I could be way off as to his meaning, but here's what it's meant for me:
"Everyone speaks at the same time"
It could be that we don't listen to each other, but talk at the same time. We're not interested in communicating, only driving home our points and perceptions.
It could be that speaking is actually existing, and everyone alive is speaking simultaneously. Maybe it's chaotic.
"Everyone wonders 'Who am I?'"
We're all actors in our own movies. We sell pieces of our invented to each person we meet, tailoring them to fit each new situation. None of us knows who we are, only who we're accustomed at pretending to be.
"It'd be sad to blow through time"
It would be sad to waste this one chance we have at living.
"We never go through the sky"
We're trapped here in this cage called Earth. We don't transcend this trap.
"We never know when to die"
We're not sure there's a point to life, and therefore don't know when to cease living. Is there something we should wait around for? Does another year make a difference?
"Lean in to walk
We dreamed up tonight"
Our lives are just long dreams. They're whatever our mind makes the out to be. It's unreal.
"We all choose to live life
We confuse how with why"
We choose life each day we're alive, having not yet decided to die. We confuse our images, our jobs, our possessions, and other "hows" of our existences with the "why", or reason, that we live.
"Everyday is lost as it goes by
These moments don't compute"
Today passes and becomes the past. It's lost as it goes by, becoming illusions. Nothing computes, or makes logical sense.
"And I wind up next to you
All all that I need is a doubt
That's all one that feeds the mouth
One simple means is to leave it by the door"
I'm a little lost here (ironically, as the song is called "A Doubt"). Anyway, the only thing I can gather from this is that he needs a doubt (hope of something, maybe?) that can feed him (maybe feed him a reason to live). This "food" being left by the door reminds me of people who lock themselves in rooms (due to mental breakdowns, depression, etc.) and won't come out. Food's left by their door (in this case, hope, or "a doubt" is left by his door). Maybe it's left by the person he finds himself next to. Sorry if this is way, way off.
"One time to play is the time you play for"
This one life is the one you're living for.
"And you never set a limit"
Why limit it, this being your only chance?
"Lean in to walk
There's nothing missing from life"
Life, with its joys and sorrows, contains everything we need to be fulfilled. Why live for ideals never attained when the life in front of you has everything you've ever needed?
"Don't ever set a limit."
Again, live this one life as fully as you can. Don't restrict yourself, because this is all you have.
I could be way off as to his meaning, but here's what it's meant for me:
"Everyone speaks at the same time"
It could be that we don't listen to each other, but talk at the same time. We're not interested in communicating, only driving home our points and perceptions.
It could be that speaking is actually existing, and everyone alive is speaking simultaneously. Maybe it's chaotic.
"Everyone wonders 'Who am I?'"
We're all actors in our own movies. We sell pieces of our invented to each person we meet, tailoring them to fit each new situation. None of us knows who we are, only who we're accustomed at pretending to be.
"It'd be sad to blow through time"
It would be sad to waste this one chance we have at living.
"We never go through the sky"
We're trapped here in this cage called Earth. We don't transcend this trap.
"We never know when to die"
We're not sure there's a point to life, and therefore don't know when to cease living. Is there something we should wait around for? Does another year make a difference?
"Lean in to walk We dreamed up tonight"
Our lives are just long dreams. They're whatever our mind makes the out to be. It's unreal.
"We all choose to live life We confuse how with why"
We choose life each day we're alive, having not yet decided to die. We confuse our images, our jobs, our possessions, and other "hows" of our existences with the "why", or reason, that we live.
"Everyday is lost as it goes by These moments don't compute"
Today passes and becomes the past. It's lost as it goes by, becoming illusions. Nothing computes, or makes logical sense.
"And I wind up next to you All all that I need is a doubt That's all one that feeds the mouth One simple means is to leave it by the door"
I'm a little lost here (ironically, as the song is called "A Doubt"). Anyway, the only thing I can gather from this is that he needs a doubt (hope of something, maybe?) that can feed him (maybe feed him a reason to live). This "food" being left by the door reminds me of people who lock themselves in rooms (due to mental breakdowns, depression, etc.) and won't come out. Food's left by their door (in this case, hope, or "a doubt" is left by his door). Maybe it's left by the person he finds himself next to. Sorry if this is way, way off.
"One time to play is the time you play for"
This one life is the one you're living for.
"And you never set a limit"
Why limit it, this being your only chance?
"Lean in to walk There's nothing missing from life"
Life, with its joys and sorrows, contains everything we need to be fulfilled. Why live for ideals never attained when the life in front of you has everything you've ever needed?
"Don't ever set a limit."
Again, live this one life as fully as you can. Don't restrict yourself, because this is all you have.