I really enjoyed this version of the song. When I first heard "The Light" in Mirah's C'mon Miracle, I think it was overshadowed by the other wonderful songs on that album. The remixes in Joyride made me pay more attention to the song, and here at last, along with "Monument," I think Mirah (with some help from The Black Cat Orchestra) has given the song a really great makeover.
Considering that this album, "To All We Stretch an Open Arm," is primarily concerned with political expression, this version of the song assumes a less ambiguous meaning.
This song expresses pain and suffering and chides people of political slant to "do more than just complain," and work toward promoting peace.
Though the song contains its nebulously personal reference to suicide in the third stanza, and it retains a circular obsession with death, given the context of the album I think it's clearly a song directed global strife and calling for political improvement.
I really enjoyed this version of the song. When I first heard "The Light" in Mirah's C'mon Miracle, I think it was overshadowed by the other wonderful songs on that album. The remixes in Joyride made me pay more attention to the song, and here at last, along with "Monument," I think Mirah (with some help from The Black Cat Orchestra) has given the song a really great makeover.
Considering that this album, "To All We Stretch an Open Arm," is primarily concerned with political expression, this version of the song assumes a less ambiguous meaning.
This song expresses pain and suffering and chides people of political slant to "do more than just complain," and work toward promoting peace.
Though the song contains its nebulously personal reference to suicide in the third stanza, and it retains a circular obsession with death, given the context of the album I think it's clearly a song directed global strife and calling for political improvement.