The overall theme of this song is being "erased" so to speak, and I believe that is the meaning of the song's name.
You become square nothing, you are destroyed, annihilated.
Square nothing could also mean square, as in a boardgame, and you're pulled back to square zero, and have to start all over.
"the shore" is a term IF use in many songs, f.ex My Sweet Shadow, and living in scandinavia you're always close to at least 1 seashore, and there is always something in the horizon.
He is using shore poetically here though, as in I can't escape home (sweden) so I'll just sit here and bide my time until I die cuz I'm going nowhere.
Generally this song is about not finding your direction and feeling worthless and powerless because you keep failing to leave a mark on the Earth.
The overall theme of this song is being "erased" so to speak, and I believe that is the meaning of the song's name. You become square nothing, you are destroyed, annihilated.
Square nothing could also mean square, as in a boardgame, and you're pulled back to square zero, and have to start all over.
"the shore" is a term IF use in many songs, f.ex My Sweet Shadow, and living in scandinavia you're always close to at least 1 seashore, and there is always something in the horizon. He is using shore poetically here though, as in I can't escape home (sweden) so I'll just sit here and bide my time until I die cuz I'm going nowhere.
Generally this song is about not finding your direction and feeling worthless and powerless because you keep failing to leave a mark on the Earth.