I think it's about dying and "crossing the last line." It is someone discovering the afterlife. It was very different from what she expected/was taught to believe ("when every step I took in faith betrayed me..."). At the same time, it is something wonderful and peaceful. She realizes that everything that happened in her life "didn't mean much," and doesn't matter here.
I like the idea that the afterlife is probably something completely different than what any of the religions think, because, let's face it, they are just guessing.
Exactly, that's what I thought too.
I first paid attention to this song's lyrics throughout my mother's terminal illness and death, so maybe it's only natural I connected it with the notion of death and dying rather than the end of a relationship.
Anyway, like every great song, it's open enough for anyone to get their own meaning out of it... as well as their own healing.
Exactly, that's what I thought too.
I first paid attention to this song's lyrics throughout my mother's terminal illness and death, so maybe it's only natural I connected it with the notion of death and dying rather than the end of a relationship.
Anyway, like every great song, it's open enough for anyone to get their own meaning out of it... as well as their own healing.
Well, not necessairly. At the end she says "I don't understand / By the touch of your hand / I would be the one to fall." And "I miss the little things / Oh I miss everything." So, in the end she doesn't get to go to the afterlife.
Well, not necessairly. At the end she says "I don't understand / By the touch of your hand / I would be the one to fall." And "I miss the little things / Oh I miss everything." So, in the end she doesn't get to go to the afterlife.
And to you're commet about all religions just guessing. Not true. A couple religions have descriptions of their heavens from their gods. In Christianity, Jesus tells them about Heaven. And in Buddhism, Buddha tells them about Heaven.
And to you're commet about all religions just guessing. Not true. A couple religions have descriptions of their heavens from their gods. In Christianity, Jesus tells them about Heaven. And in Buddhism, Buddha tells them about Heaven.
@dhaval I’m dealing with a 98 year old senior and a husband with cancer and it really touched that place in my mind where spirituality is stirred. I honestly googled her to see if she had had a near-death experience. But instead what I found was that she has faced death in a myriad of ways, either herself battling what was described as viruses but then also losing both parents, the mom to cancer, I believe. I think the song fits quite well someone experiencing grief and trying to define the spirituality it carries and who has...
@dhaval I’m dealing with a 98 year old senior and a husband with cancer and it really touched that place in my mind where spirituality is stirred. I honestly googled her to see if she had had a near-death experience. But instead what I found was that she has faced death in a myriad of ways, either herself battling what was described as viruses but then also losing both parents, the mom to cancer, I believe. I think the song fits quite well someone experiencing grief and trying to define the spirituality it carries and who has a very hard time seeing it as anything more than an abstract idea and accepts it as undefined.
I like this song quite a bit too.
I think it's about dying and "crossing the last line." It is someone discovering the afterlife. It was very different from what she expected/was taught to believe ("when every step I took in faith betrayed me..."). At the same time, it is something wonderful and peaceful. She realizes that everything that happened in her life "didn't mean much," and doesn't matter here.
I like the idea that the afterlife is probably something completely different than what any of the religions think, because, let's face it, they are just guessing.
Exactly, that's what I thought too. I first paid attention to this song's lyrics throughout my mother's terminal illness and death, so maybe it's only natural I connected it with the notion of death and dying rather than the end of a relationship.
Anyway, like every great song, it's open enough for anyone to get their own meaning out of it... as well as their own healing.
Exactly, that's what I thought too. I first paid attention to this song's lyrics throughout my mother's terminal illness and death, so maybe it's only natural I connected it with the notion of death and dying rather than the end of a relationship.
Anyway, like every great song, it's open enough for anyone to get their own meaning out of it... as well as their own healing.
Well, not necessairly. At the end she says "I don't understand / By the touch of your hand / I would be the one to fall." And "I miss the little things / Oh I miss everything." So, in the end she doesn't get to go to the afterlife.
Well, not necessairly. At the end she says "I don't understand / By the touch of your hand / I would be the one to fall." And "I miss the little things / Oh I miss everything." So, in the end she doesn't get to go to the afterlife.
And to you're commet about all religions just guessing. Not true. A couple religions have descriptions of their heavens from their gods. In Christianity, Jesus tells them about Heaven. And in Buddhism, Buddha tells them about Heaven.
And to you're commet about all religions just guessing. Not true. A couple religions have descriptions of their heavens from their gods. In Christianity, Jesus tells them about Heaven. And in Buddhism, Buddha tells them about Heaven.
@dhaval
@dhaval
@dhaval I’m dealing with a 98 year old senior and a husband with cancer and it really touched that place in my mind where spirituality is stirred. I honestly googled her to see if she had had a near-death experience. But instead what I found was that she has faced death in a myriad of ways, either herself battling what was described as viruses but then also losing both parents, the mom to cancer, I believe. I think the song fits quite well someone experiencing grief and trying to define the spirituality it carries and who has...
@dhaval I’m dealing with a 98 year old senior and a husband with cancer and it really touched that place in my mind where spirituality is stirred. I honestly googled her to see if she had had a near-death experience. But instead what I found was that she has faced death in a myriad of ways, either herself battling what was described as viruses but then also losing both parents, the mom to cancer, I believe. I think the song fits quite well someone experiencing grief and trying to define the spirituality it carries and who has a very hard time seeing it as anything more than an abstract idea and accepts it as undefined.