to me it's like a couple deeply in love, exploring nature in places extremely separated from civilization, outside the earth. It's like Thom is fantasizing about it, with lucid lyrics like the part where he talks of falling off the earth. Thinking of someone he loves deeply and desperately, and dreaming of following her away from everyone else, into the far reaches. Indulging in beautiful escapism. He gets lost in his fantasy, as his feelings for her eat at him like worms and weird fishes. Hitting the bottom and escaping might be him going into an emotional breakdown, where he collapses as spectacularly as the music in that part. Then his feelings hit rock bottom, and he's done being cut up. Thing about that point is that your emotions are used up. You're out of hurt. So you don't hurt anymore. You escape. Thom hit the bottom and escaped.
to me it's like a couple deeply in love, exploring nature in places extremely separated from civilization, outside the earth. It's like Thom is fantasizing about it, with lucid lyrics like the part where he talks of falling off the earth. Thinking of someone he loves deeply and desperately, and dreaming of following her away from everyone else, into the far reaches. Indulging in beautiful escapism. He gets lost in his fantasy, as his feelings for her eat at him like worms and weird fishes. Hitting the bottom and escaping might be him going into an emotional breakdown, where he collapses as spectacularly as the music in that part. Then his feelings hit rock bottom, and he's done being cut up. Thing about that point is that your emotions are used up. You're out of hurt. So you don't hurt anymore. You escape. Thom hit the bottom and escaped.