"There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web"
All of the things listed are trapped in conditions from which they can't escape, much like Sting is trapped in the condition of pain.
It must have chopped off my comment on this part:
"There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web"
All of the things listed are trapped in conditions from which they can't escape, much like Sting is trapped in the condition of pain.