I think this song is about a conflict between the narrator and science/causality. The first two stanzas are an observation of the physical world; it seems natural, fine, "innocent." But if this is ALL the world is, then the love between her and another is just another natural process, just like "gravity." "The seconds stretch to days/cause time was made that way" is another observation of the physical universe; time just progresses because that's how it was made. The last stanza, however, is the realization that this physicality and causality is something that in fact BEAUTIFIES their love. Of all the points in space (the vastness of the universe) these two people ended up in the same place. If the universe is purely physical and causal, these two were DESTINED to end up in the same place, making it fate, and in a way, miraculous.
After further thought I've also realized the last stanza could be an allusion to the big bang. Before the big bang, all the space and energy in the universe was compressed into this tiny, 0-dimensional spot. When the big bang happened, space started expanding and the energy spread out. So before the big bang, the matter that makes up my body and yours once inhabited "every point in space." And from the point of the big bang, the matter that makes up the narrator and the subject have ended up in the same place, almost miraculously.
After further thought I've also realized the last stanza could be an allusion to the big bang. Before the big bang, all the space and energy in the universe was compressed into this tiny, 0-dimensional spot. When the big bang happened, space started expanding and the energy spread out. So before the big bang, the matter that makes up my body and yours once inhabited "every point in space." And from the point of the big bang, the matter that makes up the narrator and the subject have ended up in the same place, almost miraculously.
I think this song is about a conflict between the narrator and science/causality. The first two stanzas are an observation of the physical world; it seems natural, fine, "innocent." But if this is ALL the world is, then the love between her and another is just another natural process, just like "gravity." "The seconds stretch to days/cause time was made that way" is another observation of the physical universe; time just progresses because that's how it was made. The last stanza, however, is the realization that this physicality and causality is something that in fact BEAUTIFIES their love. Of all the points in space (the vastness of the universe) these two people ended up in the same place. If the universe is purely physical and causal, these two were DESTINED to end up in the same place, making it fate, and in a way, miraculous.
After further thought I've also realized the last stanza could be an allusion to the big bang. Before the big bang, all the space and energy in the universe was compressed into this tiny, 0-dimensional spot. When the big bang happened, space started expanding and the energy spread out. So before the big bang, the matter that makes up my body and yours once inhabited "every point in space." And from the point of the big bang, the matter that makes up the narrator and the subject have ended up in the same place, almost miraculously.
After further thought I've also realized the last stanza could be an allusion to the big bang. Before the big bang, all the space and energy in the universe was compressed into this tiny, 0-dimensional spot. When the big bang happened, space started expanding and the energy spread out. So before the big bang, the matter that makes up my body and yours once inhabited "every point in space." And from the point of the big bang, the matter that makes up the narrator and the subject have ended up in the same place, almost miraculously.