I feel as if the song is about losing a loved one to an illness, like depression. There isn't anything they can do to get them back, and the loved one is in essence, "lost". The path to love is shattered. He's telling her to run to the sound of the light and hopefully the cracks in the pavement lead her back to him when she finds her way out. He sings about dreaming of better times, when he could touch her and see her sleeping.''' It's beautifully metaphorical. The chromatic scales in the song and the harmonization in the chorus are brilliant.
I feel as if the song is about losing a loved one to an illness, like depression. There isn't anything they can do to get them back, and the loved one is in essence, "lost". The path to love is shattered. He's telling her to run to the sound of the light and hopefully the cracks in the pavement lead her back to him when she finds her way out. He sings about dreaming of better times, when he could touch her and see her sleeping.''' It's beautifully metaphorical. The chromatic scales in the song and the harmonization in the chorus are brilliant.