The feel I get from this song is one of overall regret over an affair with someone, tinged with loneliness and regret over the affair being over.
the night I fell into the lion’s jaws
to my regret and your delight
---This is clearly about sex. She gives in to him despite herself.
those teeth themselves could not divine
nor their pressure estimate
---"Those teeth" being part of the metaphorical lion's jaws, they are the persuasive lover's desire. The desire and its intensity could not divine/estimate, or perhaps they even clouded the lion's ability to see...
the haze I wished you’d never break
and to never contemplate
---It seems "the haze" existed before the teeth exerted their pressure, so perhaps she knew all along that this friend of hers desired her, but she viewed their friendship through "the haze", trying to ignore his feelings for her and continue as friends.
momentum for the sake of momentum
---I think this is a double entendre. "Momentum" is a physical word, and in one sense it is a euphemism for sex. In a less tangible sense, it's a rationalization for why she gave in - she could no longer ignore the lion's desire, so she told herself that the relationship moving forward was preferable to standing still in its increasingly intolerable state.
The feel I get from this song is one of overall regret over an affair with someone, tinged with loneliness and regret over the affair being over.
the night I fell into the lion’s jaws to my regret and your delight
---This is clearly about sex. She gives in to him despite herself.
those teeth themselves could not divine nor their pressure estimate
---"Those teeth" being part of the metaphorical lion's jaws, they are the persuasive lover's desire. The desire and its intensity could not divine/estimate, or perhaps they even clouded the lion's ability to see...
the haze I wished you’d never break and to never contemplate
---It seems "the haze" existed before the teeth exerted their pressure, so perhaps she knew all along that this friend of hers desired her, but she viewed their friendship through "the haze", trying to ignore his feelings for her and continue as friends.
momentum for the sake of momentum
---I think this is a double entendre. "Momentum" is a physical word, and in one sense it is a euphemism for sex. In a less tangible sense, it's a rationalization for why she gave in - she could no longer ignore the lion's desire, so she told herself that the relationship moving forward was preferable to standing still in its increasingly intolerable state.