well since no one else has attempted to discuss the actual meaning of the song i geuss ill start it off... first thing is the chorus i think the sweater that he speaks of is a symbol for life(or the events that occur in ones life) and this sweater is made up of individual moments in time or "threads" and it just so happens that one of these threads has gone askew(or something in ones life has gone wrong at one point). the event that has caused this thread to go askew is also "pendulous" or it caused a chain reaction of reoccuring events that will ultimately lead to ones demise or downfall... now what the verses are talking about is when this sweater finally unravels or your life has hit rock bottom(your standing on a burning bridge) where your options are minimal depending on how you have dealt with the situation(depending on where your standing and how much breath is in your chest) now when it all comes crashing down are you going to run home and hide or just bask in the beauty of how fragile life can be and stop trying to control everything and just live(dance on fire and enjoy the ride). now the next verse i find very interesting(At the heart of it all. That innermost, your fiery core
there’s an amassing armor & it’s building you into a bore) what this is saying is that your forming armor around your sweater(or life) b/c your afraid of what could happen but this armor also hides your true identity or self and you are becoming a boring and dull person b/c of this... now the next line (lifes a match in a gas tank) is another symbol for how fragile life can be... the last line im going to discuss is hard to get kinda but i think that its a metaphor on top of a metaphor (dont ever mourn the ebbing tide) the ebbing tide could be a symbol for the sweater that is unravelling so what it is saying is dont give your pity b/c im more alive then you ever will be with your damn sweater armor your boring loser.... in conclusion: to experience the true beauty of life we must have the careless, askew threads. stop building walls around your heart and your life and just dance on fire and enjoy the ride... thats my two cents....peace...
"stop trying to control everything and just let go, LET GO!" - tyler durden(Fight Club)
well since no one else has attempted to discuss the actual meaning of the song i geuss ill start it off... first thing is the chorus i think the sweater that he speaks of is a symbol for life(or the events that occur in ones life) and this sweater is made up of individual moments in time or "threads" and it just so happens that one of these threads has gone askew(or something in ones life has gone wrong at one point). the event that has caused this thread to go askew is also "pendulous" or it caused a chain reaction of reoccuring events that will ultimately lead to ones demise or downfall... now what the verses are talking about is when this sweater finally unravels or your life has hit rock bottom(your standing on a burning bridge) where your options are minimal depending on how you have dealt with the situation(depending on where your standing and how much breath is in your chest) now when it all comes crashing down are you going to run home and hide or just bask in the beauty of how fragile life can be and stop trying to control everything and just live(dance on fire and enjoy the ride). now the next verse i find very interesting(At the heart of it all. That innermost, your fiery core there’s an amassing armor & it’s building you into a bore) what this is saying is that your forming armor around your sweater(or life) b/c your afraid of what could happen but this armor also hides your true identity or self and you are becoming a boring and dull person b/c of this... now the next line (lifes a match in a gas tank) is another symbol for how fragile life can be... the last line im going to discuss is hard to get kinda but i think that its a metaphor on top of a metaphor (dont ever mourn the ebbing tide) the ebbing tide could be a symbol for the sweater that is unravelling so what it is saying is dont give your pity b/c im more alive then you ever will be with your damn sweater armor your boring loser.... in conclusion: to experience the true beauty of life we must have the careless, askew threads. stop building walls around your heart and your life and just dance on fire and enjoy the ride... thats my two cents....peace...
"stop trying to control everything and just let go, LET GO!" - tyler durden(Fight Club)