i feel like maybe they've known each other for a long time, as friends, and he has just had a conversation with her in which she told him to "open my heart to the thought that life is something you're not caught at." He's been so busy "getting lost in progress" that he didn't "see you [her] in that dress," and he's suddenly realized that all along he's been in love with her.
he realizes this, and "the universe just vanished out of sight, and all the stars collapse behind the pitch-black night". He's overwhelmed, but doesn't want to "waste a minute more dear, don't want to take it nice and slow here." He just realized she's the one, after avoiding this realization for awhile, trying not to get "caught at" it. He has "stopped overthinking" and just realizes that she is the words, the chapters, the person who will turn his "cry to laughter."
The rest of the song is him realizing she is everything to him, that the "stars could disappear without a trace" because she is his "hope that ends disaster." In the end, he knows that without the long journey it took him to realize this, he wouldn't appreciate everything she means to him now. "It's the journey that's made me so strong," strong enough to really admit to himself that he's in love with his best friend.
i have a different take on it.
i feel like maybe they've known each other for a long time, as friends, and he has just had a conversation with her in which she told him to "open my heart to the thought that life is something you're not caught at." He's been so busy "getting lost in progress" that he didn't "see you [her] in that dress," and he's suddenly realized that all along he's been in love with her.
he realizes this, and "the universe just vanished out of sight, and all the stars collapse behind the pitch-black night". He's overwhelmed, but doesn't want to "waste a minute more dear, don't want to take it nice and slow here." He just realized she's the one, after avoiding this realization for awhile, trying not to get "caught at" it. He has "stopped overthinking" and just realizes that she is the words, the chapters, the person who will turn his "cry to laughter."
The rest of the song is him realizing she is everything to him, that the "stars could disappear without a trace" because she is his "hope that ends disaster." In the end, he knows that without the long journey it took him to realize this, he wouldn't appreciate everything she means to him now. "It's the journey that's made me so strong," strong enough to really admit to himself that he's in love with his best friend.
at least, that's what i think. :)
Best interpretation EVER. :D
Best interpretation EVER. :D