One of my favorite songs from the album. The first time I heard it I stopped doing everything else and just revelled in the ambience and beauty of it. The slow climax and emotion in the lyrics make the song an emotional rollercoaster, much like what the narrator is describing to what I'm assuming is his lady. The contrast in the lyrics tells the story completely, one lyric starting with 'please don't cry' and ending with 'go ahead and cry'. The song appears likens death, with lyrics such as 'we're designed to die', and 'i will live in your and you will live in me', to breaking apart. The closing lyric narrows it down to what I'm thinking is a break-up since it say 'you and i will try to make it better yeah.
As I'm reading the lyrics again I think maybe his 'we're designed to die' referance is just to show that we're mortal, a kind of play at the saying 'we all make mistakes' or 'I'm still human'.
The music is crucial in interpreting this sound, the climb-and-fall chord progressing, the swirling strings, ultimately this restless feeling that really puts you into the lyrics, building up only to let you down again. On and on and on, up and down and up and down. Much like the relationship its describing, the music captures an incredible beauty, but not without it's crescendos and decrescendos--every relationship has dynamics.
One of my favorite songs from the album. The first time I heard it I stopped doing everything else and just revelled in the ambience and beauty of it. The slow climax and emotion in the lyrics make the song an emotional rollercoaster, much like what the narrator is describing to what I'm assuming is his lady. The contrast in the lyrics tells the story completely, one lyric starting with 'please don't cry' and ending with 'go ahead and cry'. The song appears likens death, with lyrics such as 'we're designed to die', and 'i will live in your and you will live in me', to breaking apart. The closing lyric narrows it down to what I'm thinking is a break-up since it say 'you and i will try to make it better yeah.
As I'm reading the lyrics again I think maybe his 'we're designed to die' referance is just to show that we're mortal, a kind of play at the saying 'we all make mistakes' or 'I'm still human'.
The music is crucial in interpreting this sound, the climb-and-fall chord progressing, the swirling strings, ultimately this restless feeling that really puts you into the lyrics, building up only to let you down again. On and on and on, up and down and up and down. Much like the relationship its describing, the music captures an incredible beauty, but not without it's crescendos and decrescendos--every relationship has dynamics.