He's falling in love. Along with the wonderful excitement of falling in love, comes the scary feeling of vulnerability.
The tune is purposely upbeat and fast to portray the excitement he feels. He also expresses excitement when he says, "I feel a little bit nervous and I cannot relax."
You know how when you first start falling for someone, you want to tell the world? That's how he feels. He wants to write it everywhere, to make it more real. He has so much emotion he doesn't know what to do with it, so he wants to let it out through any medium he can. When he says these lines, I imagine him writing initials in a heart:
"Let me out with the spray can soul"
"Written in graffiti on a bridge in the park"
"Written up in marker on a factory sign"
"On a concrete canvas I will make you a mark"
He refers to what it's like to open up your heart to someone else when he says "I struggle with the feeling that my life isn't mine." His own happiness now also depends on the person he loves, giving them the power to break you. He's talking about this vulnerability when he says, "It's so cold, so cold"
A powerful part of this song is the juxtaposition in the chorus:
"Oh, you use your heart as a weapon"
He feels so vulnerable and scared to be in love. The person he loves could hurt him so easily.
"And it hurts like heaven."
Loving someone feels so wonderful, it hurts.
He's falling in love. Along with the wonderful excitement of falling in love, comes the scary feeling of vulnerability.
The tune is purposely upbeat and fast to portray the excitement he feels. He also expresses excitement when he says, "I feel a little bit nervous and I cannot relax."
You know how when you first start falling for someone, you want to tell the world? That's how he feels. He wants to write it everywhere, to make it more real. He has so much emotion he doesn't know what to do with it, so he wants to let it out through any medium he can. When he says these lines, I imagine him writing initials in a heart: "Let me out with the spray can soul" "Written in graffiti on a bridge in the park" "Written up in marker on a factory sign" "On a concrete canvas I will make you a mark"
He refers to what it's like to open up your heart to someone else when he says "I struggle with the feeling that my life isn't mine." His own happiness now also depends on the person he loves, giving them the power to break you. He's talking about this vulnerability when he says, "It's so cold, so cold"
A powerful part of this song is the juxtaposition in the chorus:
"Oh, you use your heart as a weapon" He feels so vulnerable and scared to be in love. The person he loves could hurt him so easily.
"And it hurts like heaven." Loving someone feels so wonderful, it hurts.