Keefer, you saved me all the time and energy :)
Seriously though, it's another good album and for me this song stands out as a good one.
I think this song is about being on tour and missing a love or family member.
"the postcard says wish you were here
but I’d rather I was there, holding
on to the simple things before they disappear, that’s what I meant"
even though the band is doing well, the simple things like hanging with family and just being home are something that they hold dear. the postcard threw me off but If your proud of where you are from and are away for so long, don't know about anyone else but i would like a postcard of my city to remind me.
"echoes of songs still lurk on distant foreign shores, where we
danced just to please the gods that only ask for more, so it goes
but still we give ourselves to this
we can't spend our lives waiting to live"
Basicly they are on tour playing thier songs, they devote themselfs to their work and for them that is their life that they are living, instead of being at home all the time.
"she got down on hands and knees, one ear against the ground,
holding her breath to hear something, but the dirt made not a sound tonight"
Maybe this verse is a phone call that wasnt answered or no one rang her, and the end verse which says "child im coming home" could be that she got a phone call from him saying that the tour is over and ill be home soon.
Keefer, you saved me all the time and energy :) Seriously though, it's another good album and for me this song stands out as a good one. I think this song is about being on tour and missing a love or family member.
"the postcard says wish you were here but I’d rather I was there, holding on to the simple things before they disappear, that’s what I meant"
even though the band is doing well, the simple things like hanging with family and just being home are something that they hold dear. the postcard threw me off but If your proud of where you are from and are away for so long, don't know about anyone else but i would like a postcard of my city to remind me.
"echoes of songs still lurk on distant foreign shores, where we danced just to please the gods that only ask for more, so it goes
but still we give ourselves to this we can't spend our lives waiting to live"
Basicly they are on tour playing thier songs, they devote themselfs to their work and for them that is their life that they are living, instead of being at home all the time.
"she got down on hands and knees, one ear against the ground, holding her breath to hear something, but the dirt made not a sound tonight"
Maybe this verse is a phone call that wasnt answered or no one rang her, and the end verse which says "child im coming home" could be that she got a phone call from him saying that the tour is over and ill be home soon.
EDIT: Ignore the whole postcard sentence, I was right the first time but looked way too into it lol .
EDIT: Ignore the whole postcard sentence, I was right the first time but looked way too into it lol .
thank you. i was pretty lost on what this song meant but that makes sense! thanks.
thank you. i was pretty lost on what this song meant but that makes sense! thanks.