I think, viewing it in conjunction with the music video, it seems to be like a story of a suicidal girl whose boy is trying to save her with his love and it doesn't work.
The vidoe starts out with her being depressed, waking up late, looking at the homeless man and being introspective, perhaps pessimistic about life in general, and then she goes to "swim" but in reality it seems as if she's trying to submerge herself away and if not kill herself, at least remove herself from the world.
I think the boy is the one who is singing the lyrics - he's trying to tell her how much he adores and loves her, that she's just hiding from the self that can be happy and that all she has to do is lie down next to him, let him love her, and he can help her. There are a lot of warm shots of them holding each other, but if you look carefully at one of the shots, it appears to briefly show broken glass and so I wonder if it's symbolic of her literally leaping to her death, of her flying away, or of her just gone but he doesn't know if she's dead or not.
Unfortunately, it seems like his arms are empty by the end of the song and she has managed to "get away" after all (not so much from him, but from everything and everyone.)
also, even though the video literally ends with him holding her, I think the video ACTUALLY ends when you see him from the back, looking out the window - and the end of the video is actually a memory of his about her and how much he loved her
also, even though the video literally ends with him holding her, I think the video ACTUALLY ends when you see him from the back, looking out the window - and the end of the video is actually a memory of his about her and how much he loved her
I think, viewing it in conjunction with the music video, it seems to be like a story of a suicidal girl whose boy is trying to save her with his love and it doesn't work.
The vidoe starts out with her being depressed, waking up late, looking at the homeless man and being introspective, perhaps pessimistic about life in general, and then she goes to "swim" but in reality it seems as if she's trying to submerge herself away and if not kill herself, at least remove herself from the world.
I think the boy is the one who is singing the lyrics - he's trying to tell her how much he adores and loves her, that she's just hiding from the self that can be happy and that all she has to do is lie down next to him, let him love her, and he can help her. There are a lot of warm shots of them holding each other, but if you look carefully at one of the shots, it appears to briefly show broken glass and so I wonder if it's symbolic of her literally leaping to her death, of her flying away, or of her just gone but he doesn't know if she's dead or not.
Unfortunately, it seems like his arms are empty by the end of the song and she has managed to "get away" after all (not so much from him, but from everything and everyone.)
also, even though the video literally ends with him holding her, I think the video ACTUALLY ends when you see him from the back, looking out the window - and the end of the video is actually a memory of his about her and how much he loved her
also, even though the video literally ends with him holding her, I think the video ACTUALLY ends when you see him from the back, looking out the window - and the end of the video is actually a memory of his about her and how much he loved her