I think this song is about being afraid of love or life. I don't have any definite conclusions about what the reflections/intentions/recollections/possession verse is all about, but the narrator seems to be describing someone who is worrying that the connection they're feeling with someone/something is actually a result of some projection? The end has to be one of the most beautiful moments on the new album... The narrator saying, "it's deeper than you and me" is his assurance that despite what's going on being hard to explain and unreal-feeling, it is real, love being a current that runs through everything, farther, deeper, in all the glass... Ok, that's my interpretation. I can't wait to see what other fans write!
Pretty spot on. I think it's about someone being more emotionally invested in love more then the other person, hence the part about "waiting the hours" as in waiting forever for that person to feel the same way and "climb up to the tower" as in making it obvious to the other person that the love for him/her is there. The "frightened eyes" is the narrator's reaction to the possibility of that love not being reciprocated.
Pretty spot on. I think it's about someone being more emotionally invested in love more then the other person, hence the part about "waiting the hours" as in waiting forever for that person to feel the same way and "climb up to the tower" as in making it obvious to the other person that the love for him/her is there. The "frightened eyes" is the narrator's reaction to the possibility of that love not being reciprocated.
I really like the way you elaborated on the hours/towers part. I hadn't thought about "climbing the tower" much, but imagining it like that goes along with the idea that the situation in this song involves one person convincing another to love, on some level. "So that you could see..." It's so touching!
I really like the way you elaborated on the hours/towers part. I hadn't thought about "climbing the tower" much, but imagining it like that goes along with the idea that the situation in this song involves one person convincing another to love, on some level. "So that you could see..." It's so touching!
However I am pretty sure the "frightened eyes" are the other person's, not the narrator's. Otherwise they wouldn't be "looking back at me," right?
However I am pretty sure the "frightened eyes" are the other person's, not the narrator's. Otherwise they wouldn't be "looking back at me," right?
you are right! this IS the interpretation! I've been listening to this song SO much lately! Especially the part that says, "change your mind, don't care about me" -- it's like how you feel when you think the other person isn't going to reciprocate the feelings, so you're like, "just forget about it, then" or at least you could feel that way. Either way, lovely song =)
you are right! this IS the interpretation! I've been listening to this song SO much lately! Especially the part that says, "change your mind, don't care about me" -- it's like how you feel when you think the other person isn't going to reciprocate the feelings, so you're like, "just forget about it, then" or at least you could feel that way. Either way, lovely song =)
I think this song is about being afraid of love or life. I don't have any definite conclusions about what the reflections/intentions/recollections/possession verse is all about, but the narrator seems to be describing someone who is worrying that the connection they're feeling with someone/something is actually a result of some projection? The end has to be one of the most beautiful moments on the new album... The narrator saying, "it's deeper than you and me" is his assurance that despite what's going on being hard to explain and unreal-feeling, it is real, love being a current that runs through everything, farther, deeper, in all the glass... Ok, that's my interpretation. I can't wait to see what other fans write!
Pretty spot on. I think it's about someone being more emotionally invested in love more then the other person, hence the part about "waiting the hours" as in waiting forever for that person to feel the same way and "climb up to the tower" as in making it obvious to the other person that the love for him/her is there. The "frightened eyes" is the narrator's reaction to the possibility of that love not being reciprocated.
Pretty spot on. I think it's about someone being more emotionally invested in love more then the other person, hence the part about "waiting the hours" as in waiting forever for that person to feel the same way and "climb up to the tower" as in making it obvious to the other person that the love for him/her is there. The "frightened eyes" is the narrator's reaction to the possibility of that love not being reciprocated.
I really like the way you elaborated on the hours/towers part. I hadn't thought about "climbing the tower" much, but imagining it like that goes along with the idea that the situation in this song involves one person convincing another to love, on some level. "So that you could see..." It's so touching!
I really like the way you elaborated on the hours/towers part. I hadn't thought about "climbing the tower" much, but imagining it like that goes along with the idea that the situation in this song involves one person convincing another to love, on some level. "So that you could see..." It's so touching!
However I am pretty sure the "frightened eyes" are the other person's, not the narrator's. Otherwise they wouldn't be "looking back at me," right?
However I am pretty sure the "frightened eyes" are the other person's, not the narrator's. Otherwise they wouldn't be "looking back at me," right?
you are right! this IS the interpretation! I've been listening to this song SO much lately! Especially the part that says, "change your mind, don't care about me" -- it's like how you feel when you think the other person isn't going to reciprocate the feelings, so you're like, "just forget about it, then" or at least you could feel that way. Either way, lovely song =)
you are right! this IS the interpretation! I've been listening to this song SO much lately! Especially the part that says, "change your mind, don't care about me" -- it's like how you feel when you think the other person isn't going to reciprocate the feelings, so you're like, "just forget about it, then" or at least you could feel that way. Either way, lovely song =)