"I saw the sea come in. I saw your good old friend. He walked right past. I'll never ask, I'll never ask again."
To me...the sea coming in is like time passing. Seeing the good old friend...maybe it's supposed to be nostalgic. Maybe it's an ex or someone his partner has/had a connection with? He'll never ask - maybe his partner is getting tired of him bugging her about it. He's suspicious and she wants him to drop it? I think the old friend symbolizing nostalgia makes more sense. But maybe it's more like "He walked right past" supposed to be telling of the apathy of others.
"I love the way you dance. We can work well out. Don't you miss your chance. The pain will all grow out." Thinking you can work the problems out. Giving advice to someone younger? Or maybe to himself as a younger man, things he wish he could go back and tell himself to help him get through it. Don't miss chances, telling someone the pain of a breakup will eventually go away.
"I heard your good old word. I heard the things you said. They shuffled in. I will be the same, I'll be the same in red."
This whole verse is just...I think it's not meant as individual lines, but as a whole it makes more sense. They all shuffled in - reminds me of this feeling of...fading into the background. You've got these things going on, but all these people shuffle in and cloud everything, taking the focus off of the couple and onto just them as people, just another two people in another large crowd.
"I didn't go to see the city. I went to see it around you. We can laugh in hell together. The devil will find you too."
He didn't care about the city, it was about her. He knows he's going to hell, but he knows she can't escape it either? Dunno.
"Nose to nose. Eyes on the clouds. This is what I said. We never never end."
Nose to nose reminds me of love, or that closeness, eyes on the clouds-always dreaming. More idealism-he thought before, maybe this is musings from when he was young and had a different view and belief in love. And maybe he thought he and this girl would be together forever.
This song is absolutely beautiful.
As far as meaning, not that sure.
"I saw the sea come in. I saw your good old friend. He walked right past. I'll never ask, I'll never ask again."
To me...the sea coming in is like time passing. Seeing the good old friend...maybe it's supposed to be nostalgic. Maybe it's an ex or someone his partner has/had a connection with? He'll never ask - maybe his partner is getting tired of him bugging her about it. He's suspicious and she wants him to drop it? I think the old friend symbolizing nostalgia makes more sense. But maybe it's more like "He walked right past" supposed to be telling of the apathy of others.
"I love the way you dance. We can work well out. Don't you miss your chance. The pain will all grow out." Thinking you can work the problems out. Giving advice to someone younger? Or maybe to himself as a younger man, things he wish he could go back and tell himself to help him get through it. Don't miss chances, telling someone the pain of a breakup will eventually go away.
"I heard your good old word. I heard the things you said. They shuffled in. I will be the same, I'll be the same in red."
This whole verse is just...I think it's not meant as individual lines, but as a whole it makes more sense. They all shuffled in - reminds me of this feeling of...fading into the background. You've got these things going on, but all these people shuffle in and cloud everything, taking the focus off of the couple and onto just them as people, just another two people in another large crowd.
"I didn't go to see the city. I went to see it around you. We can laugh in hell together. The devil will find you too."
He didn't care about the city, it was about her. He knows he's going to hell, but he knows she can't escape it either? Dunno.
"Nose to nose. Eyes on the clouds. This is what I said. We never never end."
Nose to nose reminds me of love, or that closeness, eyes on the clouds-always dreaming. More idealism-he thought before, maybe this is musings from when he was young and had a different view and belief in love. And maybe he thought he and this girl would be together forever.