I think its about the end of the world, or maybe just death in general. Think about it- "smoke could fill this room, there'd be nothing left to show" could be about the world being washed away, or about the spirit leaving the body, and then "its hard to see how all of this will end" could be about waiting for death. It's kind of like what you'd think about in your last moments, you'd reflect on all your failures- "the toughest beats will haunt your heart and mind" all the chances you didn't take, all the people you let go. This kind of fits into what mrgaad4 said, and the regret at losing her to someone else. Maybe that's what he'd think about if his world was ending.
The bits that the woman sings are just about love in general, or maybe about dying with someone? Knowingly spending your last moments with somebody you love? If anyones ever read the short story "last night of the world" this song really fits into that in every way, I had to analyse that for a GCSE English Language mock and the similarities with this song struck me strait away.
I think its about the end of the world, or maybe just death in general. Think about it- "smoke could fill this room, there'd be nothing left to show" could be about the world being washed away, or about the spirit leaving the body, and then "its hard to see how all of this will end" could be about waiting for death. It's kind of like what you'd think about in your last moments, you'd reflect on all your failures- "the toughest beats will haunt your heart and mind" all the chances you didn't take, all the people you let go. This kind of fits into what mrgaad4 said, and the regret at losing her to someone else. Maybe that's what he'd think about if his world was ending. The bits that the woman sings are just about love in general, or maybe about dying with someone? Knowingly spending your last moments with somebody you love? If anyones ever read the short story "last night of the world" this song really fits into that in every way, I had to analyse that for a GCSE English Language mock and the similarities with this song struck me strait away.