Great song, can't believe there haven't been any comments!
What an upbeat way to view something so sad! The singer has been denied by someone he deeply cares for, and this is his rationalization and acceptance. Running through a banal life, yet keeping his love deep within his (prison) cell, aka his mind.
If you haven't ever felt this, you are lucky. The sunlight doesn't seem as friendly and it's hard to heed the readily given advice of "toughen up and move on." But life and the world keeps moving on, as the singer points out.
The climax of the song is so beautifully expressed:
"I saw you last night
In the cell where I sleep
And your shyness was such a surprise
And you said I hold you in me
Like a secret I keep
And the truth of that moment defies all that we know"
In his dreams, she confesses her secret devotion to him in her memory, exactly matching his feelings. But the "truth" of that (dreaming) moment defies all we know, because if they both felt the same in the waking world, they wouldn't need to be strangers until all the walls fall, which in this case probably means death; his feelings are unrequited by all accounts.
This song makes an interesting lyrical/imagery pairing with Coldplay's "Ghost Story," considering the impenetrable walls, the singer's ghosts (memories), and the underlying hopelessness of the situation.
Great song, can't believe there haven't been any comments!
What an upbeat way to view something so sad! The singer has been denied by someone he deeply cares for, and this is his rationalization and acceptance. Running through a banal life, yet keeping his love deep within his (prison) cell, aka his mind.
If you haven't ever felt this, you are lucky. The sunlight doesn't seem as friendly and it's hard to heed the readily given advice of "toughen up and move on." But life and the world keeps moving on, as the singer points out.
The climax of the song is so beautifully expressed:
"I saw you last night In the cell where I sleep And your shyness was such a surprise And you said I hold you in me Like a secret I keep And the truth of that moment defies all that we know"
In his dreams, she confesses her secret devotion to him in her memory, exactly matching his feelings. But the "truth" of that (dreaming) moment defies all we know, because if they both felt the same in the waking world, they wouldn't need to be strangers until all the walls fall, which in this case probably means death; his feelings are unrequited by all accounts.
This song makes an interesting lyrical/imagery pairing with Coldplay's "Ghost Story," considering the impenetrable walls, the singer's ghosts (memories), and the underlying hopelessness of the situation.