Entangled

This is a shot in the dark... But 2 guys are singing, and it would seem they're in love... Iunno

My interpretation is that this is about a closeted gay relationship, where one partner wants to be out but the other is too afraid.

"Bright light never fear It wont be long you're gonna decohere 'Till then, you're mine Spinning with me all of the time"

• Decoherenence, if I'm understanding it correctly, is the state of being unaffected by outside influences. While his lover fears "bright lights" (being "out" in public), the singer is sure he'll come around eventually.

"You can run across the sky I will stand here on the ground"

• Perhaps the saddest lyrics; he maintains his lover's closeted state, thus making the other happy, but making the singer himself sad, being the more realistic of the two.

"If you go up then I'll go down They could never ever know"

• Again, another example of how they keep from being known; opposite states. It could also be read as indicating sex (go up and go down; sixty-nine? a guess), which is secret.

"I'm entangled with you"

• The singer is stuck with his lover, but being "entangled" endears a sort of trapped feeling. He's trapped by the closet his lover has forced them into.

"Two guys two cabs two on two out Two balls two strikes two down in the heart"

• This took me MONTHS to really interpret. After their dates, they (two guys) leave separately (two cabs), maintaining their straight visage (two on); however, they -ARE- gay (two out), and denying this fact is going to ruin them (two balls, two strikes; baseball terminology. they've missed their opportunity to advance) and leave them heartbroken (two down in the heart).

"At last, a silver mirror; Don't look, you're gonna disappear All gone in a flash It's our loss, a total collapse"

• The partner is faced with himself (a silver mirror); the lover is relieved (at last) but doesn't think his partner will stay faced with the truth.

"I'm entangled with you And there's nothing I'd rather do Nothing I'd rather do"

• The singer accepts the relationship where it is, despite the hardship. Perhaps, the lover came out (when faced with the "silver mirror").

It sounds as though he's comparing a relationship to quantum entanglement (hence the name of the song). In QE particles that were once close, and then separated can still reflect changes made. Simply put, if one changes the other "knows" it. This explains the binary nature of many of the lyrics, what affects one will effect the other. It's elegant and nerdy, I expect nothing less from the geekiest band I've ever heard.