I love this song... But it is these are the 'fates' I pushed out of the way. I think the first part of the song is about him being confused, until the gods of the city... part.
"I left my body, I left my fate. But it is so hard to keep away now"... About to have left things behind and to want it that way, but still missing it.
"There wasn't anything for me, I always faked my smile" part I think is about being unhappy but don't want to let others know, or having nobady to tell it.
The "careless angels" bit to "I can't see now" is about pain, people hurting him, people that is no good to him. It also could be as jonny17 says, but in that case I don't understand "give me disease" "pain in my neck to feed of me" "shut my eyes and I can't see" parts...
"These are the times I was scared of
These are the fares I pushed out of my way
Now they've come back here to haunt me
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be", ha plays a game that he knows how it will end, the things he's got rid of comes back to him. This doesn't have to be bad...
This is just my thougts of the song. Great, great son, I love John!!!
I love this song... But it is these are the 'fates' I pushed out of the way. I think the first part of the song is about him being confused, until the gods of the city... part.
"I left my body, I left my fate. But it is so hard to keep away now"... About to have left things behind and to want it that way, but still missing it.
"There wasn't anything for me, I always faked my smile" part I think is about being unhappy but don't want to let others know, or having nobady to tell it.
The "careless angels" bit to "I can't see now" is about pain, people hurting him, people that is no good to him. It also could be as jonny17 says, but in that case I don't understand "give me disease" "pain in my neck to feed of me" "shut my eyes and I can't see" parts...
"These are the times I was scared of These are the fares I pushed out of my way Now they've come back here to haunt me It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be", ha plays a game that he knows how it will end, the things he's got rid of comes back to him. This doesn't have to be bad... This is just my thougts of the song. Great, great son, I love John!!!