Otherworldly, yet somehow entrancingly familiar, the song is a reflection on personal dark sides. Even in acknowledging his own personal failings, the singer does nothing to change them. Instead, he waits for the inevitable fallout, when all hell “breaks loose,” to see where he is “really into.”

Frontman Bellamy wrote this song after a fight with girlfriend Kate Hudson. At it’s essence, the song describes a fight spiraled out of control and the ensuing silence and reflection that follows.

Young compares the thrill of a police chase to the thrill of chasing a woman playing hard-to-get. Young acknowledges that the woman he’s after will never come to him, so he is willing to play her game and hunt her down.

Young expresses his deep sadness at his own loneliness. The title of the song alone indicates his feeling of incompleteness; not only does he not exist fully, but even his attempts to move forward or move towards something better leave him feeling more isolated

In a play on words, Young uses the stereotypical phrase that appears on every postcard to describe his feelings for the woman he misses as he finds his way back to her.

Even when the “embers” of passion and meaning threaten to fade, Young reminds the listener that it is through trying and struggling—the pushes, the shoves, and the wars—that we give life value. The embers of life must constantly be fanned into flame lest they go out entirely.

While Young clearly felt that the woman he is addressing was ‘the one,’ she’s clearly not as convinced as he is about their compatibility. Though they labeled what they had in their relationship as “love,“ it appears that the title was not necessarily reflective of the reality. Calling it love does not make it so.

While the woman he was looking for might have been there all along, constant like a constellation, Young was incapable of seeing her through the metaphorical clouds (likely his own creations). Even though Young may have wanted her, he first had to dispel whatever it was in him that kept him from getting to her.

There also is a pun on constellation prize, which is an absolutely awesome reward, in comparison with the usual expression it’s based on, which is actually “consolation prize”, a poor reward.

A reference to Kiedis' own father, John Kiedis (aka Blackie Dammett), who was a drug dealer and introduced Kiedis to hard drugs at the age of twelve. His dad actually blew weed smoke in his face at the age of 4, and that was the first time he got high.

Anthony didn’t have a kid when this song was made, but he knew that if he was going to have one he wasn’t going to let the same thing happen to him. (Anthony had a son named Everly Bear Kiedis in 2007).