I think I know what identity's getting at -- what made me so torn about Days when I first heard it was how I felt like she was just phoning in the emotions, not really being sincere or even successfully pretending sincerity. It just felt so lackluster so I kinda forgot about the song but, as I listen to it recently, I feel like she's sort of subdued because she's reflecting to herself about what she's thinking/feeling. It's sort of like quiet introspection, I guess? It's still not my favorite ballad by a long shot, though lol.
I, too, am glad that there's more emotion in her ballads than not. That's one of the things that immediately struck me about crossroad.
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"If I do, will you come away with me?"
"Yes."
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