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"Divorce" delves into the complexities and emotional turmoil that comes with the end of a romantic relationship. She expresses her feelings of struggle and despair through swimming metaphors like "fighting the tide" and "drowning", indicating that the end of the relationship feels like an unexpected wave knocking her off of her feet. The lyrics "pushing a rock up a mountain, hey/I wanna go, you around it with somebody new" suggest that Kelela feels burdened and weighed down by the challenges of trying to make the relationship work