In terms of interpretation, here is my general feeling on the song.
The song seems to point at the beginning or ending of a new relationship, it's not necessarily one that was romantic, it would also be applicable to changing life situations.
The opening verse --- This is a description of travel, road, drifting. Often in our lives we "awaken" to the direction we're heading, we don't have a clear sense of where/when it began. When we finally reach a destination, it often seems to never be what we though it was.
The chorus ---- I really have the impression this is a comment on the stories we used to have explain how we got here, why we're here, what we're doing. Myths are developed in order to give a sense meaning to our lives but the frightening part is that we no longer perceive myths as a type of truth...Instead, our current mindset is that myths are essentially made up realities, something we can just "assign" ourselves. The frightening part is to wonder what it means, beng able to assign such stories to ourselves, can we easily just wipe away our pasts with something we made up?
(A more literal translation, is simply that being in a new relationship, you have to construct a myth for how you got there. This way you'll exactly "what to give" --- What to provide for each other in the relationship)
The final verses --- This again returns to the idea that the song is not about "one" intimate relationship but the course that a person's life is taking. I imagine that being on the road and traveling for a band puts her in the position of seeing all kinds of beautiful things. She imagines that the canyons letting her know, "you're not the only who is confused about where you're going" The irony is of course, canyon's don't move, there is no direction for canyon's to go. So perhaps, on some level the ending:
"No use hanging on, to what is dead and gone"
When we're hanging on to things, looking for direction, waiting for myths to give us instruction...We simply stop moving, we don't progress, evolve or change...We cannot transform or in the case of the album title. We cannot "Bloom"....
In terms of interpretation, here is my general feeling on the song.
The song seems to point at the beginning or ending of a new relationship, it's not necessarily one that was romantic, it would also be applicable to changing life situations.
The opening verse --- This is a description of travel, road, drifting. Often in our lives we "awaken" to the direction we're heading, we don't have a clear sense of where/when it began. When we finally reach a destination, it often seems to never be what we though it was.
The chorus ---- I really have the impression this is a comment on the stories we used to have explain how we got here, why we're here, what we're doing. Myths are developed in order to give a sense meaning to our lives but the frightening part is that we no longer perceive myths as a type of truth...Instead, our current mindset is that myths are essentially made up realities, something we can just "assign" ourselves. The frightening part is to wonder what it means, beng able to assign such stories to ourselves, can we easily just wipe away our pasts with something we made up?
(A more literal translation, is simply that being in a new relationship, you have to construct a myth for how you got there. This way you'll exactly "what to give" --- What to provide for each other in the relationship)
The final verses --- This again returns to the idea that the song is not about "one" intimate relationship but the course that a person's life is taking. I imagine that being on the road and traveling for a band puts her in the position of seeing all kinds of beautiful things. She imagines that the canyons letting her know, "you're not the only who is confused about where you're going" The irony is of course, canyon's don't move, there is no direction for canyon's to go. So perhaps, on some level the ending:
"No use hanging on, to what is dead and gone"
When we're hanging on to things, looking for direction, waiting for myths to give us instruction...We simply stop moving, we don't progress, evolve or change...We cannot transform or in the case of the album title. We cannot "Bloom"....
@hariko17 This is great!
@hariko17 This is great!