Anything Could Happen

First, let me say I know nothing about Ellie. This is what this song means to me.

"Stripped to the waist We fall into the river"

• I agree with Lazyboy8 this is about the start of a new relationship and diving into the unknown.

"Cover your eyes So you don't know the secret I've been trying to hide"

• The way I hear this song, "cover your eyes so you don't know the secret" she is talking to herself. Covering her own eyes and diving into the unknown. "I've been trying to hide" ..... she is hiding from the truth she knows is there but taking the dive anyway.

"We held our breath To see our names are written On the wreck of '86"

• "86" slang meaning is "to get rid of". The wreck of 86 is slang to heading for a train wreck bound to happen. Diving into the unknown following your heart but knowing there are hidden secrets and a train wreck is inevitable.

"That was the year I knew the panic was over"

• She is not referred to a specific year. The year she met her lover, she wanted to believe panic was over and felt peace although had a feeling there was something else she didn't know.

"Yes since we found out Since we found out"

• This has a double meaning. The first "since we found out" is relative to time and "when" we found out. The second "since we found out" is a "because" we found out.

"Anything can happen" x 7

• These are the monument circumstances (7) that played out in the life of the relationship.

"After the war we said we'd fight together" "I guess we thought that's just what humans do"

• Promises to each other of working through anything together no matter what the war. The friendship held more true despite the secret(s), but she begins to doubt the relationship after the monumental circumstances.

"Letting darkness grow"

• The darkness grows and she is finding herself wondering if this is really what she wants. The unknown. Secrets still unspoken although she knows now what they are.

"As if we need its palette and we need its colour"

• She is hanging on to doubtful hope and realizing it is not going to change. She knows the secret(s).

"But now I've seen it through And now I know the truth That anything could happen"

• She sees through the lies and again counts the monumental circumstances.

"Baby, I'll give you everything you need But I don't think I need you"

• She still gives everything he needs, but no longer all of her. She sadly no longer needs him.

"I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be"

• Lyrics say "Oh Whoa" at the end of this repetition. The repetition is because she wants to stay because she loves him and his friendship, but wants to leave because the secrets are unbearable. She can't quite say "Over" and instead says "Oh Whoa".

"But I don't think I need you"

• She doesn't "need" him. The words "I don't think" means she feels she can stand on her own and very ready, but emotionally still questioning whether it's the right move for her.