I think this song is about a man who is trying to feel the love from someone who won't give him it. I imagine it as the person he loves is on drugs/parties all the time/has depression, and the only time she'll be close to him, and show him love, is when she's listening to music, because A. If it's drugs, then when she's listening to music she imagines that everybody is connected through the beat and she feels more open with him because of the connection. B. When she's partying and is drunk, his normally introverted lover becomes more open with her feelings. Or C. Music is escapism from the depression, and through the escapism she can forget all the bad things and just focus on the happier thoughts.
Either way, I see it as the music is something that helps her open up and give him the love he's looking for. I don't think it's a happy song, purely because of
"Won't you teach me how to love and learn? There'll be nothing left for me to yearn. Think of me and burn and let me hold your hand. I don't want to face the world in tears. Please think again I'm on my knees." because he is literally begging her to give him love, to show him some type of affection.
I think this song is about a man who is trying to feel the love from someone who won't give him it. I imagine it as the person he loves is on drugs/parties all the time/has depression, and the only time she'll be close to him, and show him love, is when she's listening to music, because A. If it's drugs, then when she's listening to music she imagines that everybody is connected through the beat and she feels more open with him because of the connection. B. When she's partying and is drunk, his normally introverted lover becomes more open with her feelings. Or C. Music is escapism from the depression, and through the escapism she can forget all the bad things and just focus on the happier thoughts.
Either way, I see it as the music is something that helps her open up and give him the love he's looking for. I don't think it's a happy song, purely because of
"Won't you teach me how to love and learn? There'll be nothing left for me to yearn. Think of me and burn and let me hold your hand. I don't want to face the world in tears. Please think again I'm on my knees." because he is literally begging her to give him love, to show him some type of affection.