Great ending to a great album: the epilogue to Open Your Eyes.
I must correct myself on a previous post, saying that "warm ground" was in the song Warmer Climate, when it's actually in this song.
But I still think the "warmth" means the same thing in both songs, a warm reality that can only exist after a catharsis has taken place. Think of Set the Fire to the Third Bar, the ground is cold, harsh. Think of the deep water that surrounds his helpless ship in Make This Go On Forever. These are the trials he must go through to reach a higher level of being, understanding. The cold water in this song is thus an end to those trials, symbolic of baptism (death and rebirth).
The finish line is indeed a good place to start, now that the journey has made him a stronger person.
Great ending to a great album: the epilogue to Open Your Eyes.
I must correct myself on a previous post, saying that "warm ground" was in the song Warmer Climate, when it's actually in this song.
But I still think the "warmth" means the same thing in both songs, a warm reality that can only exist after a catharsis has taken place. Think of Set the Fire to the Third Bar, the ground is cold, harsh. Think of the deep water that surrounds his helpless ship in Make This Go On Forever. These are the trials he must go through to reach a higher level of being, understanding. The cold water in this song is thus an end to those trials, symbolic of baptism (death and rebirth).
The finish line is indeed a good place to start, now that the journey has made him a stronger person.