I think this song is an analogy between planet Venus, the Roman goddess and finding true love on Earth.
"Venus was the Roman goddess, whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. (...) She embodied sex, love, beauty, enticement, seduction, and persuasive female charm among the community of immortal gods."
His Earthily object of love in this song (a real woman) encompasses all the qualities the Roman goddess possesses, and he, the "astronomer", is mesmerized when instead of finding the planet he was looking for in the sky, she is the one who finds him on Earth... ("astronomy in reverse, it was me who was discovered") finally finding love and feeling whole "I was a billion pieces til you pulled me into focus")
"And suddenly I see you.
Suddenly I see you.
I was a billion little pieces
'til you pulled me into focus.
Astronomy in reverse,
It was me who was discovered.
(I thought I’d never find you,
When suddenly I saw you.)
Like a telescope,
I will pull you so close,
'til no space lies in between.
I think this song is an analogy between planet Venus, the Roman goddess and finding true love on Earth.
"Venus was the Roman goddess, whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. (...) She embodied sex, love, beauty, enticement, seduction, and persuasive female charm among the community of immortal gods."
His Earthily object of love in this song (a real woman) encompasses all the qualities the Roman goddess possesses, and he, the "astronomer", is mesmerized when instead of finding the planet he was looking for in the sky, she is the one who finds him on Earth... ("astronomy in reverse, it was me who was discovered") finally finding love and feeling whole "I was a billion pieces til you pulled me into focus")
"And suddenly I see you. Suddenly I see you.
I was a billion little pieces 'til you pulled me into focus. Astronomy in reverse, It was me who was discovered.
(I thought I’d never find you, When suddenly I saw you.)
Like a telescope, I will pull you so close, 'til no space lies in between.
Then suddenly I see you."