Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
The red lights mean you're leaving
The white one's mean returning
Tell me how this story ends
And I'll keep them fires burning
The headlights look like diamonds
The taillights burn like coals
Tell me how this story ends
Before the fires go cold
The countryside's deserted
There's no one on the farms
The suburbs all are sleeping
The earthquakes set off car alarms
All after all now we aware
All after all the time we share
There's so much fears of world,
Types of world,
Tears of world
The white one's mean returning
Tell me how this story ends
And I'll keep them fires burning
The headlights look like diamonds
The taillights burn like coals
Tell me how this story ends
Before the fires go cold
The countryside's deserted
There's no one on the farms
The suburbs all are sleeping
The earthquakes set off car alarms
All after all now we aware
All after all the time we share
There's so much fears of world,
Types of world,
Tears of world
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky, edited by mister care-too-much
Headlights Look Like Diamonds Lyrics as written by Win Butler Regine Chassagne
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This was the first song Win and Regine wrote together. On their first date too, which is just so adorable I could gag. Anyway, taking this into account, I think some of it points to the beginning of a relationship. I can see where it could relate to a relationship at it's possible end, but considering the context, I think it points to a start. "Tell me how this story ends, And I'll keep them fires burning" seems like one asking another if they see a future together and then further saying they're in as long as the other is. There is also a bit of urgency in saying "before the fires go cold." The last two stanzas are so cryptic though. Could really mean anything.