I really don't think this song is about a long lost family member. At all. She simply compares foreseeing their first encounter to a "ghost story from a family tree that was handed down to [her]." Plus, it would be kind of creepy to be repeating "you were meant to be mine" and "I know we'll meet again, maybe tonight" to a random family member. To me, this song is about a guy she met once who beamed with mystery - which is why she would compare their encounter to a ghost story. Mystery that entrances and draws you in a desire to know the unknown. But like with many relationships not all can last, and she seems to acknowledge that by referring to him as a "siren song," a warning for what would become of a relationship between the two of them. Despite having "been informed" that he "could be the death of [her]", she rebuts that "patience" in waiting for him "pounds on the time that [she stole]" with him since he is "meant to be [hers]." Referring back to mystery and the acknowledgment that not all relationships can last, she admits that "the sky whispers in a baritone that the mystery always beats what [she] is shown." It's fitting too that the sky whispers in a baritone, and baritone is the most common male voice - common being juxtaposed to the mystery that will soon diminish when she does see him again. Despite knowing that, mystery still entices her to know and "see [him] again, maybe tonight."
The song also has a sort of adorable feel to it. Like a little girl in a big house (similar to the idea she utilized when creating The Way It Is video). She's been warned, she knows they won't work, she'll likely be disappointed as mystery is often more alluring than reality, but we all still want to understand the mystery. She's so hopeful with the "maybe tonight" idea, like a little girl wishing on a star and really believing it will happen ("i KNOW we'll meet again"), as it fate exists. She insists, after what was clearly a brief encounter considering all this mystery remains, that "you were meant to be mine." And again, that idea is completely juxtaposed against the very sophisticated styling and syntax of the lyrics.
GREAT song.
I really don't think this song is about a long lost family member. At all. She simply compares foreseeing their first encounter to a "ghost story from a family tree that was handed down to [her]." Plus, it would be kind of creepy to be repeating "you were meant to be mine" and "I know we'll meet again, maybe tonight" to a random family member. To me, this song is about a guy she met once who beamed with mystery - which is why she would compare their encounter to a ghost story. Mystery that entrances and draws you in a desire to know the unknown. But like with many relationships not all can last, and she seems to acknowledge that by referring to him as a "siren song," a warning for what would become of a relationship between the two of them. Despite having "been informed" that he "could be the death of [her]", she rebuts that "patience" in waiting for him "pounds on the time that [she stole]" with him since he is "meant to be [hers]." Referring back to mystery and the acknowledgment that not all relationships can last, she admits that "the sky whispers in a baritone that the mystery always beats what [she] is shown." It's fitting too that the sky whispers in a baritone, and baritone is the most common male voice - common being juxtaposed to the mystery that will soon diminish when she does see him again. Despite knowing that, mystery still entices her to know and "see [him] again, maybe tonight."
The song also has a sort of adorable feel to it. Like a little girl in a big house (similar to the idea she utilized when creating The Way It Is video). She's been warned, she knows they won't work, she'll likely be disappointed as mystery is often more alluring than reality, but we all still want to understand the mystery. She's so hopeful with the "maybe tonight" idea, like a little girl wishing on a star and really believing it will happen ("i KNOW we'll meet again"), as it fate exists. She insists, after what was clearly a brief encounter considering all this mystery remains, that "you were meant to be mine." And again, that idea is completely juxtaposed against the very sophisticated styling and syntax of the lyrics.