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.
Oh my God, think I'm lost at sea
The silent waves are my company
And I lost the land between the sky it seems
And wondering, "Will the wind ever come free?"
Yeah
Cause I don't know, I don't know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend
Will the wind ever come again
Oh, oh
I feel the sun coming out, rising from the east
And I see the empire, falling to her knees
And I lost the land between, her and me
My troubles are gone if the wind ever comes free
Yeah
Cause I don't know, I don't know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend
Will the wind ever come
You, left me on the shoreline
You will stand and bare
But you, I'll find you waiting
You were waiting for me, waiting for me
Tried to kiss the emptiness
Lost the line between sky and sea
I feel the sun coming up, coming up, coming up, coming up
But I don't know, I don't know where I am
I will break or I will bend
Will the wind ever come again?
The silent waves are my company
And I lost the land between the sky it seems
And wondering, "Will the wind ever come free?"
Yeah
Cause I don't know, I don't know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend
Will the wind ever come again
Oh, oh
I feel the sun coming out, rising from the east
And I see the empire, falling to her knees
And I lost the land between, her and me
My troubles are gone if the wind ever comes free
Yeah
Cause I don't know, I don't know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend
Will the wind ever come
You, left me on the shoreline
You will stand and bare
But you, I'll find you waiting
You were waiting for me, waiting for me
Tried to kiss the emptiness
Lost the line between sky and sea
I feel the sun coming up, coming up, coming up, coming up
But I don't know, I don't know where I am
I will break or I will bend
Will the wind ever come again?
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Oh my god I think I'm lost at sea These silent waves Are my company And I lost the line between the sky and sea And I'm wondering will the wind ever come for me? Yeah
I don't know I don't know where I am Can you tell me? Will I break or will I bend? Will the wind ever come again?
I see the sun coming up Rising from the east And I see the empire Falling to her knees And I lost the line between her and me My troubles are gone if the wind ever comes for me Yeah
I don't know I don't know where I am Can you tell me? Will I break or will I bend? Will the wind ever come?
I dreamed I found a shoreline You were standing there I dreamed I found you waiting You were waiting for me, Waiting for me
Tried to kiss the emptiness Lost the line between Sky and sea I feel the sun coming up Coming up, Coming up, Coming up
I don't know I don't know where I am I will break or I will bend Will the wind ever come again?
Is this song about being lost in life in general..? or being lost at sea?
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I believe this song is about those choice that may change your life. We feel lost because we have to make a choise about an opportunity, "the wind", and we really don't know if it will ever come again.
"Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." - Jesus in John 3:7-8.
He's sort of waiting for The Wind, this motion of new birth to come into his life. He feels alone, and feels like his spirit is breaking, but he's hoping it's just a bad time, and that he will bend and The Wind will come and renew him. He realizes that God was waiting for him on the shoreline where he thought he had been left alone. God never really left.
When he says, "Tried to kiss the emptiness," I think he means he was getting sucked into the world and what it does, trying to embrace the emptiness in hopes that it would bring some fulfillment, but really there is nothing in emptiness, and he finally realized that.
As stated in the previous comments, the members are Christians, originally a teen worship band at their church. I feel like Scars and Stories has much more religious themes than any of their other stuff (I think they tried to avoid it so they didn't get labeled as "Christian").
I think what the fray is trying to say in this song is that you may feel lost in life (oh my god, i think I'm lost at sea) and "the wind" is hope for an opportunity in life. "Will i bend or will i break" is talking about if when the wind comes (an opportunity) will it be too much for you to handle? Will you break? Or will you make lemonade with lemons? Will you bend? We never know when the wind will come again but once the wind comes your troubles may be gone.
I think, in general, it's just about being lost. That first line says everything, "Oh my God, I think I'm lost at sea."
It's about standing in one spot, and realizing that it's completely different than the one you were standing in before. And you don't know how you got there, or how to deal with the changes, so the result is that you're inexplicably lost. You have to start over again, in a different way, and all you really ever want is to be found and told that everything is okay, and will be okay. I suppose that's what the wind is for: it's a break from the change, a familiar air that reminds you it's okay to be lost sometimes, and that you'll find your way back.
It makes sense that this is about a divorce, then. But in a more general standpoint I think it can be related to any situation that turns your life upside down, one you have to slowly be accustomed to.