The song describes death of a loved one perfectly to me. That, or losing someone in general for a long period of time. Probably one of the most lyrically perfect songs in my opinion ever written. The person is trying to deal with all this loss and make sense of it, but he's just not strong enough to hold the emotions in. Then in the second verse he apologizes for his wrong and mentions that no matter what anyone does, no matter how fast we run, we'll never escape the things we've done. I've never seen it put so perfectly, though.
The final verse is the best. He says that he knows it would be crazy to offer this person help because he doesn't really have a leg to stand on, but he will anyway. Yet it's not going to do any good and they both know it. The comparison of love to the dark symbol of a raven is fantastic.
Then comes the final heart-felt admission that he still, after all that he's gone through, and all his years searching, doesn't know what love really is. It's a testament to how we will never really know what love is.
The song describes death of a loved one perfectly to me. That, or losing someone in general for a long period of time. Probably one of the most lyrically perfect songs in my opinion ever written. The person is trying to deal with all this loss and make sense of it, but he's just not strong enough to hold the emotions in. Then in the second verse he apologizes for his wrong and mentions that no matter what anyone does, no matter how fast we run, we'll never escape the things we've done. I've never seen it put so perfectly, though.
The final verse is the best. He says that he knows it would be crazy to offer this person help because he doesn't really have a leg to stand on, but he will anyway. Yet it's not going to do any good and they both know it. The comparison of love to the dark symbol of a raven is fantastic.
Then comes the final heart-felt admission that he still, after all that he's gone through, and all his years searching, doesn't know what love really is. It's a testament to how we will never really know what love is.