The way I interpret this song is some sort of destructive tragedy taking place, such as a house burning down, and starting life over again. Seeing that "shambles" generally refer to a site of destruction, I picture something along the lines of Jeff or someone close to him digging through a wreckage of a house or something that they will "build back up". I think whoever the other person is, probably isn't someone that he normally shows affection to, hence the "We won't pull away when one wants to show affection" line. (maybe his father) Both of them are "Overwhelmed by emotion" and crying on each others shoulders, while Jeff struggles to think of things to say to make him stop. Despite the huge wreck, theres an underlying sense of hope, especially when he says "overwhelmed by the feeling that everything will be okay"
haha I don't think it means they're packing up and leaving, at least I hope it doesn't. I think seeing that he says this after all of that noise and after the instruments stop, It could be him reflecting back on the tragedy, basically saying it came out of nowhere, and whatever this was, he could have prevented it, but instead he just "let it in", and let his life change. But that parts a bit of a stretch, I'd like to hear if anyone else had any better interpretations.
The way I interpret this song is some sort of destructive tragedy taking place, such as a house burning down, and starting life over again. Seeing that "shambles" generally refer to a site of destruction, I picture something along the lines of Jeff or someone close to him digging through a wreckage of a house or something that they will "build back up". I think whoever the other person is, probably isn't someone that he normally shows affection to, hence the "We won't pull away when one wants to show affection" line. (maybe his father) Both of them are "Overwhelmed by emotion" and crying on each others shoulders, while Jeff struggles to think of things to say to make him stop. Despite the huge wreck, theres an underlying sense of hope, especially when he says "overwhelmed by the feeling that everything will be okay" haha I don't think it means they're packing up and leaving, at least I hope it doesn't. I think seeing that he says this after all of that noise and after the instruments stop, It could be him reflecting back on the tragedy, basically saying it came out of nowhere, and whatever this was, he could have prevented it, but instead he just "let it in", and let his life change. But that parts a bit of a stretch, I'd like to hear if anyone else had any better interpretations.