WS - The meaning of the lyrics

An important thing to do before coming up with any ideas for our Music Video is to have a clear idea on what we see as the meaning of the lyrics. Below are the lyrics for the song:

Everything about you is how I wanna be
Your freedom comes naturally
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I won't settle for less

Give me all the peace and joy in your mind

Everything about you pains my envying
Your soul can't hate anything
Everything about you is so easy to love
They're watching you from above

Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
I want the peace and joy in your mind
Give me the peace and joy in your mind

Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I won't settle for less

Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
I want the peace and joy in your mind
Give me the peace and joy in your mind

Lyrics taken from AZ Lyrics

To look into the meaning of the song, I first used the internet to see what other people thought the lyrics meant. Rob already had an idea, as put forward in his pitch, but we felt it would be a good idea to get a number of views on the meaning before considering our idea. Here are some quotes that I have found:

"i think this song is about envying the way a certain person is...admiring the persons morals/views/way of life...etc"

"well personally i think this is more about admiring someone and realsing that they're just a bit 2 perfect, and admiration turns into envy which turns into hatred"

"i saw an interview in which matt bellamy said that this song is about loving somebody just for who they are and not wanting anything in return."

"I always thought bliss was about how he could see simplicity and so much joy in the lives of religious people. but could never really give himself completely to faith. but "I wont settle for less" kind of ruins that! yeah loving someone perfect"

"here's the synopsis of bliss one would get straight from the muse book (good bit of reading, i recommend it if you haven't already read it) it reads: "The seemingly summery lyrics belied a kind of world-weary bitterness from a protagonist who has seen too much yet strives for the unobtainable purity of innocence." well, there you have it, the published version of the meaning of bliss."

 "It is definately about admiring someone very much. Not necesarily combined with love, but it could be. He loves the way this person is, but he doesn't have to be IN love with her/him."

"the song is clearly about Matthew Bellamy's love and admiration for his idol, Thom Yorke."

"its about finding bliss. In the music video, he looks upon the other band member floating in the room: "Your freedom (freedom from the doubt in life) comes naturally." The guy in the room has natural bliss, where he has no doubt in his mind. Matt wants this. Weightlessness is a metaphor for this blissful state. Bliss is the ignorance of doubt. In the room, weightlessness comes naturally. Matt tries to "forget his weight" by falling in to the hole. When he closes his eyes, he can get the feel of this freedom/peacefulness."

 
 [All of the above quotes were taken from Songmeanings.net ]

Some of the above quotes refer to what they can see in the video, as well as the lyrics. For this reason, I will embed the video below:







 Having looked at other people's views on the meaning, we then need to look at what we think is the meaning of the lyrics and the song. Our initial ideas are based on the idea Rob talked about in his pitch. After discussing the ideas for the meaning, we have decided that we agree that this is a likely meaning:

The protagonist is unsettled within himself. He is envious of another person who is settled with themself. The protagonist is also very jealous and wants to take away this person's perfection so that they no longer have to feel envy towards the person.

 The above is our first, initial ideas on the meaning of the lyrics. Initial ideas are also based around the lyrics, although these are likely to change over the course of the Video making.

Below is Rob's pitch so that you can view it to see his ideas more in depth, and hear him talk about his ideas regarding the lyrics: