Chapter V: The Walls Bled Lust Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Seppesai 

Cover art for Chapter V: The Walls Bled Lust lyrics by Fall of Troy, The

I can't for the life of me figure out what is meant by "You'll be the sun burning retinas." Any ideas?

Sun burning retinas = something beautiful, but which the costs of admiring it outweigh the benefits? Such as Galileo going blind when he stared at the sun through a telescope.