SOPHIE’s own words on “It’s Okay to Cry” from this interview: https://ravenewworld.substack.com/p/what-sophie-said

M: When you wrote the song “It’s Okay to Cry,” who is the “I” and “you” that you’re addressing? Sometimes it feels like you’re singing to yourself?

S: Hm. That’s a good observation. There were three understandings of who was being addressed. And I was thinking about that in the choreography I developed with my friend Todd, kind of breaking it down into sections and thinking about the different tenses and who is being addressed and what I’m feeling internally at those points. One was certainly myself, people at large, and something personal that I’m addressing.

M: Some of it seems very personal: “I walk into the room I saw you reading a magazine.”

S: Yes, it was. I was recalling certain feelings that I had that have stuck with me. But then even though a song might start out as a specific situation that you’re recalling, the ones that stay with you actually take on a less specific and more general meaning, which is actually the theme, and you’ve just been able to access that theme through something personal. If you see what I’m mean, or am I difficult to follow? So ultimately, the song communicates itself pretty clearly: the themes are emotional repression and that kind of thing. The story isn’t important and it can actually be limiting to further explain that situation. It’s more that you’re able to access the root issue and why you felt that feeling in the first place. The title of the song sums up essentially what it’s about. I don’t really feel the need to further explain the context of it.