It strikes me that this song is about the ruinment of the planet by society.
The two lovers could be big oil, commercialism or various governments.
I mean, "I love you like oil" isn't very romantic and implies a love like that of money more than anything else.
"Look into their eyes only for the meaning of the hour"
The lovers are not considering how their actions now could affect the future - much like how nobody really imagined how the industrial revolution and what came from it could leave the world in such a state.
"As if there only everything existed in their power"
Believing that controlling markets is all that's needed to have power in the world. But of course nature doesn't care about money.
And the people shouting from the shore are those who can see the damage being done and desperately try to rally the lovers to reverse and head back to safe waters. But the lovers don't hear because they're so far away now... or they don't listen... and so the waterfall takes them, and then there's no turning back.
It strikes me that this song is about the ruinment of the planet by society.
The two lovers could be big oil, commercialism or various governments. I mean, "I love you like oil" isn't very romantic and implies a love like that of money more than anything else.
"Look into their eyes only for the meaning of the hour" The lovers are not considering how their actions now could affect the future - much like how nobody really imagined how the industrial revolution and what came from it could leave the world in such a state.
"As if there only everything existed in their power" Believing that controlling markets is all that's needed to have power in the world. But of course nature doesn't care about money.
And the people shouting from the shore are those who can see the damage being done and desperately try to rally the lovers to reverse and head back to safe waters. But the lovers don't hear because they're so far away now... or they don't listen... and so the waterfall takes them, and then there's no turning back.
Well that's the way I read it.