This song is absolutely amazing. This is my breakdown:
Alot of celebrations are end with a grad finale of fireworks or a "lightshow." It's what most people stick around for...to watch the sparks fly. But Brian's saying it never happened...they just pissed each other off n pissed on..moved on with their lives. The dream wasn't ever guaranteed..it was loosely knitted but still hoped for.
It's like both people in the relationship know they're a disaster without each other but they don't know how to make it happen. Instead all they know how to do is agree on a steep decline and let the airplane (their attempts) just plummet...cause who knows...if they did get together maybe it would just be the same as not - they'd still be hoping for something that's never going to be there...maybe it wasn't that they were hoping for each other. But they're waking up so much inside each other without even trying...and yet they still tip toe around one another.
Then nikki is singing about her hopelessness...and it doesnt even matter anymore because it always ends the same way..and she wouldnt know how to change it because it's always the same.
The next verse...so much for the showdown is just like the lightshow. but hes saying that theyre still trying to keep up with each other but at a distance...even though it seems to be over...they missed the opportunity to get to the next level. They're scared..like typically people would get "cold feet" before marriage...they seem to get it before getting closer to each other. They're taking their time but they both know they're taking too much time..."can't control the slow ride."
Bones collide I'm not too sure about...maybe it has to do with sex? Falling in love and becoming one? I'm not sure but I think this song is a lot like lazy eye in that it seems to be like a childish love affair. And he has this sarcasm in his voice with this song that's just beautifully placed. Like fuck it I care so much that I don't care because I don't know how to...it's always the same anyway and I'll be blue but then it'll get soft and I'll keep pretending it's all ok....cause you can't save me.
It's such a vulnerable and insecure song that you think was all about fear but there's a hopeless hopefullness that so many people know all too well.
This song is absolutely amazing. This is my breakdown: Alot of celebrations are end with a grad finale of fireworks or a "lightshow." It's what most people stick around for...to watch the sparks fly. But Brian's saying it never happened...they just pissed each other off n pissed on..moved on with their lives. The dream wasn't ever guaranteed..it was loosely knitted but still hoped for.
It's like both people in the relationship know they're a disaster without each other but they don't know how to make it happen. Instead all they know how to do is agree on a steep decline and let the airplane (their attempts) just plummet...cause who knows...if they did get together maybe it would just be the same as not - they'd still be hoping for something that's never going to be there...maybe it wasn't that they were hoping for each other. But they're waking up so much inside each other without even trying...and yet they still tip toe around one another.
Then nikki is singing about her hopelessness...and it doesnt even matter anymore because it always ends the same way..and she wouldnt know how to change it because it's always the same.
The next verse...so much for the showdown is just like the lightshow. but hes saying that theyre still trying to keep up with each other but at a distance...even though it seems to be over...they missed the opportunity to get to the next level. They're scared..like typically people would get "cold feet" before marriage...they seem to get it before getting closer to each other. They're taking their time but they both know they're taking too much time..."can't control the slow ride."
Bones collide I'm not too sure about...maybe it has to do with sex? Falling in love and becoming one? I'm not sure but I think this song is a lot like lazy eye in that it seems to be like a childish love affair. And he has this sarcasm in his voice with this song that's just beautifully placed. Like fuck it I care so much that I don't care because I don't know how to...it's always the same anyway and I'll be blue but then it'll get soft and I'll keep pretending it's all ok....cause you can't save me.
It's such a vulnerable and insecure song that you think was all about fear but there's a hopeless hopefullness that so many people know all too well.