I think this song is more about a girl he has no relationship with. An "admire from afar" situation.
To me the opening lines is him seeing her sleeping in his dream.
"I taste the salt on your hands" is just a description of how vivid the dream is
"I reached out to touch you / the morning light disarms you / won't you let me in" describes how infinitely close he got to physical interaction during the dream before being shooken away by the daylight
In keeping with that translation, the second verse is him just trying to be close to her, even though she likely has no idea who he is. "Stalking" in a harmless and innocent way. Intense longing for something he doesn't have the guts to take or the hope to think would ever work out.
Throughout the song, he's trying to take as many silent forms as possible (dreams, shadows, ghosts) to just be with her without her knowing.
This song really resonates with me; truly the surprise hit of the album and so beautifully bridges the two radio singles. I'm not even sure how Tyler is supposed to sound at the end when he screams out the final "Oooooo"s, since I always find myself screaming it right along with him.
I think this song is more about a girl he has no relationship with. An "admire from afar" situation.
To me the opening lines is him seeing her sleeping in his dream. "I taste the salt on your hands" is just a description of how vivid the dream is "I reached out to touch you / the morning light disarms you / won't you let me in" describes how infinitely close he got to physical interaction during the dream before being shooken away by the daylight
In keeping with that translation, the second verse is him just trying to be close to her, even though she likely has no idea who he is. "Stalking" in a harmless and innocent way. Intense longing for something he doesn't have the guts to take or the hope to think would ever work out.
Throughout the song, he's trying to take as many silent forms as possible (dreams, shadows, ghosts) to just be with her without her knowing.
This song really resonates with me; truly the surprise hit of the album and so beautifully bridges the two radio singles. I'm not even sure how Tyler is supposed to sound at the end when he screams out the final "Oooooo"s, since I always find myself screaming it right along with him.