I have to admit that I watched this twice, and then read the complete description of your intentions, and I was still fairly confused. Reading the other comments, especially Pellucid, has helped clarify things for me a little.

The overarching meta for me, is that Jesse has the same problem John Connor does: everyone she has a relationship with, everyone she cares about, ends up dead. Beyond that, many of these deaths are influenced by her own, questionable, choices.

From a shipping perspective, Jesse really cared about Derek. While Riley may have been drawn to Jesse, Jesse never gave a crap about Riley, so that ship doesn't float for me.

Pellucid's comment about Cromartie's metamorphosis rings true to me: Jesse responds to her losses by becoming a more of a monster, while John responds by becoming more just and messiah-like.

I know that's not what you intended, but that's what I took from it.

I'm not sure why, but I couldn't follow the words of the song very well, or really make sense of how they were supposed to guide my interpretation of the images.

Maybe I just need more caffeine?

I want to believe that Jesse can be ... what? Forgiven? Rehabilitated? Or is that just a little tug on the heartstrings by the lovely Stephanie Jacobsen.