I was thinking there were two people to the story. As I go through my interpretation it's the singer and the other person. I believe that 'the hours' is a way of referring to their time spent together. Also for some reason I think it's a romantic sort of connection that they have but I know that there is no real evidence of this. Anyway.
'Can I wait the hours
Til they find me
Climb up to the tower
So that you could see'
I think she means like Can I wait for you? Are you coming back? in the first 2 lines. He is busy for now trying to figure something out by looking at the bigger picture overall from a higher point of view. Maybe even a more logical one as opposed to a more emotionally charged one living in the present.
'Violence in the flowers where they found you
Can I wait the hours
Would it be untrue
Climb up to the tower
So that you can see
All across the hours'
Everything was great between them, and peaceful in a way, like in a meadow of flowers. It was almost too easy somehow and that gave him time to think and then that is where he ran into trouble. In that there was frustration and second guessing (violence) on his part. Is it too good to be true, he wanted to know. In order to answer this question for himself he withdraws from her and hyper analyzes what they have. He is searching for an explanation for his uneasiness. I think he might just not be used to the niceness of it.
'Frightened eyes
Looking back at me
Change your mind
Don't care about me
Frightened eyes
Looking back at me
Change your mind
Don't leave with out me
Frightened eyes'
He's going ahead and is halfway out the door basically but looks back as he is kind of unsure. She knows it's his fear making him want to leave. She doesn't want him to leave without her.
'Made in your reflection
So that you can feel
Mad in your intentions
Fear it isn't real
All the recollections
Spinning in a field
Left in your possession
Til it isn't real
You say it isn't real'
He is the only reason behind his fear. He turns the memories and good times they've shared over in his head many times until everything is so twisted to him that he can see whatever it is he wants. Eventually he can find a reason to discount their relationship.
'It's deeper than you and me
It's further than you could see
Is it too much to ask tell me
It's all in a glance you'll see
It's deeper than you and me
It's all in a glance you'll see
It's farther than we could be
It's deeper than you and me'
It's not something you can make sense of just by thinking hard about it for awhile or suddenly draw a conclusion of from the evidence. It is too deep seeded and he is acting too fast. It runs too far to see even up from the tower. Is it too much to ask, she says, just to wait and see. Everything he could need to figure out could be known from a mere glance at the situation. There's nothing to find and he's thinking on it too hard and with too much urgency. Any problems he might have run deeper than their relationship and so he should not look there for the source of his inner conflict.
'Frightened eyes'
Really he is just scared of what he knows to be true. Things are just as good as they seem.
It isn't specified why. There are probably many reasons for feeling this way and totally going out on a limb but maybe he doesn't want to get his hopes up because then they could be crushed.
I was thinking there were two people to the story. As I go through my interpretation it's the singer and the other person. I believe that 'the hours' is a way of referring to their time spent together. Also for some reason I think it's a romantic sort of connection that they have but I know that there is no real evidence of this. Anyway.
'Can I wait the hours Til they find me Climb up to the tower So that you could see'
I think she means like Can I wait for you? Are you coming back? in the first 2 lines. He is busy for now trying to figure something out by looking at the bigger picture overall from a higher point of view. Maybe even a more logical one as opposed to a more emotionally charged one living in the present.
'Violence in the flowers where they found you Can I wait the hours Would it be untrue Climb up to the tower So that you can see All across the hours'
Everything was great between them, and peaceful in a way, like in a meadow of flowers. It was almost too easy somehow and that gave him time to think and then that is where he ran into trouble. In that there was frustration and second guessing (violence) on his part. Is it too good to be true, he wanted to know. In order to answer this question for himself he withdraws from her and hyper analyzes what they have. He is searching for an explanation for his uneasiness. I think he might just not be used to the niceness of it.
'Frightened eyes Looking back at me Change your mind Don't care about me Frightened eyes Looking back at me Change your mind Don't leave with out me Frightened eyes'
He's going ahead and is halfway out the door basically but looks back as he is kind of unsure. She knows it's his fear making him want to leave. She doesn't want him to leave without her.
'Made in your reflection So that you can feel Mad in your intentions Fear it isn't real All the recollections Spinning in a field Left in your possession Til it isn't real You say it isn't real'
He is the only reason behind his fear. He turns the memories and good times they've shared over in his head many times until everything is so twisted to him that he can see whatever it is he wants. Eventually he can find a reason to discount their relationship.
'It's deeper than you and me It's further than you could see Is it too much to ask tell me It's all in a glance you'll see It's deeper than you and me It's all in a glance you'll see It's farther than we could be It's deeper than you and me'
It's not something you can make sense of just by thinking hard about it for awhile or suddenly draw a conclusion of from the evidence. It is too deep seeded and he is acting too fast. It runs too far to see even up from the tower. Is it too much to ask, she says, just to wait and see. Everything he could need to figure out could be known from a mere glance at the situation. There's nothing to find and he's thinking on it too hard and with too much urgency. Any problems he might have run deeper than their relationship and so he should not look there for the source of his inner conflict.
'Frightened eyes'
Really he is just scared of what he knows to be true. Things are just as good as they seem.
It isn't specified why. There are probably many reasons for feeling this way and totally going out on a limb but maybe he doesn't want to get his hopes up because then they could be crushed.