If birds really don't fly straight then why is the sky open, but most of all why do the birds choose to meander along throughout the air.
I think the true meaning of this song is that "greater love has nothing to do with devotion". He is making this concept sound so simple by easing the listener into believing this very simply by starting with an easy notion: birds don't fly straight. Everyone knows that birds do not always fly straight, just look into the sky.
He now uses a series of comparisons that make the final thought seem easy.
Snow doesn't fall on the ocean. It may fall towards the ocean but as soon as it hits the water it is no longer snow, its turns to water or perhaps even ice.
A suicidal man doesn't hesitate. Many people that eventually kill themselves are considered, in the end, suicidal, but many of them hesitate for at least a moment. If someone is truly suicidal than of course they would not hesitate, they do not want to live.
Greater love has nothing to do with devotion. Isn't it obvious at this point? I agree and think that he just means that everyone will fall in love with someone someday. It just happens, you cannot devote yourself to the wrong person and force love.
I could be wrong about the whole thing though. Maybe its actually about Ice-nine destroying the world.
If birds really don't fly straight then why is the sky open, but most of all why do the birds choose to meander along throughout the air.
I think the true meaning of this song is that "greater love has nothing to do with devotion". He is making this concept sound so simple by easing the listener into believing this very simply by starting with an easy notion: birds don't fly straight. Everyone knows that birds do not always fly straight, just look into the sky.
He now uses a series of comparisons that make the final thought seem easy.
Snow doesn't fall on the ocean. It may fall towards the ocean but as soon as it hits the water it is no longer snow, its turns to water or perhaps even ice.
A suicidal man doesn't hesitate. Many people that eventually kill themselves are considered, in the end, suicidal, but many of them hesitate for at least a moment. If someone is truly suicidal than of course they would not hesitate, they do not want to live.
Greater love has nothing to do with devotion. Isn't it obvious at this point? I agree and think that he just means that everyone will fall in love with someone someday. It just happens, you cannot devote yourself to the wrong person and force love.
I could be wrong about the whole thing though. Maybe its actually about Ice-nine destroying the world.