It is so beautiful reading all of the meanings this song has to everyone! A good artist puts together artwork that means something to them but is expressed in a way that everyone can relate to, you are all right in what the song is about. It's about love, death, birth, re-birth. It has to be a good song to touch so many people in so many ways! I just discovered Jack Johnson about a year ago and I fell in love instantly! He is so eloquent with his words and the music is perfectly placed to add the right element of emotion to the song. I love his stuff! I did a bit of research though and the song is actually about two people who are in love but can't make thier relationship work, he says just take comfort in knowing that I care so much that if I did have the answers I would make this work but I don't and it's not either of our's fault, so rest easy we're still okay. So they are breaking up but remaining friends, I think it's awesome and it shows a huge amount of emotional maturity to have that level of understanding about humaness. Jack knows that humans are limited to their brains limits and thier emotional limits, he can't solve everything, but he can make a choice not to be resentful and bitter, and still care about her, what an amazing guy, good music and a good boyfriend, breaking up or not. But still it is wonderful to know that so many people are effected by this song because it is so powerful, it is a song about transition from the old to the knew and unknown and that is what everyone is writing about, just beautiful!
It is so beautiful reading all of the meanings this song has to everyone! A good artist puts together artwork that means something to them but is expressed in a way that everyone can relate to, you are all right in what the song is about. It's about love, death, birth, re-birth. It has to be a good song to touch so many people in so many ways! I just discovered Jack Johnson about a year ago and I fell in love instantly! He is so eloquent with his words and the music is perfectly placed to add the right element of emotion to the song. I love his stuff! I did a bit of research though and the song is actually about two people who are in love but can't make thier relationship work, he says just take comfort in knowing that I care so much that if I did have the answers I would make this work but I don't and it's not either of our's fault, so rest easy we're still okay. So they are breaking up but remaining friends, I think it's awesome and it shows a huge amount of emotional maturity to have that level of understanding about humaness. Jack knows that humans are limited to their brains limits and thier emotional limits, he can't solve everything, but he can make a choice not to be resentful and bitter, and still care about her, what an amazing guy, good music and a good boyfriend, breaking up or not. But still it is wonderful to know that so many people are effected by this song because it is so powerful, it is a song about transition from the old to the knew and unknown and that is what everyone is writing about, just beautiful!