To me, this song is about losing someone you love, be it through death or simply a parting of ways (a girlfriend, family member etc.)
'I've started up the clocks, it's time I left behind' - time has stood still since this person left but now he wants to try and get on with his life, hence the starting of the clocks.
'And everything we've lost disappears' - everything he was mourning (in the lost relationship) has now disappeared as he is trying to move on and forget about the past.
'I've started up the race, it's something I can't change and now we're not the same' - he's begun the healing process and is trying to make the best of his life. He can't change what's happened to the relationship, perhaps a sign of his accepting the break-up/death etc. And he acknowledges that they are now two separate lives, they have grown to be different.
'I'm calling, I'm calling out, for answers on the long walk home' - he is perhaps questioning why the relationship ended. He realises that the road to recovery is a long one and that it will take time to heal from the loss.
Personally, I think it is about a break-up but this is all just my thoughts. What does everyone else think?
To me, this song is about losing someone you love, be it through death or simply a parting of ways (a girlfriend, family member etc.)
'I've started up the clocks, it's time I left behind' - time has stood still since this person left but now he wants to try and get on with his life, hence the starting of the clocks.
'And everything we've lost disappears' - everything he was mourning (in the lost relationship) has now disappeared as he is trying to move on and forget about the past.
'I've started up the race, it's something I can't change and now we're not the same' - he's begun the healing process and is trying to make the best of his life. He can't change what's happened to the relationship, perhaps a sign of his accepting the break-up/death etc. And he acknowledges that they are now two separate lives, they have grown to be different.
'I'm calling, I'm calling out, for answers on the long walk home' - he is perhaps questioning why the relationship ended. He realises that the road to recovery is a long one and that it will take time to heal from the loss.
Personally, I think it is about a break-up but this is all just my thoughts. What does everyone else think?