I was introduced to DeVotchka at a Halloween concert in Boston back in 2005. When they performed this song, I started crying. When they came back to Boston in May, I cried again.
What I (personally) get from this is that in the back of our minds, we often always know how our labors will end, good or bad, success or failure. But it shouldn't matter if we know that all our efforts end in some fiery explosion; we have to try. We have to hope. To give up hope is to give up our humanity. It's about being strong and resilient and vulnerable and fragile, all at the same time. It's about the beauty and comfort and loneliness of hope, and so, belief in human life.
I was introduced to DeVotchka at a Halloween concert in Boston back in 2005. When they performed this song, I started crying. When they came back to Boston in May, I cried again.
What I (personally) get from this is that in the back of our minds, we often always know how our labors will end, good or bad, success or failure. But it shouldn't matter if we know that all our efforts end in some fiery explosion; we have to try. We have to hope. To give up hope is to give up our humanity. It's about being strong and resilient and vulnerable and fragile, all at the same time. It's about the beauty and comfort and loneliness of hope, and so, belief in human life.
At least for me. :)
@Nightbefore beautiful answer
@Nightbefore beautiful answer