The fish swam
Out of the ocean
And grew legs
And they started walking
And the apes climbed down
From the trees
And grew tall
And they started talking
And the stars
Fell out of the sky
And my tears
Rolled into the ocean
Now i'm looking
For a reason why
You even set my world
Into motion
'Cause if you're not
Really here
Then the stars
Don't even matter
Now i'm filled
To the top with fear
But it's all
Just a bunch of matter
'Cause if you're not
Really here
Then i don't want
To be either
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold
Black and gold
Black and gold
I looked up
Into the night sky
And see a thousand eyes
Staring back
And all around
These golden beacons
I see nothing but black
I feel a way of something
Beyond them
I don't see
What i can feel
If vision
Is the only validation
Then most of my life
Isn't real
'Cause if you're not
Really here
when the stars
Don't even matter
Now i'm filled
To the top with fear
But it's all
Just a bunch of matter
'Cause if you're not
Really here
Then i don't want
To be either
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold
Black and gold
Black and gold
I think its about some sorta religious guy trying to speak to god even though he isn't there and expressing suicidal feelings eg (You even set my world into motion) asking god why he made him if he is such a terrible person. Or it could be a lover asking his parter why his world was set into motion underneath the stars one night. Either is possible
Imagine you make the universe, with all it's stars and everything else and you made man, too. Imagine this man that you made, you like them. In all the universe, you just want to hang out with man. Without man to see them, all the stars in your pretty universe don't even matter.
I think god is the one telling the story here. And it's true: without conscious beings observing the universe, thinking about it, then it's all just a bunch of matter crashing around on itself.
i think this song is about god and it makes total sense to me tbh:D
when he says 'if vision is the only validation then most of my life isnt real' i think he's saying that if god doesnt exist then basically he's living a lie. and that if god doesnt exist then 'the stars dont even matter' etc.
its a great song with a great meanin behind it :D:D