First comment - This song is damn deep - at least to me... lol as I really relate to this as the way this is the ways I feel at the moment with my girlfriend. Sorry for being long winded too :D but hard to express the meaning concisely... here goes
Tried to break love to a science
In an act of pure defiance
I broke her heart
As I pulled apart her theory
As i watched her growing weary
I pulled her apart
To me, they have had an argument - a fight about their personalities & perhaps about the things they do that their partner doesn't approve of - and the boyfriend being angry over something she has done, has decided to angrily describe the things she does & the way he feels - and most importantly also the "theory" or reason he thinks she does this stuff for (e.g. "u do this shit because you dont give a shit about me at all, you do it just to piss me off!" - I'm sure we've all said it b4 :D) She becomes sad & and the more he says the more her heart breaks as the reasons he has said are not her real intentions at all.
The next verse -
having heavy conversations
about the furthest constellations of our souls. oh
I believe is them sitting down and explaining their feelings towards the issues they have, and both of them trying to justify how they feel and why they do what they do... but as we all know - we often can't accept the partner's justifications.
we're just trying to find some meaning
in the things that we believe in
These two lines suggest that, after all this - they are both just think about their relationship & whether there is any meaning to it anymore.
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
you can break everything, to the chemicals
but you can't explain a love like ours,
The chorus - to me is no longer directly about the couple, but the band expressing that sometimes love can't be explained & no matter how logically you analyse your feelings & your relationships - you just cant explain everything down logically.
The line that I love best in this song is, "You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars", because I know that when your trust in your partner is tested, it doesn't matter how you try and find a good reason to make yourself feel better - it doesn't change the unease you feel inside.
i tried pushing evolution
as the obvious conclusion of the start.
but it was all my own amusement
saying love was an illusion of a hopeless heart.
This verse is about the guy, who after failing to improve the direction of the relationship (i tried pushing evolution) has gone into denial - & and has told himself that he isn't really in love with her & these feelings of love are just because he is feeling weak/lonely/desperate. (love was an illusion of a hopeless heart). And now he has realized that these thoughts were just his own effort to make himself feel better (but it was all my own amusement).
of all of the things that she's ever said
she goes and says something that just knocks me dead
And these key lines - to me suggests she gone and said it - "lets break up".
I know this is a little late, but I kinda have to disagree about the line "of all of the things that she's ever said, she goes and says something that just knocks me dead". To me, he is setting up the chorus, which is her saying to him " You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
you can break everything, to the chemicals
but you can't explain a love like ours". I believe the whole chorus is her talking to him.
:-)
I know this is a little late, but I kinda have to disagree about the line "of all of the things that she's ever said, she goes and says something that just knocks me dead". To me, he is setting up the chorus, which is her saying to him " You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
you can break everything, to the chemicals
but you can't explain a love like ours". I believe the whole chorus is her talking to him.
:-)
First comment - This song is damn deep - at least to me... lol as I really relate to this as the way this is the ways I feel at the moment with my girlfriend. Sorry for being long winded too :D but hard to express the meaning concisely... here goes
Tried to break love to a science In an act of pure defiance I broke her heart As I pulled apart her theory As i watched her growing weary I pulled her apart
To me, they have had an argument - a fight about their personalities & perhaps about the things they do that their partner doesn't approve of - and the boyfriend being angry over something she has done, has decided to angrily describe the things she does & the way he feels - and most importantly also the "theory" or reason he thinks she does this stuff for (e.g. "u do this shit because you dont give a shit about me at all, you do it just to piss me off!" - I'm sure we've all said it b4 :D) She becomes sad & and the more he says the more her heart breaks as the reasons he has said are not her real intentions at all.
The next verse - having heavy conversations about the furthest constellations of our souls. oh
I believe is them sitting down and explaining their feelings towards the issues they have, and both of them trying to justify how they feel and why they do what they do... but as we all know - we often can't accept the partner's justifications.
we're just trying to find some meaning in the things that we believe in
These two lines suggest that, after all this - they are both just think about their relationship & whether there is any meaning to it anymore.
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope You won't find heart and soul in the stars you can break everything, to the chemicals but you can't explain a love like ours,
The chorus - to me is no longer directly about the couple, but the band expressing that sometimes love can't be explained & no matter how logically you analyse your feelings & your relationships - you just cant explain everything down logically.
The line that I love best in this song is, "You won't find faith or hope down a telescope You won't find heart and soul in the stars", because I know that when your trust in your partner is tested, it doesn't matter how you try and find a good reason to make yourself feel better - it doesn't change the unease you feel inside.
i tried pushing evolution as the obvious conclusion of the start. but it was all my own amusement saying love was an illusion of a hopeless heart.
This verse is about the guy, who after failing to improve the direction of the relationship (i tried pushing evolution) has gone into denial - & and has told himself that he isn't really in love with her & these feelings of love are just because he is feeling weak/lonely/desperate. (love was an illusion of a hopeless heart). And now he has realized that these thoughts were just his own effort to make himself feel better (but it was all my own amusement).
of all of the things that she's ever said she goes and says something that just knocks me dead
And these key lines - to me suggests she gone and said it - "lets break up".
:D finished - tell me if anyone agrees!
I know this is a little late, but I kinda have to disagree about the line "of all of the things that she's ever said, she goes and says something that just knocks me dead". To me, he is setting up the chorus, which is her saying to him " You won't find faith or hope down a telescope You won't find heart and soul in the stars you can break everything, to the chemicals but you can't explain a love like ours". I believe the whole chorus is her talking to him. :-)
I know this is a little late, but I kinda have to disagree about the line "of all of the things that she's ever said, she goes and says something that just knocks me dead". To me, he is setting up the chorus, which is her saying to him " You won't find faith or hope down a telescope You won't find heart and soul in the stars you can break everything, to the chemicals but you can't explain a love like ours". I believe the whole chorus is her talking to him. :-)
i think your theory of denial works perfectly XD
i think your theory of denial works perfectly XD