I think it's a breakup song. After a breakup, you might be waiting to stop feeling awful about it, waiting for "a calm day to come". A lot of this song seems like the things you might want to say to yourself during such a time.
"This dream is... in a telescope now"
Meaning that perhaps whatever you had hoped for (a future with someone, in this case) isn't going to happen now. It's left, like the light from a dying star, only to perhaps be caught in a telescope some day.
"Fever, in bedtime covers"
For some people, reacting to a break-up will make them feel sort-of sick, the kind where you want to just stay in bed. The two eyes from out of the darkness might be someone who comforts you, or perhaps a new object of affection. This is the bridge to the coda, so this can be seen as the "climax" of the story of the song. And if the story is about being dumped and moving on, that makes sense.
Greatest light/greatest shade
The people who have the greatest effect on your life - family, friends, significant others - can be both the greatest source of happiness for you and the biggest source of misery. An ex may have made your life incredibly happy at one point, but obviously makes you miserable now.
The end of the song can be read as either somewhat sarcastic or somewhat sad. Wanting an ex to be happy is something that's very hard to do, especially if they've created a lot of pain for you. It's definitely not easy to be so forgiving. Live and in the studio versions, Fitzy sings this with a sort of desperation, sadness and perhaps even sarcasm. It could be that you're not really wanting them to be happy at all, or just that you're really trying to convince yourself to move on by repeating something you know you should logically want - them to be happy and you to no longer be attached to them.
I think it's a breakup song. After a breakup, you might be waiting to stop feeling awful about it, waiting for "a calm day to come". A lot of this song seems like the things you might want to say to yourself during such a time.
"This dream is... in a telescope now"
Meaning that perhaps whatever you had hoped for (a future with someone, in this case) isn't going to happen now. It's left, like the light from a dying star, only to perhaps be caught in a telescope some day.
"Fever, in bedtime covers"
For some people, reacting to a break-up will make them feel sort-of sick, the kind where you want to just stay in bed. The two eyes from out of the darkness might be someone who comforts you, or perhaps a new object of affection. This is the bridge to the coda, so this can be seen as the "climax" of the story of the song. And if the story is about being dumped and moving on, that makes sense.
Greatest light/greatest shade
The people who have the greatest effect on your life - family, friends, significant others - can be both the greatest source of happiness for you and the biggest source of misery. An ex may have made your life incredibly happy at one point, but obviously makes you miserable now.
The end of the song can be read as either somewhat sarcastic or somewhat sad. Wanting an ex to be happy is something that's very hard to do, especially if they've created a lot of pain for you. It's definitely not easy to be so forgiving. Live and in the studio versions, Fitzy sings this with a sort of desperation, sadness and perhaps even sarcasm. It could be that you're not really wanting them to be happy at all, or just that you're really trying to convince yourself to move on by repeating something you know you should logically want - them to be happy and you to no longer be attached to them.
IMO you absolutely nailed it. This song is incredible.
IMO you absolutely nailed it. This song is incredible.