In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone, somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting so long, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Come down on your own and leave your body alone, somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
You are the reason I've been waiting so long, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Come down on your own and leave your body alone, somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years, somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
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Love, love, love this song! I think it's about all the crap we do to try to be happy and for what? "Come down off your throne" - I think thats the ego. "leave your body alone" - physical doesnt equal happiness either. Then it's like we get to the end and we're so weary cuz we've wasted it all. Basically, we all just want to go home...
Ya, I think you guys are on to something, vikster and veriloud too. Definitely a spiritual song. It seemed to make sense once I read the context of Clapton's life - the throne/ego thing and wearing out the body, getting so wasted that you lose your way, not to mention that one could die from an overdose without the deepest questions of life being answered -"What am I on this earth for? How did I get here? Does the God my parents believe in really exist? How can I know the comfort they experience from having a relationship with God? and most importantly, "Where will I go when I die?,etc. When you're strung out on drugs, you lose your way home literally, spiritually, and musically. "Getting back home" means to the familiar comforts one grew up with; dare I say faith and family? These are the foundations of a civilized society. (Haters need not reply.) I give high credence to the quotes of the actual songwriter, since no one else can really know what is going on upstairs! That's what the guy said, in the interview, I'm not making it up. I liked the guesses in the comments. Read the quote from an interview with the songwriter. He likened the song to as kind of a hymn about faith. (btw-a person who rejects God, & Jesus as the Creator &supreme authority over man's life, is considered to be on the "throne" of one's own life. (The only one who ever claimed to be able to save man from the penalty of his sin would have supreme authority man's life) Abusing one's body is an offense to God's creation, since we are the objects of his love. " Someone holds the key" - He knows someone can help him find his way back home and has the Truth he knew as a child. He doesn't have all the wisdom to solve the problem, he needs help. Romantic verses: A great device of songwriting that some lyricists have discovered, is that spiritual passion often uses the same words to describe romantic passion. There is a pleasing cross over songs that appeals to a larger audience for those of us who have experienced this passion and hunger that burns in our souls to know God, Jesus intimately. That's why I love the song Higher Love. While I was not even searching for Higher Love, He found me - in pieces and mended me. <3 I am in Love forever.