I think this song is about being in love with someone who's in love with something else, a passion or a dream, a job maybe. And in a way he's putting her aside for the sake of his own interests, but she can sense that he's faking it and that maybe his passion/job/dream is just something to hide behind because he can't show his true feelings and that he loves her. He has a metal heart.
So she's saying: Be true, to yourself! And if you're hiding and if you can't love me then you're not worth a thing.
"sew your fortunes on a string
and hold them up to light
blue smoke will take a very violent flight
and you will be changed
and everything
and you'll be in a very sad sad zoo"
For me, these lines mean that there are no absolutes, in life you have to take chanses and go with it all because things can change quickly, life can pass you by without you having loved or been honest and true. Also that you can't plan everything and you really can't afford to be cold hearted and afraid. So she is saying: "Sew you're fortunes on a string and hold them up to light!" see if anything happens, if you're lucky.
And then in the end she realizes that maybe he's not hiding, that maybe he's just not able to feel anything for her. And so she's mad and blames it on his metal heart, that's not worth a thing.
"I once was lost but now I'm found
was blind but now I see you"
I think this song is about being in love with someone who's in love with something else, a passion or a dream, a job maybe. And in a way he's putting her aside for the sake of his own interests, but she can sense that he's faking it and that maybe his passion/job/dream is just something to hide behind because he can't show his true feelings and that he loves her. He has a metal heart. So she's saying: Be true, to yourself! And if you're hiding and if you can't love me then you're not worth a thing.
"sew your fortunes on a string and hold them up to light blue smoke will take a very violent flight and you will be changed and everything and you'll be in a very sad sad zoo"
For me, these lines mean that there are no absolutes, in life you have to take chanses and go with it all because things can change quickly, life can pass you by without you having loved or been honest and true. Also that you can't plan everything and you really can't afford to be cold hearted and afraid. So she is saying: "Sew you're fortunes on a string and hold them up to light!" see if anything happens, if you're lucky.
And then in the end she realizes that maybe he's not hiding, that maybe he's just not able to feel anything for her. And so she's mad and blames it on his metal heart, that's not worth a thing.
"I once was lost but now I'm found was blind but now I see you"
She really loves him.
@Freyia thanks for this interpretation, i never really knew, but this is how the song felt for me all along
@Freyia thanks for this interpretation, i never really knew, but this is how the song felt for me all along