I like to think that we all hear songs differently and can relate them to our own personal situations... And this song has been near and dear to me recently.. This is what I feel:
"I'm gonna leave the same way I came. Up from the ashes, then I'm from the ashes"
-Probably a phoenix reference with hints of rebirth, recreation, etc... but I think maybe he started the relationship a "changed man" somehow, different than before. Then before you know it, he's back in the same place, having to recreate himself and start over once again.
"And you, we lived in separate houses, we have for all our lives. It would have been nice to say...It would have been nice to say I knew you."
-I think this could possibly mean they lived together and he regrets moving in together because he realizes he never really knew this person... Or maybe just living in separate houses means never fully committing and opening up to eachother... staying guarded and refusing to let anyone else in...
"When oh when will this sinking feeling, feel like man, that was ages ago"
-LOVE THIS. When you just got your heart broken, ripped out, and smashed... it just feels like it's the end of the world. You think you'll never be the same. But you always are eventually. Time heals all. And usually, after time does it's thing, you look back and wonder what the *#(@ you were thinking anyways.
"I am the mantle, and you dear, a painting... so come rest your frame on me. I was a tower, and you were an airplane, we happened before we knew what was happening."
-He's saying he can be her support, something strong and warm. And she is delicate, pretty, and needs something to rest on to show her off. The tower/airplane is their relationship crashing out of no where, sudden destruction. I think they're relationship took a course that got out of hand, too much, and they couldn't do anything to fix it, it was too late. By the time they knew what it was, it had happened.
"We lived inside eachother...Such careless, lazy lovers"
-They got wrapped up in each other and didn't the time to establish expectations, just got too involved... They lived in the moment because it was great but didn't take the right steps to build a successful relationship, they were lazy and it fell apart.
"Man, that was ages ago."
-Who knows how long it has been, but he is still writing songs about her, thinking about her, and remembers it all. Time does heal that sinking feeling, but you just have to think of that fondly and remember what you learned and take that with you on to the next one...
I like to think that we all hear songs differently and can relate them to our own personal situations... And this song has been near and dear to me recently.. This is what I feel:
"I'm gonna leave the same way I came. Up from the ashes, then I'm from the ashes" -Probably a phoenix reference with hints of rebirth, recreation, etc... but I think maybe he started the relationship a "changed man" somehow, different than before. Then before you know it, he's back in the same place, having to recreate himself and start over once again.
"And you, we lived in separate houses, we have for all our lives. It would have been nice to say...It would have been nice to say I knew you." -I think this could possibly mean they lived together and he regrets moving in together because he realizes he never really knew this person... Or maybe just living in separate houses means never fully committing and opening up to eachother... staying guarded and refusing to let anyone else in...
"When oh when will this sinking feeling, feel like man, that was ages ago" -LOVE THIS. When you just got your heart broken, ripped out, and smashed... it just feels like it's the end of the world. You think you'll never be the same. But you always are eventually. Time heals all. And usually, after time does it's thing, you look back and wonder what the *#(@ you were thinking anyways.
"I am the mantle, and you dear, a painting... so come rest your frame on me. I was a tower, and you were an airplane, we happened before we knew what was happening." -He's saying he can be her support, something strong and warm. And she is delicate, pretty, and needs something to rest on to show her off. The tower/airplane is their relationship crashing out of no where, sudden destruction. I think they're relationship took a course that got out of hand, too much, and they couldn't do anything to fix it, it was too late. By the time they knew what it was, it had happened.
"We lived inside eachother...Such careless, lazy lovers" -They got wrapped up in each other and didn't the time to establish expectations, just got too involved... They lived in the moment because it was great but didn't take the right steps to build a successful relationship, they were lazy and it fell apart.
"Man, that was ages ago." -Who knows how long it has been, but he is still writing songs about her, thinking about her, and remembers it all. Time does heal that sinking feeling, but you just have to think of that fondly and remember what you learned and take that with you on to the next one...
Or who knows, it could be about the Titanic... :)