Afterlife

29 min ago

Rated 0 It's interesting how similer the relationship between man/life/afterlife is to the relationship between a man who's away from his lover/home. there's a lot of distance in there, almost an invisible barrier that seperates the two sides from each other. When a man's away from his lover/home, he often carries pieces of it/her along with him, it's what helps him survive in a rather frustrating and difficult situation. There are many more complicated situations in life than a relationship though, There's war/poverty/racism and violance. though the two opposing sides in these kind of situations are the people who are in charge of running the world rather than simple-minded indivisuals in life, the indivisuals are merely the unlucky victims of these circumstances, they're the ones who make all the sacrifices and whatnot, though we're not proud of watching, we've been through the troubles ourselves and we're so tired of it all, so tired of these feelings, so tired of being trapped, forced and controlled by everything and everyone around us, we want to come alive, we want to rise above these circumstances, we want to change the world...we know that it can never be perfect, but it can be inhanced, it can be better...we have seen it! we have seen with our own eyes what love and peace can do to people, it can bring them together, we've seen signs of mutual agreement, signs of an immortal hope that transcends the worst of our actions. yes, everyday...we are given a chance! a chance to change, a chance to rebel, to set an example to the world, we can't just shut it up, we can't just fake that we're satisfied with the way things are, we want something more! this song feels like Switchfoot went so close near the finish line, they went so close to dying, they've tasted the fire, they've tasted death! and now they want to live even more! this is a song about love and hope, this is a song about life and the journey that we all must go through