I feel that the song ‘It’s hard to get around the wind’ by Alex Turner relates very closely to the characters of Let the right one in. The lyrics of the song can be used to describe how many of the characters of the play.
I think the song this about a relationship that someone keeps chasing after even though they know it's not going to work out. Getting around the wind is pretty much impossible as wind gets everywhere. This is a metaphor for love. It is impossible to escape love; no matter where you are you will feel love unless you set up boundaries. Relating this to wind. The boundaries are a building that you build to escape the wind, to escape the love. This relates directly to Eli and Hakan. Hakan knows that he is never going to be able to escape the love that he has for Eli. He knows he is never going to get around the wind.
The first verse of the song appears to me to relate closely to Eli. "It's like you're trying to get to heaven in a hurry, And the queue was shorter than you thought it would be, And the doorman says, You need to get a wristband."
When Eli get turned into a vampire perhaps she had nearly died from an accident. The line ‘ It’s like you’re trying to get to heaven in a hurry’ suggests that Eli was going to heaven prematurely. To sae her from dying another vampire bit her and turned her into one as well. This also relates to the line ‘the door man says you need to get a wristband’ The ‘door man’ being saint peter. In the context of let the right one in the line means that Eli died when she became a vampire but was not able to get into heaven because she didn’t have a wrist band. Because she was turned into a vampire she was rejected from heaven and thrown back to earth.
One line that relates to Oskar is ‘did you get out and walk to ensure you miss the quicksand’ Oskar is trying to avoid the sand pit after being forced to eat the sand by Micke and Jonny. So instead of walking through the park he gets out and walks to ensure he doesn’t go near the sandbox in case Jonny and Micke are there waiting for him. I feel that this line is from Eli's point of view and she is speaking to Oskar.
Another line I feel relates to a character in the play is ‘Sabre-toothed mutli bowled confusion’ The sabre toothed part can relate directly to Eli and how she has sharper teeth that normal people due to her being a vampire, almost line a sabre-toothed tiger. The multi bowled confusion could also relate to how Oskar is confused by what Eli is.
The final Verse of the song is very similar very closely to Oskar and Eli and how Oskar can hear Eli and Hakan arguing through the walls of his bed room. In scene ten Oskars mum states that she can't hear them that bad in his room. This gives the impression that Oskar can hear Eli and Hakan very faintly. He can never tell which one is which because Eli always shouts back just as loud.
‘I can hear you through my window But I'm never quite sure who is who But they want the world on a dessert spoon It always sounds like they're fightin' Or as if that's what they're about to do It might not hurt now but it's going to hurt soon’
The line ‘they want the world on a dessert spoon’ can relate to Eli’s thirst for blood. A dessert spoon is something you use at the end of a meal if you want dessert. For Children who are the same age as Eli, a dessert is the ultimate treat. So if Eli wants the world on a dessert spoon. She could want the whole world to be her treat. Being a vampire she has the urge to drink blood whenever she sees it, as shown in Act two scene three where she drinks Oskars blood after he cuts his hand.
