Okay, my opinion on this song is that it is not about guilt, but instead about controlling relationships. In this case I believe Florence is falling victim to a relationship where there is no light at the end.
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day
You can choose what stays and what fades away
The chorus(^^) to me shows the desperate cries of a woman who wants to be loved. 'No light no light in your bright blue eyes' shows that her lover no longer feels love fore her. 'I never knew daylight could be so violent' says that something once so sweet and pure (their love) could turn for the worst, the violence is what is acting on her damaged heart. 'A revelation in the light of day' the revelation being the sudden turn of events. 'You can choose what stays and what fades away' is a final desperate plea, sacraficing herself and everything about her just to feel his love. She wants him to change her, if it will only make him stay. 'And i'd do anything, to make you stay'
You want a revelation
You want to get it right
And it's a conversation
I just can't have tonight
'You want a revelation' refers to him wanting a change in lovers. 'You want to get it right' means she knows he has no feelings anymore for her and wants to this time, 'get it right'. She doesn't want to though 'And it's a conversation I just can't have tonight' she doesn't want to let go.
But would you leave me
If I told you what I've done
And would you leave me
If I told you what I've become
'But would you leave me if I told you what I've done" Is a question to him. She has felt like she has done everything possible to prevent his leaving but he is oblivious to it. 'And would you leave me if I told you what I've become' is also another question to him. She is asking him if he has known what this love has made her become. All for him.
Her final line, is a final whisper for him. She knows he is long gone though. This doesn't make her feelings any less. 'Tell me what you want me to say'
Okay, my opinion on this song is that it is not about guilt, but instead about controlling relationships. In this case I believe Florence is falling victim to a relationship where there is no light at the end.
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes I never knew daylight could be so violent A revelation in the light of day You can choose what stays and what fades away
The chorus(^^) to me shows the desperate cries of a woman who wants to be loved. 'No light no light in your bright blue eyes' shows that her lover no longer feels love fore her. 'I never knew daylight could be so violent' says that something once so sweet and pure (their love) could turn for the worst, the violence is what is acting on her damaged heart. 'A revelation in the light of day' the revelation being the sudden turn of events. 'You can choose what stays and what fades away' is a final desperate plea, sacraficing herself and everything about her just to feel his love. She wants him to change her, if it will only make him stay. 'And i'd do anything, to make you stay'
You want a revelation You want to get it right And it's a conversation I just can't have tonight
'You want a revelation' refers to him wanting a change in lovers. 'You want to get it right' means she knows he has no feelings anymore for her and wants to this time, 'get it right'. She doesn't want to though 'And it's a conversation I just can't have tonight' she doesn't want to let go.
But would you leave me If I told you what I've done And would you leave me If I told you what I've become
'But would you leave me if I told you what I've done" Is a question to him. She has felt like she has done everything possible to prevent his leaving but he is oblivious to it. 'And would you leave me if I told you what I've become' is also another question to him. She is asking him if he has known what this love has made her become. All for him.
Her final line, is a final whisper for him. She knows he is long gone though. This doesn't make her feelings any less. 'Tell me what you want me to say'