Definitely about an addiction, no doubt about it. Here, it is materialized by actual drinking and drugs.
"And whatever takes us away
Will be the same to drive us on"
--This can be positive or negative, depending on how you look at it. Whatever destroys you, you can use as a crutch to get you through life...meaning that you can be become so dependent on something that it's the only way to carry on.
-Or....You can turn it around and the thing that almost killed you...you will now kill it. Your mastery of your addiction will "drive you on".
"Remember to find a new way
A way to see it all
It's finally slipping away
And soon it will be gone
Remember to find a new day
Remember to carry on"
--I think this is about finally coming to terms with an addiction and kicking it to the curb. And when it's all said and done...you have to carry on and not repeat your mistakes...or else.
Definitely about an addiction, no doubt about it. Here, it is materialized by actual drinking and drugs.
"And whatever takes us away Will be the same to drive us on"
--This can be positive or negative, depending on how you look at it. Whatever destroys you, you can use as a crutch to get you through life...meaning that you can be become so dependent on something that it's the only way to carry on. -Or....You can turn it around and the thing that almost killed you...you will now kill it. Your mastery of your addiction will "drive you on".
"Remember to find a new way A way to see it all It's finally slipping away And soon it will be gone Remember to find a new day Remember to carry on"
--I think this is about finally coming to terms with an addiction and kicking it to the curb. And when it's all said and done...you have to carry on and not repeat your mistakes...or else.