I tended to agree with 'the narrator' pov here. I mean it really seems something about facing up to personal fears that you have created&fed along your life. And as more you take time to start this inner war, more those fears have grown inside yourself, and, at the same time, only you know all the tricks that you have used to deceive yourself on putting the beginning of that 'war' off ("I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses / I proclaim that claims are left unstated, / I demand a rematch / I decree a stalemate / I divine my deeper motives / I recognize the weapons / I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself"), thus only you are able to break this vicious circle where you put yourself ("It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize / This is my mistake. Let me make it good / I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down").
"You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony" and "This is my life / And this is my time / I have been given the freedom / To do as I see fit"
So it's only in your own hands the 'key' for opening that 'door' which will make you leave all those 'ghosts' behind for finding some inner peace at last. Or you can choose to keep on carrying heavy 'weights' upon your back if you decide to be an eternal victim of yourself.
Since you mention this bit...I find the switch to 2nd person in the final verse ("You fill in the mortar, you fill in the harmony") rather abrupt and weird. Who is the narrator addressing, all of a sudden?
Since you mention this bit...I find the switch to 2nd person in the final verse ("You fill in the mortar, you fill in the harmony") rather abrupt and weird. Who is the narrator addressing, all of a sudden?
I tended to agree with 'the narrator' pov here. I mean it really seems something about facing up to personal fears that you have created&fed along your life. And as more you take time to start this inner war, more those fears have grown inside yourself, and, at the same time, only you know all the tricks that you have used to deceive yourself on putting the beginning of that 'war' off ("I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses / I proclaim that claims are left unstated, / I demand a rematch / I decree a stalemate / I divine my deeper motives / I recognize the weapons / I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself"), thus only you are able to break this vicious circle where you put yourself ("It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize / This is my mistake. Let me make it good / I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down").
"You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony" and "This is my life / And this is my time / I have been given the freedom / To do as I see fit"
So it's only in your own hands the 'key' for opening that 'door' which will make you leave all those 'ghosts' behind for finding some inner peace at last. Or you can choose to keep on carrying heavy 'weights' upon your back if you decide to be an eternal victim of yourself.
Since you mention this bit...I find the switch to 2nd person in the final verse ("You fill in the mortar, you fill in the harmony") rather abrupt and weird. Who is the narrator addressing, all of a sudden?
Since you mention this bit...I find the switch to 2nd person in the final verse ("You fill in the mortar, you fill in the harmony") rather abrupt and weird. Who is the narrator addressing, all of a sudden?