I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Put a candle in the window
'cause I feel I gotta move.
Thought I'm goin' goin'
I'll be comin home soon
long as I can see the light.
Pack my bag and let's get moving
'cause I'm bound to drift a while.
When I'm gone gone
you don't have to worry
long as I can see the light.
Guess I've got that travelin' bone
'cause this feeling won't leave alone.
But I won't won't
be losin' my way
long as I can see the light.
'cause I feel I gotta move.
Thought I'm goin' goin'
I'll be comin home soon
long as I can see the light.
Pack my bag and let's get moving
'cause I'm bound to drift a while.
When I'm gone gone
you don't have to worry
long as I can see the light.
Guess I've got that travelin' bone
'cause this feeling won't leave alone.
But I won't won't
be losin' my way
long as I can see the light.
Lyrics submitted by 3ssence
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i'm about to travel across the country for something that will change my life, and i made this huge decision because of all the love i've known. thats the light man, it makes picking up and moving thousands of miles away ok. never ignore that feeling that tells you to get up and go, it's really telling you that its time to grow. thats exactly how i feel right now with one month to go- this soulful tune captures it all !
@mightypancakes How was that travel?
let me be the first to say, here at least, this is a down right amazing song. nuff said
Gotta love the way he drags out some of the words at the end of a line(Window, move, etc.). Very unique song, and a beautiful song.
Whenever you lost somebody who is very important for you, THIS song will always help you ! It is amazing !
i think literally this song is about a guy who has to go away, maybe because he's lost sense of himself, but he wants to let his girl know he'll be back if she'll have him. so he says he'll be coming back, as long as he can see the light of that candle in the window that means she's still there for him.
this song is about having to go somewhere, to do something that you may or may not be afraid to do, and knowing that when you're done with that, someone will still be there for you. i helped a girl i used to be really close with move away from her home recently, and she's not gonna have things go easy for her anymore, not always gonna be safe in the near future. i told her that if she ever feels totally lost, doesn't know what to do, i'll always be there to fall back on. i'll always have a candle in my window for her. that's what this song has always meant to me, which is so weird, because it was playing on the radio when i said goodbye to her.
Could be written to his woman when he goes on tour. Could be written as a man leaving for war.
It is absolutely about the underground salve route. The slaves moving north found safety from with the abolitionists signaled by a candle in the window
@Mttminahan Great man... You just answered my question about the meaning of this phrase... I never though was about slave's tales !!
@Mttminahan LMAO you is ignorant
trying to explain the past, through Todays preception is a useless waste of your time. this song is about a time long gone, back when young men, men in general wandered in search of being, love, acceptence. he can't commit to this girl because 'he has that ol rammbling bone' meaning he's going to move on to the next anyways, but- will be back as long as he can see the light, from her candle in the window. dont over think rock and roll..in fact- think outside the box. a lot of these easy written tunes form 60s 70s were just that, easy written tunes from that period. sometimes songs mean nothing than whats written. over anylizing rock and roll is s joke in and of its self.
i think this song is about sum1 who wishes to hav the luv of another person, but in return they dont want to give it back, so hes saying hes goin home, to where he belows. and he'll b okay as long as he can see the light. :-)
i think this song is about someone who lost themselves or someone who lost sight of themnsleves and had just found them self