While I like (ii) and (iii), the song's true beauty lies in (i) for me.
I guess I relate to it so well that I can't help it. Here's my interpretation...
"What if this storm ends, and I don't see you as you are now ever again?"
To me this is someone worrying that if the ugly circumstances surrounding
the situation clear up, they won't see the person helping them through it
in the same way.
"A perfect halo of gold hair and lightning set you off against the planet's last dance."
The "stormy" circumstances make the helpful person beautiful and indispensable.
"Just for a minute, the silver-forked sky lit you up like a star that I will follow."
The person has become a beacon in light of the situation.
"And now it's found us, like I have found you - I don't want to run. Just overwhelm me."
You want to be overwhelmed by the person before it's too late, the storm is over, and they return
to normal.
"What if this storm ends?
And leaves us nothing
Except a memory
A distant echo
I want pinned down
I want unsettled
Rattle cage after cage
Until my blood boils
I want to see you
As you are now
Every single day
That I am living
Painted in flames
All peeling thunder
Be the lightning in me
That strikes relentless."
I'll just lump this bit. :) You want this person to look to you exactly like they do now, in the midst
of the storm, for the rest of time.
(My ex and I had a particularly ugly break-up, and afterward my best friend - a guy - picked up the
pieces. And he became like my sun. When I heard this song, I so related, afraid that when the storm
cleared, I wouldn't feel the same way.)
While I like (ii) and (iii), the song's true beauty lies in (i) for me.
I guess I relate to it so well that I can't help it. Here's my interpretation...
"What if this storm ends, and I don't see you as you are now ever again?"
To me this is someone worrying that if the ugly circumstances surrounding the situation clear up, they won't see the person helping them through it in the same way.
"A perfect halo of gold hair and lightning set you off against the planet's last dance."
The "stormy" circumstances make the helpful person beautiful and indispensable.
"Just for a minute, the silver-forked sky lit you up like a star that I will follow."
The person has become a beacon in light of the situation.
"And now it's found us, like I have found you - I don't want to run. Just overwhelm me."
You want to be overwhelmed by the person before it's too late, the storm is over, and they return to normal.
"What if this storm ends? And leaves us nothing Except a memory A distant echo
I want pinned down I want unsettled Rattle cage after cage Until my blood boils
I want to see you As you are now Every single day That I am living
Painted in flames All peeling thunder Be the lightning in me That strikes relentless."
I'll just lump this bit. :) You want this person to look to you exactly like they do now, in the midst of the storm, for the rest of time.
(My ex and I had a particularly ugly break-up, and afterward my best friend - a guy - picked up the pieces. And he became like my sun. When I heard this song, I so related, afraid that when the storm cleared, I wouldn't feel the same way.)