Hey love,
Is that the name you're meant to have...
for me to call.
Look love,
they've given up believing,
they've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall

But don't you believe them.
Don't you drink their poison too.
These are the scars that words have carved
on me.

Hey love,
that's the name we've long held back
from the core of truth

So don't turn away now...
I am turning in revolution.
These are the scars that silence carved
on me.

This is the same place.
No, not the same place
This is the same place, love.
No, not the same place we've been before.

Hey love,
I am a constant satellite
of your blazing sun.
My love,
I obey your law of gravity.
This is the fate you've carved on me...
Your law of gravity...
This is the fate you've carved on me...
On me.


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    I always thought that it was about someone falling in love with an outsider, with the story being told from the outsider's point of view. The outsider wants others to know about the relationship ("Hey love, is that the name you're meant to have for me to call" seems as if she's never spoken the words out loud, and "these are the scars that silence carved" could mean keeping the relationship quiet is upsetting her), but the other is fearful of his friends' reactions. She is warning him not to listen to him, as they will make up rumours ("poison").

    The satellite around a blazing sun gives you the image of someone being distanced from everyone else, but still drawn to them by an invisible link (as they do not yet know of her relationship with one of them being the force of gravity pulling her towards them).

    NePason March 09, 2009   Link

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