I think this song isn't as secular as !!**!! suggests. It's not about a mentor or a special person in one's life. I think this song is about God. I think this because the song generally refers to the lighthouse man as both singular and generic: "lighthouse man can't save us all". The biblical alusions are vague, but nonetheless present: the idea of sailing alone on a huge empty ocean. Christ is often described as the light and saviour as well. I think the most poignant thing about these lyrics is the line "woe betide those that say they don't need no lighthouse to light their way" . This is talking about the arrogance we are all susceptible to: thinking we don't need God to show us how to live. I'm sorry for the tiring Christian rhetoric. I know it's drivel. but thats honestly how i read this song. (it struck me when my mum was driving me home from a party (drunk), after having listened to this song for years.)
I think this song isn't as secular as !!**!! suggests. It's not about a mentor or a special person in one's life. I think this song is about God. I think this because the song generally refers to the lighthouse man as both singular and generic: "lighthouse man can't save us all". The biblical alusions are vague, but nonetheless present: the idea of sailing alone on a huge empty ocean. Christ is often described as the light and saviour as well. I think the most poignant thing about these lyrics is the line "woe betide those that say they don't need no lighthouse to light their way" . This is talking about the arrogance we are all susceptible to: thinking we don't need God to show us how to live. I'm sorry for the tiring Christian rhetoric. I know it's drivel. but thats honestly how i read this song. (it struck me when my mum was driving me home from a party (drunk), after having listened to this song for years.)