How does anyone get this to be about a couple or a relationship?
You clearly haven't followed these guys from their very early days. Jesse's lyrics are much enigmatic than that—but out of all of their songs, Dying Youth is perhaps the most self-explanatory.
Like the title suggests, the song is about getting older and realising that you're slowly losing hold of something precious, something you'll never get back: your youth. It's about self-reflection, reflecting over life and acknowledging that you, too, will cease to exist some day ('older and aware of a hidden universe').
"I can't let you go, slow down, don't leave."
The chorus is directed at youth. Here, youth is subjectified. He's not ready to let go of those joyful days, yet he's come to the realisation that ultimately everyone's powerless against time;
"Those who are looking backwards chose to live as statues".
So the only thing we can do is to not wail over our lost days and not get stuck in past mistakes (hence the 'live as statues') but to forgive ourselves, move forward and acknowledge that life will end for everyone, we'll just have to pray "to be inspired" and at the least pray to stay young at mind.
How does anyone get this to be about a couple or a relationship? You clearly haven't followed these guys from their very early days. Jesse's lyrics are much enigmatic than that—but out of all of their songs, Dying Youth is perhaps the most self-explanatory.
Like the title suggests, the song is about getting older and realising that you're slowly losing hold of something precious, something you'll never get back: your youth. It's about self-reflection, reflecting over life and acknowledging that you, too, will cease to exist some day ('older and aware of a hidden universe').
"I can't let you go, slow down, don't leave." The chorus is directed at youth. Here, youth is subjectified. He's not ready to let go of those joyful days, yet he's come to the realisation that ultimately everyone's powerless against time;
"Those who are looking backwards chose to live as statues". So the only thing we can do is to not wail over our lost days and not get stuck in past mistakes (hence the 'live as statues') but to forgive ourselves, move forward and acknowledge that life will end for everyone, we'll just have to pray "to be inspired" and at the least pray to stay young at mind.