The main point could be irony, i.e., he's always wanted to break out of this two-star town, can't think of how to break it to her, but then she says she needs to move on -- as if she could read his mind. It's poetic justice.
In one Brandon Flowers interview he implied the string of cliches represent the "good old days," so maybe there's a hint of nostalgia for the failed relationship, but it's definitely over. Destiny calling is such a rush that the magic of it soaks his spine. Even the stars are on fire with preternatural light.
The protagonist could be a little bit like the rebel cut out from the sun himself (shades of rebel angels perhaps, when Lucifer stopped being a light-bearer, given the writer's religious bent). But he's shining even brighter now, blazing like a diamond at the thought of freedom and new horizons.
The main point could be irony, i.e., he's always wanted to break out of this two-star town, can't think of how to break it to her, but then she says she needs to move on -- as if she could read his mind. It's poetic justice.
In one Brandon Flowers interview he implied the string of cliches represent the "good old days," so maybe there's a hint of nostalgia for the failed relationship, but it's definitely over. Destiny calling is such a rush that the magic of it soaks his spine. Even the stars are on fire with preternatural light.
The protagonist could be a little bit like the rebel cut out from the sun himself (shades of rebel angels perhaps, when Lucifer stopped being a light-bearer, given the writer's religious bent). But he's shining even brighter now, blazing like a diamond at the thought of freedom and new horizons.