I understand that the intention of the writer was to express a sense of death and dying; but I like to interpret this song as a love song, specifically what is going through a man's mind when he buys is a engagement ring for his love or simpler - when he decides to tell her he loves her. The lyrics, I think, takes on a deeper meaning:
--This is about LOVE--
I’m ‘round the corner from anything that’s real
I’m across the road from hope
I’m under a bridge in a rip tide
That’s taken everything I call my own
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
--This is about the realization that it's LOVE--
I’m on an island at a busy intersection
I can’t go forward, I can’t turn back
Can’t see the future
It’s getting away from me
I just watch the tail lights glowing
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
Knowing, knowing
--This is about his FEAR--
I’m hanging out to dry
With my old clothes
Finger still red with the prick of an old rose
Well the heart that hurts
Is a heart that beats
Can you hear the drummer slowing?
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
To knowing, to knowing, to knowing
I understand that the intention of the writer was to express a sense of death and dying; but I like to interpret this song as a love song, specifically what is going through a man's mind when he buys is a engagement ring for his love or simpler - when he decides to tell her he loves her. The lyrics, I think, takes on a deeper meaning:
--This is about LOVE-- I’m ‘round the corner from anything that’s real I’m across the road from hope I’m under a bridge in a rip tide That’s taken everything I call my own
One step closer to knowing One step closer to knowing
--This is about the realization that it's LOVE-- I’m on an island at a busy intersection I can’t go forward, I can’t turn back Can’t see the future It’s getting away from me I just watch the tail lights glowing
One step closer to knowing One step closer to knowing One step closer to knowing Knowing, knowing
--This is about his FEAR-- I’m hanging out to dry With my old clothes Finger still red with the prick of an old rose Well the heart that hurts Is a heart that beats Can you hear the drummer slowing?
One step closer to knowing One step closer to knowing One step closer to knowing To knowing, to knowing, to knowing