I think the majority of us can agree its about young love. i think it is about the naivity, but largly it focuses on the passion and how fast it can change. i think the 1st verse is largely there to sum that up. "The mood it changes like the wind, hard to control when it begins" is the line ive placed particular importance on, especially because of the strength it sounds out with the music.
"Can't help myself but count the flaws
Claw my way out through these walls
One temporary escape
Feel it start to permeate"
the second verse (above) is about the passion changing to feeling trapped. id say they are claiming the doubt is a result of inexperience, as we assume every little doubt we can think of means the love is wrong. and the doubt consumes us.
"We lie beneath the stars at night
Our hands gripping each other tight
You keep my secrets hope to die
Promises, swear them to the sky"
the third verse, especially when compared to the second, i believe shows the sudden change in emotion. its sounds like a timeless moment of closeness. the promises, swear them to the sky, is the presumption that this joy will last forever. on a very personalised opoinion and not necisarily the intended meaning, i think the line about "swear them to the sky" could portray the hollowness of the promise by almost sending it to god (who i dont believe in). what that would mean is that you think your making a unbreakable divine promise, when really your promising no one. like i said that last bit is heavily opinionated.
"The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-betweens
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah"
the chorus im not as sure about. the first line there i guess is refering to taste of maybe a kiss or something, which would be physical passion, unlike the emotional passion in the verses. fall back in love eventually is the changing emotions again. and trying to find the in-betweens is the one that really throws me off. at the moment im presuming its looking for a steady level of love rather than the rollercoaster in the rest of the song.
"As it withers
Brittle it shakes
Can you whisper
As it crumbles and breaks
As you shiver
Count up all your mistakes
Pair of forgivers
Let go before it's too late
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper"
this is the other bit i wasnt 100% on. it seems like a fight, and its saying they both forgive each other but they need to let go of pride before its too late. and the wispers i have no idea. but it sought of sets a mood to those last lyrics.
i dont know how well ive done here as i am 18 myself so my understaning of the meaning can only really be based on predictions of a change in relationship dynamics when im older and steriotypes.
@lyricaljoy, you make a lot of great points, but the verses that you say you aren't quite sure about are very well explained by @Ghost[777]. I have recently gone through this exact scenario where my Gf and I were together for 5 years, full of hope for the future and loved each other so tragically, but had so many issues within ourselves that need to be worked out that the future of that love seemed bleak.
@lyricaljoy, you make a lot of great points, but the verses that you say you aren't quite sure about are very well explained by @Ghost[777]. I have recently gone through this exact scenario where my Gf and I were together for 5 years, full of hope for the future and loved each other so tragically, but had so many issues within ourselves that need to be worked out that the future of that love seemed bleak.
As I understand it and apply it to my life,
"The bittersweet between my teeth" refers to the words that you hold in when you don't want to admit out loud that the relationship is over...at least for the time being...You clench your teeth to keep the bittersweet truth from coming into the world and being verbalized thus making it real...
"Trying to find the in-betweens" to me refers to the point after the verbalization that it is over, at least for now...and you search to find 1) the person you are as an individual and 2) the loves or filler relationships that you go through before you can be whole as an individual. Once you are whole, you may, or may not...
"Fall back in love eventually"...
Yeah yeah yeah yeah"
By the way @lyricaljoy, I wish I had at your age the insight that you have...maybe I wouldn't be figuring all this out at 30 and I could have had a jump on the game.
to ad to my last post, the following verse, as I relate it to my life, means:
to ad to my last post, the following verse, as I relate it to my life, means:
"As it withers" - the young naive relationship withers when the endorphins caused from being in love start to fade thus exposing real life and the flawed world around you...
"As it withers" - the young naive relationship withers when the endorphins caused from being in love start to fade thus exposing real life and the flawed world around you...
"Brittle it shakes" - As it nears the end, the truth OR doubt that maybe it wasn't meant to be begins to surface and rattle the nerves...
"Brittle it shakes" - As it nears the end, the truth OR doubt that maybe it wasn't meant to be begins to surface and rattle the nerves...
"Can you whisper" - may refer to the feeling of doubt or questioning of the truth. If you whisper it won't be fully verbalized and maybe it won't be true...
"As it crumbles and breaks" - you can only continue with the charade so long until it eats away at you until you finally have to face the reality that maybe the relationship is over...at least for now...
"As you shiver" - Once you face reality, you shiver at the fact that you have to begin again and rebuild who you are from scratch...a daunting task...
"Count up all your mistakes" - After you have gotten over the realization that life as you know it is no longer, you begin to rehash everything that went wrong that you either need to work on inside of yourself so the next time you can give yourself fully to your partner...
"Pair of forgivers" - in order to do the last step, you have to forgive the other person for their flaws, but most importantly, you must forgive yourself...
"Let go before it's too late" - once you are able and ready, you MUST let go, before the rest of life passes you by and the next thing you know you have missed your life and live in a world of regret and resentment. Not only does letting go free YOU from the pain, but it releases the other person from the shackles of your pain and resentment.
"Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper" - Once you can let go, you can once again let the calm of loving yourself and loving life in to your soul. With inner calm comes inner quiet. And sometimes all it takes to be heard is a whisper amidst the quiet.
I think the majority of us can agree its about young love. i think it is about the naivity, but largly it focuses on the passion and how fast it can change. i think the 1st verse is largely there to sum that up. "The mood it changes like the wind, hard to control when it begins" is the line ive placed particular importance on, especially because of the strength it sounds out with the music.
"Can't help myself but count the flaws Claw my way out through these walls One temporary escape Feel it start to permeate" the second verse (above) is about the passion changing to feeling trapped. id say they are claiming the doubt is a result of inexperience, as we assume every little doubt we can think of means the love is wrong. and the doubt consumes us.
"We lie beneath the stars at night Our hands gripping each other tight You keep my secrets hope to die Promises, swear them to the sky" the third verse, especially when compared to the second, i believe shows the sudden change in emotion. its sounds like a timeless moment of closeness. the promises, swear them to the sky, is the presumption that this joy will last forever. on a very personalised opoinion and not necisarily the intended meaning, i think the line about "swear them to the sky" could portray the hollowness of the promise by almost sending it to god (who i dont believe in). what that would mean is that you think your making a unbreakable divine promise, when really your promising no one. like i said that last bit is heavily opinionated.
"The bittersweet between my teeth Trying to find the in-betweens Fall back in love eventually Yeah yeah yeah yeah" the chorus im not as sure about. the first line there i guess is refering to taste of maybe a kiss or something, which would be physical passion, unlike the emotional passion in the verses. fall back in love eventually is the changing emotions again. and trying to find the in-betweens is the one that really throws me off. at the moment im presuming its looking for a steady level of love rather than the rollercoaster in the rest of the song.
"As it withers Brittle it shakes Can you whisper As it crumbles and breaks As you shiver Count up all your mistakes Pair of forgivers Let go before it's too late Can you whisper Can you whisper Can you whisper Can you whisper"
this is the other bit i wasnt 100% on. it seems like a fight, and its saying they both forgive each other but they need to let go of pride before its too late. and the wispers i have no idea. but it sought of sets a mood to those last lyrics.
i dont know how well ive done here as i am 18 myself so my understaning of the meaning can only really be based on predictions of a change in relationship dynamics when im older and steriotypes.
@lyricaljoy, you make a lot of great points, but the verses that you say you aren't quite sure about are very well explained by @Ghost[777]. I have recently gone through this exact scenario where my Gf and I were together for 5 years, full of hope for the future and loved each other so tragically, but had so many issues within ourselves that need to be worked out that the future of that love seemed bleak.
@lyricaljoy, you make a lot of great points, but the verses that you say you aren't quite sure about are very well explained by @Ghost[777]. I have recently gone through this exact scenario where my Gf and I were together for 5 years, full of hope for the future and loved each other so tragically, but had so many issues within ourselves that need to be worked out that the future of that love seemed bleak.
As I understand it and apply it to my life, "The bittersweet between my teeth" refers to the words that you hold in when you don't want to admit out loud that the relationship is over...at least for the time being...You clench your teeth to keep the bittersweet truth from coming into the world and being verbalized thus making it real...
"Trying to find the in-betweens" to me refers to the point after the verbalization that it is over, at least for now...and you search to find 1) the person you are as an individual and 2) the loves or filler relationships that you go through before you can be whole as an individual. Once you are whole, you may, or may not... "Fall back in love eventually"... Yeah yeah yeah yeah"
By the way @lyricaljoy, I wish I had at your age the insight that you have...maybe I wouldn't be figuring all this out at 30 and I could have had a jump on the game.
to ad to my last post, the following verse, as I relate it to my life, means:
to ad to my last post, the following verse, as I relate it to my life, means:
"As it withers" - the young naive relationship withers when the endorphins caused from being in love start to fade thus exposing real life and the flawed world around you...
"As it withers" - the young naive relationship withers when the endorphins caused from being in love start to fade thus exposing real life and the flawed world around you...
"Brittle it shakes" - As it nears the end, the truth OR doubt that maybe it wasn't meant to be begins to surface and rattle the nerves...
"Brittle it shakes" - As it nears the end, the truth OR doubt that maybe it wasn't meant to be begins to surface and rattle the nerves...
"Can you whisper" - may refer to the feeling of doubt or questioning of the truth. If you whisper it won't be fully verbalized and maybe it won't be true...
"As it crumbles and breaks" - you can only continue with the charade so long until it eats away at you until you finally have to face the reality that maybe the relationship is over...at least for now...
"As you shiver" - Once you face reality, you shiver at the fact that you have to begin again and rebuild who you are from scratch...a daunting task...
"Count up all your mistakes" - After you have gotten over the realization that life as you know it is no longer, you begin to rehash everything that went wrong that you either need to work on inside of yourself so the next time you can give yourself fully to your partner...
"Pair of forgivers" - in order to do the last step, you have to forgive the other person for their flaws, but most importantly, you must forgive yourself...
"Let go before it's too late" - once you are able and ready, you MUST let go, before the rest of life passes you by and the next thing you know you have missed your life and live in a world of regret and resentment. Not only does letting go free YOU from the pain, but it releases the other person from the shackles of your pain and resentment.
"Can you whisper Can you whisper Can you whisper Can you whisper" - Once you can let go, you can once again let the calm of loving yourself and loving life in to your soul. With inner calm comes inner quiet. And sometimes all it takes to be heard is a whisper amidst the quiet.