella

My Caroline

The Dream Synopsis

Evil Twin

Little Illusion Machine

The Element Of surprise

Shavambacu

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