I agree with the majority of the people here who say it's about a doomed relationship. They knew from the beginning that it couldn't last forever (You and I - we were born to die ... Sometimes love is not enough). They're very attracted to and/or in love with each other, but are not suited for each other in the long run.
I think the first stanza, it shows that she's wavering and wants to go back to him (Feet don't fail me now), and she hopes to God that she's made the right decision. And at the end of her life, she hopes to get him back, where perhaps other life concerns are not a priority, e.g. drug use, money, fidelity (But I'm hoping at the gates, they'll tell me you're mine).
In the second stanza, it seems she's talking about what life is like after she's left him. She's lonely and wondering if she's made a mistake, and possibly she wants him back, because everything is so unfamiliar without him (Can you make it feel like home if I tell you you're mine?).
Then in the video, there are multiple images that reference strangulation and/or death, signifying that the relationship is very unhealthy, and culminating in the final image, where she dies in a fiery car crash with them deliberating losing control while kissing in the car. Maybe a projection of what would happen if they stayed together? Consumed in their dangerous lust? The male is not unscathed. You can see he's also bleeding, but still alive. I don't know what that means. Maybe he's less invested in the relationship. It may also reference the couple's sexual chemistry ("Le petit mort") as well as death.
@historicalline what if when she says " WE were born to die" she's referring to who both of them WERE, in other words, rebels..maybe when she dies, he also dies metaphorically because apart from the obvious thoughts of a part of him dies bc of his guilt, it could also be: the OLD him dies. I do think at some point she feels lonely, hence the huge church she's apparently living in all by herself.But could the church mean something bigger..like being "trapped" in heaven (bc maybe it's after the accident), I meant trapped bc she doesn't enjoy it, she...
@historicalline what if when she says " WE were born to die" she's referring to who both of them WERE, in other words, rebels..maybe when she dies, he also dies metaphorically because apart from the obvious thoughts of a part of him dies bc of his guilt, it could also be: the OLD him dies. I do think at some point she feels lonely, hence the huge church she's apparently living in all by herself.But could the church mean something bigger..like being "trapped" in heaven (bc maybe it's after the accident), I meant trapped bc she doesn't enjoy it, she likes danger.
I agree with the majority of the people here who say it's about a doomed relationship. They knew from the beginning that it couldn't last forever (You and I - we were born to die ... Sometimes love is not enough). They're very attracted to and/or in love with each other, but are not suited for each other in the long run.
I think the first stanza, it shows that she's wavering and wants to go back to him (Feet don't fail me now), and she hopes to God that she's made the right decision. And at the end of her life, she hopes to get him back, where perhaps other life concerns are not a priority, e.g. drug use, money, fidelity (But I'm hoping at the gates, they'll tell me you're mine).
In the second stanza, it seems she's talking about what life is like after she's left him. She's lonely and wondering if she's made a mistake, and possibly she wants him back, because everything is so unfamiliar without him (Can you make it feel like home if I tell you you're mine?).
Then in the video, there are multiple images that reference strangulation and/or death, signifying that the relationship is very unhealthy, and culminating in the final image, where she dies in a fiery car crash with them deliberating losing control while kissing in the car. Maybe a projection of what would happen if they stayed together? Consumed in their dangerous lust? The male is not unscathed. You can see he's also bleeding, but still alive. I don't know what that means. Maybe he's less invested in the relationship. It may also reference the couple's sexual chemistry ("Le petit mort") as well as death.
@historicalline what if when she says " WE were born to die" she's referring to who both of them WERE, in other words, rebels..maybe when she dies, he also dies metaphorically because apart from the obvious thoughts of a part of him dies bc of his guilt, it could also be: the OLD him dies. I do think at some point she feels lonely, hence the huge church she's apparently living in all by herself.But could the church mean something bigger..like being "trapped" in heaven (bc maybe it's after the accident), I meant trapped bc she doesn't enjoy it, she...
@historicalline what if when she says " WE were born to die" she's referring to who both of them WERE, in other words, rebels..maybe when she dies, he also dies metaphorically because apart from the obvious thoughts of a part of him dies bc of his guilt, it could also be: the OLD him dies. I do think at some point she feels lonely, hence the huge church she's apparently living in all by herself.But could the church mean something bigger..like being "trapped" in heaven (bc maybe it's after the accident), I meant trapped bc she doesn't enjoy it, she likes danger.