I see it as the opposite... It feels to me to be getting more optimistic as the song goes on.
The first verse feels cold, tired - exhausted "Go to sleep now, we're so tired now"- someone defending another from the dark, and whatever is in it... Something unpleasant. It seems impossible - "Hang your hopes on the wind" ((The music video adds so much. They illustrate that beautifully, with a kite in the sky.)) A small spark of hope - A new day - comes, get out of what binds you. The chorus reassures whoever the narrator/singer is with, a child, someone younger, someone loved... Don't worry, we just go a bit farther, it's okay.
The second verse feels much darker than the first, 'flying backwards', 'night', 'cold bones', 'black rope'. But the black rope is from a swing, something innocent (children playing on a swing), 'all our dreams are waking' could mean that they'll soon have everything they could need and want, if they get away.
The bridge, 'can't stand on... explode' brings light, but in such a terrible way, with the 'satellites' - the stars and moon exploding, and they can't walk or move, perhaps to leave.
The last verse, though, seems to finally bring hope - mixed with risk, of course. "Sailors run aground" - whoever keeps them chained, or perhaps just unfortunate bystanders have their wants diverted due to things far beyond their control - the sea change, but this misfortune brings fortune to narrator... 'In a stolen boat', pushed by 'strange waves', they 'float away' from whatever was the evil.
The end repeats the reassurances, saying just a bit more, just hold on, we'll have everything we need and want once we're away from here, if we survive.
Mine's a bit different... and it's probably due to how I first listened to it. I had put my songs into repeat for the night, so I'd hear all my music as I was sleeping... I sleep much better that way... And about 3 in the morning, I woke up, humming the song as I was listening to it. And that probably changed how I looked at it... But it does sound much more hopeful to me at the end rather than the beginning.
I see it as the opposite... It feels to me to be getting more optimistic as the song goes on.
The first verse feels cold, tired - exhausted "Go to sleep now, we're so tired now"- someone defending another from the dark, and whatever is in it... Something unpleasant. It seems impossible - "Hang your hopes on the wind" ((The music video adds so much. They illustrate that beautifully, with a kite in the sky.)) A small spark of hope - A new day - comes, get out of what binds you. The chorus reassures whoever the narrator/singer is with, a child, someone younger, someone loved... Don't worry, we just go a bit farther, it's okay.
The second verse feels much darker than the first, 'flying backwards', 'night', 'cold bones', 'black rope'. But the black rope is from a swing, something innocent (children playing on a swing), 'all our dreams are waking' could mean that they'll soon have everything they could need and want, if they get away.
The bridge, 'can't stand on... explode' brings light, but in such a terrible way, with the 'satellites' - the stars and moon exploding, and they can't walk or move, perhaps to leave.
The last verse, though, seems to finally bring hope - mixed with risk, of course. "Sailors run aground" - whoever keeps them chained, or perhaps just unfortunate bystanders have their wants diverted due to things far beyond their control - the sea change, but this misfortune brings fortune to narrator... 'In a stolen boat', pushed by 'strange waves', they 'float away' from whatever was the evil.
The end repeats the reassurances, saying just a bit more, just hold on, we'll have everything we need and want once we're away from here, if we survive.
Mine's a bit different... and it's probably due to how I first listened to it. I had put my songs into repeat for the night, so I'd hear all my music as I was sleeping... I sleep much better that way... And about 3 in the morning, I woke up, humming the song as I was listening to it. And that probably changed how I looked at it... But it does sound much more hopeful to me at the end rather than the beginning.