"Over the Love" is a
ballad that builds towards the end and talks about a girl crying over the love for her boyfriend and the distance that separates them. The lyrics of the song reference symbols from F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, like the yellow dress
Daisy Buchanan wears and the green light that appears outside her home in East Egg's dock. Moreover, the line "'Cause you're a hard soul to save with an ocean in the way, but I'll get around it" symbolizes the space between East Egg and Long Island Sound in West Egg where
Jay Gatsby throws parties hoping Daisy will attend. Additionally, an alternative interpretation would be that it is a reference to the Atlantic Ocean as Gatsby's service in
World War I originally separated him from Daisy. The opening lyrics of the song establish the singer as a woman wearing yellow dress while playing the piano as she sings and cries. In the novel,
Nick Carraway describes a woman in a yellow dress who is wailing next to the piano at the end of the first party he attended. Another woman tells Nick she "had a fight with a man who says he's her husband." Her tear-stained face is smudged with mascara and guests are telling her to sing the notes on her face. The lyrics "Now there’s green light in my eyes" and "I can see the green light, I can see it in your eyes", bring a connection to the metaphors of the green light of the lighthouse constantly described in the book. ==Critical reception==