I think this song is very closly tied (no pun intended) to the previous song on the album ("New Sun"). It seems to deal with the same subject matter of a love relationship complicating the singer's relationship with God. The bible verse mentioned at the start of "New Sun" fits directly into the final lines of this song.
"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell." -Matthew 5:29
The paragraph below also seems to show how this song is an extension of "New Sun" in saying that this is not the first time this has happened.
"Regret once kept from her door
but everytime wore off more and more
So now we're back here
Playing sincere with a new set of bones
We are strange."
The metaphor of how the moon actually causes tides to change is really cool. The singer seems to be alluding to the subtle distraction and control of this relationship.
I think this song is very closly tied (no pun intended) to the previous song on the album ("New Sun"). It seems to deal with the same subject matter of a love relationship complicating the singer's relationship with God. The bible verse mentioned at the start of "New Sun" fits directly into the final lines of this song.
"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell." -Matthew 5:29
The paragraph below also seems to show how this song is an extension of "New Sun" in saying that this is not the first time this has happened.
"Regret once kept from her door but everytime wore off more and more So now we're back here Playing sincere with a new set of bones We are strange."
The metaphor of how the moon actually causes tides to change is really cool. The singer seems to be alluding to the subtle distraction and control of this relationship.