I think the meaning is pretty clear. This person got really burned in a previous relationship, and because of this is unable to love and show care in his present one, even though he so badly wants to. It's lovely song, and very sad. You can really feel how defeated and frustrated he is with himself.
Rip the ceiling for it's so low
I cannot stand
With chains of feathers
Would you bind my hands
Would you lift me up so high
Deep into the sky
Spin me 'round the world
And leave me there to fly
I look at me and I see nothing
I look at you and I see beauty
I look at the moon
And my eyes awaken
I look at the sun
And my eyes go blind
Yellow flowers
Seconds of seconds
You brought by
So becoming
Flowers that said everything
Still, not shaken
I look at me and I see nothing
I look at you and I see beauty
I look at the moon
And my eyes awaken
I look at the sun
And my eyes go blind
To covet the stars one last time
And remember your beauty
Forever shaken
To covet the stars one last time
And remember your beauty
Forever shaken
To covet the stars one last time
And remember your beauty
Forever shaken
Forever shaken
Forever shaken...
I cannot stand
With chains of feathers
Would you bind my hands
Would you lift me up so high
Deep into the sky
Spin me 'round the world
And leave me there to fly
I look at me and I see nothing
I look at you and I see beauty
I look at the moon
And my eyes awaken
I look at the sun
And my eyes go blind
Yellow flowers
Seconds of seconds
You brought by
So becoming
Flowers that said everything
Still, not shaken
I look at me and I see nothing
I look at you and I see beauty
I look at the moon
And my eyes awaken
I look at the sun
And my eyes go blind
To covet the stars one last time
And remember your beauty
Forever shaken
To covet the stars one last time
And remember your beauty
Forever shaken
To covet the stars one last time
And remember your beauty
Forever shaken
Forever shaken
Forever shaken...
Lyrics submitted by Opethfanatic89
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