The band is on a ship and then a storm, throwing everything at them (lightning, thunder, waves, torrential rain, et al) and them shipwrecking them on an island. They then move ahead with where the storm took them and when things get back to normal, the experience makes them stronger.
In summary, adversity can & will come at all of us in every shape & size but it is up to us to decide how we deal with it, what doesn't kill us will only make us stronger. The song also tries to teach us, vicariously, to make the most of our lives with the time that we have because we will never know when it will be our time to go.
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The...
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The sinking of the ship never actually occurs in the poem, but it is a figurative device added by Heafy to illustrate the downfall of the character from his life of decadence. He pulls himself onto the shore on the side where hell's gates are located and wishes for others to "Then take these words evermore into your life" (heed his warning and live well). Feel free to read it and see for yourself.
http://ftp.fortunaty.net/text/sacred-texts/chr/dante/in03.htm
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The...
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The sinking of the ship never actually occurs in the poem, but it is a figurative device added by Heafy to illustrate the downfall of the character from his life of decadence. He pulls himself onto the shore on the side where hell's gates are located and wishes for others to "Then take these words evermore into your life" (heed his warning and live well). Feel free to read it and see for yourself.
http://ftp.fortunaty.net/text/sacred-texts/chr/dante/in03.htm
The band is on a ship and then a storm, throwing everything at them (lightning, thunder, waves, torrential rain, et al) and them shipwrecking them on an island. They then move ahead with where the storm took them and when things get back to normal, the experience makes them stronger.
In summary, adversity can & will come at all of us in every shape & size but it is up to us to decide how we deal with it, what doesn't kill us will only make us stronger. The song also tries to teach us, vicariously, to make the most of our lives with the time that we have because we will never know when it will be our time to go.
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The...
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The sinking of the ship never actually occurs in the poem, but it is a figurative device added by Heafy to illustrate the downfall of the character from his life of decadence. He pulls himself onto the shore on the side where hell's gates are located and wishes for others to "Then take these words evermore into your life" (heed his warning and live well). Feel free to read it and see for yourself. http://ftp.fortunaty.net/text/sacred-texts/chr/dante/in03.htm
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The...
Although your explaination is logical, it is incorrect. The song is actually an allusion to Canto 3 of Dante's "The Inferno", the singer (Heafy) takes the place of a person damned for straying from the narrow path to Paradise. "the shores" that are often referenced are the shores of the river Acheron (Styx in Greek mythology), and the ship is the ferry that Charon (the ferryman) pilots across the river to take the damned souls to hell. The song IS an attempt to encourage others to live well as you said. But clearly you haven't read The Divine Comedy. The sinking of the ship never actually occurs in the poem, but it is a figurative device added by Heafy to illustrate the downfall of the character from his life of decadence. He pulls himself onto the shore on the side where hell's gates are located and wishes for others to "Then take these words evermore into your life" (heed his warning and live well). Feel free to read it and see for yourself. http://ftp.fortunaty.net/text/sacred-texts/chr/dante/in03.htm