Hollow

This is obviously a song about a relationship that literally tortures him. Everyone's interpretation will vary.

He was in a relationship with someone who made him feel like no one else did or could. She’s moved on, but he doesn’t want her to, because he can't. He’s not content with being in her past or being the other guy or a one night stand (or whatever he is now to her). He wants it all, meaning he wants to be the only one and wants her full undivided attention and love. There were a lot of lies in the relationship and a lot of pain. He wants her to let all that go and start over new. He won’t let her go and will always be there for her. When he says chemicals collide, I think she gave herself to him for a night. He repeats that he doesn’t want enough, but that he wants it all. He wants more with her than what’s she’s willing to give .

It’s a very cute and tragic song. He loves her, but I almost think she’s too wild to be tamed, almost like a free spirt. ”Set the earth on fire” Those kind of people do whatever they want with whoever they want and are extremely hard to “capture”. He wants her to commit and maybe settle down with him, but she’s not having it.

Throughout the song he tells her he feels hollow, cold, and shallow. At the end of the song, he says he’s come undone. He snaps.

HOLLOW Stay alive Heaven holds a place for us tonight (He’s either referring to a joint suicide or them getting back together) I am paralyzed (He can’t live without her).

Close your eyes Drive away the cloud that hides the light (There is something that they hide. The truth. The cloud represents the darkness and something blocking the truth) And leave the pain behind (Forget about what hurts you) Dead alive (they might be alive but their feelings are dead) Find a way to bury all the lies (he wants her to find a way to accept what happened) Escape the pain inside (and maybe it’ll hurt less for her) ‘Cause I don’t want to fall (He doesn’t want to lose) Or let you go (He loves her so letting go is the last thing he wants)

Love left me hollow (She left him feeling hollow) I’m with you in the end (He’ll always be with her) Cold, crippled, and shallow (He feels like his emotions are cold towards other women. He’s crippled by the love she gave him. He’s become a shallow person) Don’t leave me here again (He’s begging her to never leave him again)

Fruit of life (She is his meaning in life and gives him reason) I can hear the voices of the hive (He can hear her calling) Chemicals collide (This would be love during passionate sex) Loaded smile (She smiles a lot I guess) Light the way for those you left behind (She leaves all her exes wanting more) Set the earth on fire (She’s wild and fierce I’m guessing) ‘Cause I don’t want enough (He’s not satisfied with having some of her. He won’t be the “Other” guy, or a one night stand, or someone she “used” to date) I want it all (He wants all her attention and undivided love. Everything she has to give… he wants that. The deepest part of her love)

Love left me hollow (Her love left him feeling hollow inside) I’m with you in the end (In the end, he’ll always be there for her. She’s not someone he can just forget) Cold, crippled, and shallow (He’s cold towards other women, crippled by the love she gave him, and has become shallow) Don’t leave me here again (He doesn’t want her to leave him behind. He doesn’t want to be forgotten) I can’t go on (He can’t continue without her love) You are bound to break me in (He will snap if he can’t have her.) I come undone (He loses it every once and a while. Her love she gave him left him a mess) Don’t you drag me down again (He feels like she drags him down. This might because she won’t give herself fully to him)

I’ve come undone! (He now lost it and he knows it)