A Lung

Well I'm not sure what this song ultimately means. But I would express my love for every element of the song in that it transports me into a mixed state of feeling haunted by the sounds, a longing by the words and a sense of floating along a dark space. It feels, not sounds, like the words are so cryptic that I can simply appreciate the lyrics at face value. With the way the two sing (or speak) it feels to me like a pair of destined lovers communicating over space and vast amounts of time that their voices become warped. Plain and simply it's one of my top favorite The Knife songs.

this song is about appreciation. about being in an open relationship. where one can admit the strange things about oneself and the other can accept that. and can still appreciate the other person. well, that's what i got from this. it's a love song in a twisted way. i love it. deeply. i love it.

Dude SM bondage snuff film with Darth and Princess Leila! :)

It's "me", not "thee".

This song is a dialogue between two people. The female warns that "you're looking for me, but it's not what you seek...", while the male responds, "I was looking for you and I'm glad I found me...". The female speaks in the present tense, as the "action" is unfolding (i.e., at the moment when the two meet), and the male speaks in the past tense, looking back. He is forced to acknowledge that she was right; he was looking for "her," but she ultimately led him to some knowledge of himself. He corrects her, though; she's not "twisted;" she's "special". I agree with pearandgreen and poweroutage that this is an odd take on an odd/unconventional yet honest and therefore more fulfilling, relationship.

When she says she is "a lung" that takes the spark out of him, she is saying that something in him inspires her, and that she increases it tenfold, and, since she is a part of him, his lung (not, notably, his rib), he also benefits from her transformative power within the relationship.

That said, I wouldn't mind being someone's Darth Vader.

I think the song is a conversation between air and lungs. And the lyrics are "warmed by the sun," not " born my the sun."

oops. "born BY the sun." not my.

im assuming pearandgreen means open as in no secret and not one of those relationships where you go out and do stuff with other people too.

pearandgreen has got it spot on in my opinion. I also love it deeply. It's like a person out of step with everyone else. I can relate strongly to that feeling. Finding someone who needs that difference is very special.

I absolutely love this song, it fills me. what do you think about the video then?, it starts with "Once upon a life I've begun my lonely journey in order to find the most precious what I have"

I think this song is about schizofrenia.