It's hard to say what this song is about, but it seems to be about this guy who's in a relationship with this girl, and he sees that it's falling apart, and she won't let it go, but he doesn't want to let it go either. The lines 'I'm not going down here, this journey isn't over, it's a long way to the house of Fitzcarraldo' I think means that he's refusing to give up until they reach happiness, or at least some sort of conclusion they can both live with. In the last verse, it seems that they've finally fallen apart, she'll 'see him down in history' but it's the 'only way that we can grow'. The last lines at the climax of the song could be interpreted as their acceptance that they can't hold together anymore because 'it's a long way to Fitzcarraldo, and I don't want to pray for you in the name of something true...'
All about that violin solo.....
It's hard to say what this song is about, but it seems to be about this guy who's in a relationship with this girl, and he sees that it's falling apart, and she won't let it go, but he doesn't want to let it go either. The lines 'I'm not going down here, this journey isn't over, it's a long way to the house of Fitzcarraldo' I think means that he's refusing to give up until they reach happiness, or at least some sort of conclusion they can both live with. In the last verse, it seems that they've finally fallen apart, she'll 'see him down in history' but it's the 'only way that we can grow'. The last lines at the climax of the song could be interpreted as their acceptance that they can't hold together anymore because 'it's a long way to Fitzcarraldo, and I don't want to pray for you in the name of something true...'