I like to think of the song as being about delusion, actually. Seems to be the opposite of what most of you see it as.
The entire first verse works well with that, anyway. Escaping from reality and finding inner love with the illusion, but still remembering that you actually exist here, with "If you can't see the stars, you've probably gone too far", because it's dangerous to completely get lost from 'this' reality.
The whole deal with the Stork and Owl is that only one of them is 'real'. There's one exploring this nonexistent world, and the other is their fictional love to bond and learn with. To complete each-other.
The third verse could be about them mutually embracing this lie and loving each-other.
The fourth verse doesn't seem that it could really mean anything in this particular way of seeing it, but it's the fifth one that made me really start liking it.
"So Sirius, so it falls apart". It relates to science, which denies things not of this world. The world "serious" also works in that same sense, because if you think too much into it, you know it's not real and the fun is ruined. The facts of this world have to bring you back to reality and you see that your companion isn't real. Then you realize that even if this is where you are, this 'reality' is no less real or meaningful than the 'reality' where your companion waits.
So you become more comfortable with loving this thing and knowing it loves you, too. You can't leave this reality, really, but you can know that that being is there with you, even if they really aren't, and it's a love true as any other.
I like to think of the song as being about delusion, actually. Seems to be the opposite of what most of you see it as.
The entire first verse works well with that, anyway. Escaping from reality and finding inner love with the illusion, but still remembering that you actually exist here, with "If you can't see the stars, you've probably gone too far", because it's dangerous to completely get lost from 'this' reality. The whole deal with the Stork and Owl is that only one of them is 'real'. There's one exploring this nonexistent world, and the other is their fictional love to bond and learn with. To complete each-other. The third verse could be about them mutually embracing this lie and loving each-other. The fourth verse doesn't seem that it could really mean anything in this particular way of seeing it, but it's the fifth one that made me really start liking it. "So Sirius, so it falls apart". It relates to science, which denies things not of this world. The world "serious" also works in that same sense, because if you think too much into it, you know it's not real and the fun is ruined. The facts of this world have to bring you back to reality and you see that your companion isn't real. Then you realize that even if this is where you are, this 'reality' is no less real or meaningful than the 'reality' where your companion waits. So you become more comfortable with loving this thing and knowing it loves you, too. You can't leave this reality, really, but you can know that that being is there with you, even if they really aren't, and it's a love true as any other.