Early Winter – Gwen Stefani
It’s been a long time since I’ve actually read Fallen Through, and slowly navigating my way through week by week has been great… Though, this means that the later chapters have almost been forgotten.
Reading through Chapter Twenty-Three today proved to be quite challenging; mere bits of conversation I’d forgotten got a chuckle out of me, before I was immediate drowned in remorse because I remembered how this story ends.
Early Winter is a beautiful ballad filled with pathetic fallacy and seasonal imagery, which is truly reflective of the shift in Tyler and Della’s relationship. They went from their highest and happiest to a new low, with the deceit and lies finally oozing out.
I hadn’t yet decided on a song for this chapter yet as I normally just listen to my Fallen Through playlist on shuffle while I’m re-reading the chapter. When reading today, as soon as Tyler and Della speak at the end of their respective days and Della is waiting on Tyler to confess to her, Early Winter started to play.
I feel I’ve mentioned this a million times, but I truly think this is the universe’s way of selecting the songs for me.
On a more personal note, reliving this conversation with the real Iris was especially hard today. I remember that sinking feeling from when she confirmed my worst fears, and I felt like I was going to vomit.
It’s that bitter, monotone “oh”; the one where it feels as though you’ve screamed it so loudly but it comes out as soft as a feather—or the one where you have a million thoughts flooding your brain; so many questions and arguments but “oh” is all you’re able to utter in that moment.
This was one of the “oh” moments from this relationship, and I had nearly forgotten it, until now.
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