I think you're on to something here and in fact I think it's quite literally describing the beginning of Bella and Edward's relationship.
I think you're on to something here and in fact I think it's quite literally describing the beginning of Bella and Edward's relationship.
"The signal, it's subtle
we pass just close enough to touch
No Questions, no answers
we know by now to say enough"
"The signal, it's subtle
we pass just close enough to touch
No Questions, no answers
we know by now to say enough"
This "signal" of course is when their eyes meet and instantly there's a connection with one another that they've never had before. It's such a deep connection that at first they don't even talk about what he is or who he is ("No questions, no answers") or vampirism in general because they're...
This "signal" of course is when their eyes meet and instantly there's a connection with one another that they've never had before. It's such a deep connection that at first they don't even talk about what he is or who he is ("No questions, no answers") or vampirism in general because they're so invested in each other by the most incidental of glances that it doesn't even make sense to talk ("we know by now to say enough"). Not to mention Edward doesn't even want to talk to her at first because he fights his compulsion to get to know her so hard he's scared to go to school.
"The secret that we keep"
This is the most obvious reference since it can describe both the forbidden nature of their relationship in the context of the high school (new girl, older guy), and of Edward being a vampire living in a modern American society, amongst the very prey they feed on.
"I won't sleep if you won't sleep"
The most recognizable image to draw from would be in the movie version where Edward is shown hanging out in her room while she's asleep. The line is a literal depiction of Edward's inability to fall asleep but it also hints at how dedicated he is to her that he is finally wrestling with a consequence, albeit a minor one, of his immortality and the things that come with being a vampire (like not being able to sleep).
"We are compelled to do
what we must do
we are compelled to do
what we have been forbidden"
This is a common teenagers-are-gonna-be-teenagers sentiment, but when applied to Edward and Bella, there are the added dimensions of Edward and Bella, being vampire and human respectively, being involved in a romantic relationship which human society would abhor, and which the Volturi would reject just as vehemently. And in that sense, the song, and consequently their relationship, there is an obvious parallel very much like Romeo and Juliet, as has been previously stated upthread.
"Our act of defiance, we keep this secret in our blood"
This line appears to be the easiest to refer to the Twilight series with since he mentions blood. But because the physical blood of Bella and the blood of Edward is so different, one almost has to think to the marriage in Breaking Dawn for it to make sense. Because only once they're married does "our blood" in the line take on the symbol of the blood being mixed in marriage. Though it's hardly a "secret" to anyone at that point, it could be that either they or the reader still feels that their love and even their marriage is a secret in a romantic, figurative sense.
just a thought, but i think that this song goes perfectly with the book twilight if you've read it
i mean they start off not liking each other then they get together when they shouldn't and he's always cold
but this song is truely amazing and always gives me the goose bumps
i also agree with everyone else how it's about a an affair
I think you're on to something here and in fact I think it's quite literally describing the beginning of Bella and Edward's relationship.
I think you're on to something here and in fact I think it's quite literally describing the beginning of Bella and Edward's relationship.
"The signal, it's subtle we pass just close enough to touch No Questions, no answers we know by now to say enough"
"The signal, it's subtle we pass just close enough to touch No Questions, no answers we know by now to say enough"
This "signal" of course is when their eyes meet and instantly there's a connection with one another that they've never had before. It's such a deep connection that at first they don't even talk about what he is or who he is ("No questions, no answers") or vampirism in general because they're...
This "signal" of course is when their eyes meet and instantly there's a connection with one another that they've never had before. It's such a deep connection that at first they don't even talk about what he is or who he is ("No questions, no answers") or vampirism in general because they're so invested in each other by the most incidental of glances that it doesn't even make sense to talk ("we know by now to say enough"). Not to mention Edward doesn't even want to talk to her at first because he fights his compulsion to get to know her so hard he's scared to go to school.
"The secret that we keep"
This is the most obvious reference since it can describe both the forbidden nature of their relationship in the context of the high school (new girl, older guy), and of Edward being a vampire living in a modern American society, amongst the very prey they feed on.
"I won't sleep if you won't sleep"
The most recognizable image to draw from would be in the movie version where Edward is shown hanging out in her room while she's asleep. The line is a literal depiction of Edward's inability to fall asleep but it also hints at how dedicated he is to her that he is finally wrestling with a consequence, albeit a minor one, of his immortality and the things that come with being a vampire (like not being able to sleep).
"We are compelled to do what we must do we are compelled to do what we have been forbidden"
This is a common teenagers-are-gonna-be-teenagers sentiment, but when applied to Edward and Bella, there are the added dimensions of Edward and Bella, being vampire and human respectively, being involved in a romantic relationship which human society would abhor, and which the Volturi would reject just as vehemently. And in that sense, the song, and consequently their relationship, there is an obvious parallel very much like Romeo and Juliet, as has been previously stated upthread.
"Our act of defiance, we keep this secret in our blood"
This line appears to be the easiest to refer to the Twilight series with since he mentions blood. But because the physical blood of Bella and the blood of Edward is so different, one almost has to think to the marriage in Breaking Dawn for it to make sense. Because only once they're married does "our blood" in the line take on the symbol of the blood being mixed in marriage. Though it's hardly a "secret" to anyone at that point, it could be that either they or the reader still feels that their love and even their marriage is a secret in a romantic, figurative sense.
I could go on...