I agree that this is a love song. It's extremely romantic but with very modern symbolism which is how I interpret Tunng as a band in general. Both musically and lyrics-wise.
I interpret the last verse as if he is saying he has spent much of his life soul searching, struggling to understand himself, as I believe we all do, but even though he cannot find that key, his lover breaks the code and understands him better than he himself can. The understanding, or the breaking of the code, cannot be achieved through science. It is a spiritual, or non logical, understanding. Even though all of our technology (scopes) are unable to see hydrogen bursts in a star billions of miles away, the understanding his lover has of him goes much further and deeper than that.
I agree that this is a love song. It's extremely romantic but with very modern symbolism which is how I interpret Tunng as a band in general. Both musically and lyrics-wise.
I interpret the last verse as if he is saying he has spent much of his life soul searching, struggling to understand himself, as I believe we all do, but even though he cannot find that key, his lover breaks the code and understands him better than he himself can. The understanding, or the breaking of the code, cannot be achieved through science. It is a spiritual, or non logical, understanding. Even though all of our technology (scopes) are unable to see hydrogen bursts in a star billions of miles away, the understanding his lover has of him goes much further and deeper than that.
Beautiful, beautiful song.
I concur fully. I find your interpretation to be spot on, succinct, and eloquently put. Nice.
I concur fully. I find your interpretation to be spot on, succinct, and eloquently put. Nice.