In Every Sunflower Lyrics

Lyric discussion by shirvs 

Cover art for In Every Sunflower lyrics by Bell X1

"Though we're all pillars of salt now It was worth it for the view."

I think this refers to the bible story where God destroys Sodom but saves Lot and his family but Lot's wife looks back at the destruction of the city and gets turned into salt. I like the way he twists this metaphor, to me saying, we might be looking back at pain and thus get 'turned into salt', but it's worth it. Man this is such a beautiful song. Every line is just gorgeous

I think the lines "Though we're all pillars of salt now It was worth it for the view." are explained in the lines just before them. They refer to Medusa, a Greek mythological character.

It was said if you looked upon her you would turn to stone. I think what he is saying is that even if he knew he would turn to stone it would have been still worth it getting to know her, look upon her etc