The song is simply too vague to have any concrete meaning, but if you break the words down into their constituent parts you can create a vibe.
The speaker is describing some subject. We don't know if it's a girl, a boy, or something else. We just know that the subject has physical characterists described as 'red'. What sorts of feelings or emotions does the colour 'red' invoke? Passion; love; firey feelings; anger; hatred... it goes on. The indisputable fact is that the speaker regards their subject with inordinate passion, be it passionate hatred or passionate affection.
However, the final line, or 'turn', is telling: 'And it feels gold'. Okay, gold is typically indicative of something precious, beautiful, or valuable. Clearly then, the passionate feelings the speaker harbours for the subject are positive. Some people have suggested this song is about a murderer, I disagree - I think that is too much of an inductive leap.
The lyrics are clearly meant to be ethereal; they lack narrative, context, and sufficient description. I think the lyrics are best characterised as a vibe; a feeling. We can all relate to moments where we regard somebody, or something, with such extreme passion that we are utterly engulfed by it, and that engulfing makes us realise it is something so precious. Couple that with the sort-of yearning tone of the song, I think you have the best answer you can possibly get: this is a song about passion, an overwhelming passion that invokes in the speaker a sense that they are experiencing a truly valuable and beautiful thing.
The song is simply too vague to have any concrete meaning, but if you break the words down into their constituent parts you can create a vibe.
The speaker is describing some subject. We don't know if it's a girl, a boy, or something else. We just know that the subject has physical characterists described as 'red'. What sorts of feelings or emotions does the colour 'red' invoke? Passion; love; firey feelings; anger; hatred... it goes on. The indisputable fact is that the speaker regards their subject with inordinate passion, be it passionate hatred or passionate affection.
However, the final line, or 'turn', is telling: 'And it feels gold'. Okay, gold is typically indicative of something precious, beautiful, or valuable. Clearly then, the passionate feelings the speaker harbours for the subject are positive. Some people have suggested this song is about a murderer, I disagree - I think that is too much of an inductive leap.
The lyrics are clearly meant to be ethereal; they lack narrative, context, and sufficient description. I think the lyrics are best characterised as a vibe; a feeling. We can all relate to moments where we regard somebody, or something, with such extreme passion that we are utterly engulfed by it, and that engulfing makes us realise it is something so precious. Couple that with the sort-of yearning tone of the song, I think you have the best answer you can possibly get: this is a song about passion, an overwhelming passion that invokes in the speaker a sense that they are experiencing a truly valuable and beautiful thing.