Cut a Hole

this is the lyric version i agree with better;

Wish that i could come out of your phone Superhero powers Burst out of the sound With a bunch of flowers and you just say the word Apparition comes With a long and winning handsome smile Wish we could connect Step into the void off the diving board Blend into the light Down the cable-lines Run under the earth re-forming on the wind Two places at once Taste the air with you Undo all ties wish that I could flip one of those eyes Lift this all away See that stretchy smile go right across your face

cut a hole

Wish that i could come out of your phone Superhero powers Burst out of the sound With a bunch of flowers and you just say the word Apparition comes With a long and winning handsome smile Wish we could connect Step into the void off the diving board Blend into the light Down the cable-lines Run under the earth re-forming on the wind Two places at once Taste the air with you Undo all ties wish that I could flip one of those eyes Lift this all away See that stretchy smile go right across your face

cut a hole

Those are the lyrics i think are correct.

MEANING-

He is dead. The guy talking, the guy Thom is speaking for, is dead. I realized that at "Apparition comes, with a long and winning handsome smile. Wish that we could connect. Step into the void." He once loved the girl, but he has since passed away. She is seeking someone else, as the first three lines state.

I believe she, his love interest, then commits suicide to be with him, and is happy in the end, hence "see that stretchy smile go right across your face".

This song is very deep, and very hard to decipher. I hope my analysis proves to be useful.

I originally thought of it as being about a long distance relationship. He wishes that he could "come out of her phone", i.e. he misses actually seeing her as opposed to talking over the phone. This is supported by "down the cable lines, run under the earth".

He also want to be in "two places at once", so he want to be where his girlfriend is.

"Cut a hole", for me, is how he wishes he could make some kind of portal to be able to travel to her. It reminded me of the book The Subtle Knife, where using a knife you could "cut a hole" in the air to teleport. Probably not a deliberate reference, but that's what it led me to think of.