Editing Analysis

The video begins with old home footage. The clips cut when the note being played changes, creating a link between video and audio. This is considered pleasing, and an effective way of keeping the video interesting. However, this is no the only time it cuts, as if they only cut on note changes the video would become rigid and dull.
Once the drums begin, the video changes to a man walking in some kind of field. the connection between the home video and this implies this is the boy. Now cuts occur in time with the drum beat, although never perfectly, giving a slight sense of unease to the video.
after a few seconds, the video cuts again, this time to the band performing. Naturally, they are in time to the audio, playing the song. The colours in these shots have been enhanced, coating the video in cool blue and soft purples that reflect the calm serenity of the song.
Again the video cuts back to the footage, although we now believe that the child is part of the band, from the way footage has been connected. This may not be true, but that is the effect of linking the three scenes.
The clips included from here on, continuing to cut in time with the beat for the most part, are very calm, matching the tone of the song.
Slow Motion footage is used, only of the man in the field, as slowing down the band would put them out of time and the found footage clips were never filmed at the right frame rate for effective slow motion. It's use makes the footage feel calm, methodical and slightly surreal, as nothing is really happening.
Once the singing begins, the video doesn't cut to the singer immediately, as is conventional. this puts focus on the non performance aspect of the video instead, highlighting that as the most important aspect of the video.
the videos throughout the chorus have been cut faster than previously, speeding up the tempo of the video and giving the viewer the impression that things are building up to something.
One clip of the man walking fades in between different times of the same shot, to show how far he has moved in a short space of time.
As the build up begins a time lapse of clouds moving starts. It seems like they have tried to match the speeds to create cohesion, and it has the effect of building tension.
the shots here are now cut very rapidly, at an increasing pace to add to this effect.
There is a moment of silenced mirrored by the screen going black, and once the song picks up again a rapidly sped up shot moving along a road gives the impression of moving quickly, juxtaposed against the previous use of sow motion which implied slow movement.
The video then slows down a little, returning to its previous pace, signalling that everything is drawing to a close.
The shots at the end of him on a beach are mirrored by use of home footage of the child on the beach.The connection between these two things is implied, and the viewer can discern the meaning of  the video, a man searching to relive or revisit his childhood memories.
They choose to end the video with a long shot of him standing on a beach, looking out to sea. This closes the video on a solemn note, but leaves a lot of enigma. Leaving the camera going down to look at the floor also gives the effect of effectively closing off the video, heavily identifying that it is over.