The first four lines remind me of Icarus flying too close to the sun ("we should've been afraid of heights"), or perhaps the gods themselves, feeling they had power over everything - but they behaved recklessly ("moths to the flame" - moths tend not to survive an encounter with fire).
He describes the relationship in spiritual and sacred terms but it's also co-dependent (ultimately not healthy) - "We were one and the same... You'd hang on every word I'd say".
His lover left this (apparently) perfect union and closed herself off, leaving him broken ("If I was whole..."), without the strength to forget her and walk away. No one else understands because they don't know the pure love between kindred souls.
He first says she made the wall, then admits he made it. This implies he shut her in, or shut himself out. It seems she stopped being so enamored of him while he persisted and is still persisting ("dragging it out") - not the best tactic to win someone back.
The last part of the bridge is sort of hopeful ("I'll send out my soul / To worlds more beautiful") but this being a Starset song, there's gotta be a bitter ending - "they won't know my heart", so even if finds a better place (emotionally), he doesn't expect to ever replicate the sacred (if one-sided) love he had before.
I think this is my favorite Starset song (so far) - musically and lyrically.
The first four lines remind me of Icarus flying too close to the sun ("we should've been afraid of heights"), or perhaps the gods themselves, feeling they had power over everything - but they behaved recklessly ("moths to the flame" - moths tend not to survive an encounter with fire).
He describes the relationship in spiritual and sacred terms but it's also co-dependent (ultimately not healthy) - "We were one and the same... You'd hang on every word I'd say".
His lover left this (apparently) perfect union and closed herself off, leaving him broken ("If I was whole..."), without the strength to forget her and walk away. No one else understands because they don't know the pure love between kindred souls.
He first says she made the wall, then admits he made it. This implies he shut her in, or shut himself out. It seems she stopped being so enamored of him while he persisted and is still persisting ("dragging it out") - not the best tactic to win someone back.
The last part of the bridge is sort of hopeful ("I'll send out my soul / To worlds more beautiful") but this being a Starset song, there's gotta be a bitter ending - "they won't know my heart", so even if finds a better place (emotionally), he doesn't expect to ever replicate the sacred (if one-sided) love he had before.
I think this is my favorite Starset song (so far) - musically and lyrically.