I feel like the northern lights were used as a metaphor in place of a girl. And as some of the lyrics lead to the girl taking her life. So the not wanting the lights to leave him yet would mean he doesnt want something so beautiful to leave him and burn out so soon (by taking their life).
Im inclined to think this way to do a personal experience with a person with depression problems who seemed to act extremely similar to the potential girl in the song. So I could be wrong .. but most every line seems to fit this girl and situation.
The first 3 lines point out the insecurities in this girl and the 4th goes on to explain that when you really talk to her about it her thoughts on the inside are what causes her to have these insecurities.
Then when it goes on to the "So at ease with the nights we drove alone ..." are like how in my experience this person (this girl) that can have some days where they are just so insecure and feel so lost , can on some occasions just be so comfortable (at ease) on the nights when you take them out and just have a special time with them ("from the top of the hill where we concquer" , could jsut refer to a place where they hung out so happy together).
The "We dreamt it all along, from the nights when the line stayed alive, we shared" I seems to talk about hte nights they talked on the phone together for hours where they shared their feelings (about her insecurities and what not).
And sometimes when life just gets hard for this person it seems like they are barely hanging on ("by a thread well hang on, to never give in")
and to point out the reason for me to believe the story is about a suicidal/depressed girl the last line refers to the last night in her shoes.
Sorry about the spelling mistakes ... and like I said I could be wrong but its just an attempt I felt like sharing
I feel like the northern lights were used as a metaphor in place of a girl. And as some of the lyrics lead to the girl taking her life. So the not wanting the lights to leave him yet would mean he doesnt want something so beautiful to leave him and burn out so soon (by taking their life).
Im inclined to think this way to do a personal experience with a person with depression problems who seemed to act extremely similar to the potential girl in the song. So I could be wrong .. but most every line seems to fit this girl and situation.
The first 3 lines point out the insecurities in this girl and the 4th goes on to explain that when you really talk to her about it her thoughts on the inside are what causes her to have these insecurities.
Then when it goes on to the "So at ease with the nights we drove alone ..." are like how in my experience this person (this girl) that can have some days where they are just so insecure and feel so lost , can on some occasions just be so comfortable (at ease) on the nights when you take them out and just have a special time with them ("from the top of the hill where we concquer" , could jsut refer to a place where they hung out so happy together).
The "We dreamt it all along, from the nights when the line stayed alive, we shared" I seems to talk about hte nights they talked on the phone together for hours where they shared their feelings (about her insecurities and what not).
And sometimes when life just gets hard for this person it seems like they are barely hanging on ("by a thread well hang on, to never give in")
and to point out the reason for me to believe the story is about a suicidal/depressed girl the last line refers to the last night in her shoes.
Sorry about the spelling mistakes ... and like I said I could be wrong but its just an attempt I felt like sharing