Personally, I think it's someone (or perhaps a couple) looking back at before they got together.
I think the first two verses are one of the couple looking back at how shy they were (Aimless am I, Listless I'm the blunt of the knife, Drifting to the corners of life), & how they weren't sure if they should approach the other person (I could make something right, Gentle with the kindness I'd like, So often it's a trick of the light).
The chorus is the couple looking back at how they liked each other, without knowing how the other felt (And we wait for love, In the shape of us, Until the wait is over, under halcyon skies, Until the wait is over, for an innocent life).
The last two verses are where one of them finally tells the other how they feel (It's a weight off my mind,I could trust you, you could tell me it's fine, I could sew you a stitch and save nine), & getting the response they both want, & quite possibly need (None more admired, and out of soft focused desire, From honeyed milk to funeral pyre).
The song then leads into how they are going to try to stop each other from flying too high, by using Daedalus as a reference point.
That's just how I see it. I think there's an Ayla out there for all of us, you just haven't necessarily met them yet.
Personally, I think it's someone (or perhaps a couple) looking back at before they got together.
I think the first two verses are one of the couple looking back at how shy they were (Aimless am I, Listless I'm the blunt of the knife, Drifting to the corners of life), & how they weren't sure if they should approach the other person (I could make something right, Gentle with the kindness I'd like, So often it's a trick of the light).
The chorus is the couple looking back at how they liked each other, without knowing how the other felt (And we wait for love, In the shape of us, Until the wait is over, under halcyon skies, Until the wait is over, for an innocent life).
The last two verses are where one of them finally tells the other how they feel (It's a weight off my mind,I could trust you, you could tell me it's fine, I could sew you a stitch and save nine), & getting the response they both want, & quite possibly need (None more admired, and out of soft focused desire, From honeyed milk to funeral pyre).
The song then leads into how they are going to try to stop each other from flying too high, by using Daedalus as a reference point.
That's just how I see it. I think there's an Ayla out there for all of us, you just haven't necessarily met them yet.