I wish more people would post what they think the song is trying to convey. Most will agree this is a great song, can we not delve a bit deeper here?
I sort of view this as unrequited love, a possible break-up.
The first verse describes how he feels about the subject. She is a part of him, she's everywhere and cannot be escaped.
"Only in dreams, we see what it means"
There is an issue that is only solved during dreamstate, when all becomes clear.
"Reach out our hands, hold on to hers"
He grasps her here because he is unable to do so in everyday life.
"But when we wake, it's all been erased, and so it seems, only in dreams"
The connection he made to her is lost upon waking, and so it seems only in dreams he is able to be with her.
He offers a hypothetical situation in which he is able to be with this girl he loves, and begin over again. About stepping on her toenails, the way that he says "into a thousand pieces" seems to large scale for such a small act. I think he had hurt her before, in this daydream he realizes it's a good thing it is such so that he cannot hurt her again.
I wish more people would post what they think the song is trying to convey. Most will agree this is a great song, can we not delve a bit deeper here?
I sort of view this as unrequited love, a possible break-up.
The first verse describes how he feels about the subject. She is a part of him, she's everywhere and cannot be escaped.
"Only in dreams, we see what it means"
There is an issue that is only solved during dreamstate, when all becomes clear.
"Reach out our hands, hold on to hers"
He grasps her here because he is unable to do so in everyday life.
"But when we wake, it's all been erased, and so it seems, only in dreams"
The connection he made to her is lost upon waking, and so it seems only in dreams he is able to be with her.
He offers a hypothetical situation in which he is able to be with this girl he loves, and begin over again. About stepping on her toenails, the way that he says "into a thousand pieces" seems to large scale for such a small act. I think he had hurt her before, in this daydream he realizes it's a good thing it is such so that he cannot hurt her again.