Well since it's off the hysteria single, I can't help associating it with that song - about wanting something so bad it tears you to pieces and drives you mad.
I have no idea if this is correct, but when I heard this song I immediately thought of the idea of loving someone so much, but they're utterly unreachable. Like a celebrity, someone famous, or just someone way out of your league, or something more serious than that. They can't resist being so alluring, that's just how they are. And the person in love is so delusion, they don't care if it's real, they just love the way they feel about this unattainable person.
and the verse about chasing your dreams away totally fits - that's the delusional person's rational self trying to get some sense. the chasing could refer to realizing that they can never have that person, yet they still blindly search for a connection or love - like glass needles in the hay, they're just utterly screwed. It's never gonna happen. But they forgive this amazing person...even for overshadowing them, making them feel like nothing - because they are their "holy shroud," their goal for perfection.
I fucking love this song.... Also the extra sounds, like winding/musical toys, in the beginning and end - makes me associate the whole song with a dreamlike, delusional, naive state.
Well since it's off the hysteria single, I can't help associating it with that song - about wanting something so bad it tears you to pieces and drives you mad.
I have no idea if this is correct, but when I heard this song I immediately thought of the idea of loving someone so much, but they're utterly unreachable. Like a celebrity, someone famous, or just someone way out of your league, or something more serious than that. They can't resist being so alluring, that's just how they are. And the person in love is so delusion, they don't care if it's real, they just love the way they feel about this unattainable person.
and the verse about chasing your dreams away totally fits - that's the delusional person's rational self trying to get some sense. the chasing could refer to realizing that they can never have that person, yet they still blindly search for a connection or love - like glass needles in the hay, they're just utterly screwed. It's never gonna happen. But they forgive this amazing person...even for overshadowing them, making them feel like nothing - because they are their "holy shroud," their goal for perfection.
I fucking love this song.... Also the extra sounds, like winding/musical toys, in the beginning and end - makes me associate the whole song with a dreamlike, delusional, naive state.
I think you're right. Out of all the interpretations of this song, I agree with this on the most.
I think you're right. Out of all the interpretations of this song, I agree with this on the most.