"if this world is wearing thin
and you're thinking of escape
i'll go anywhere with you
i'll do anything it takes [just wrap me up in chains]
but if you try to go alone
don't think i'll understand"
This really sounds like a suicide song to me. My girlfriend has told me that if I ever decide to go, she wants to come with me. I didn't know what to say; death is such a personal thing and I don't know that I'd want her involved, but she'd be pretty upset if I just left her here. That's how this song relates to me, despite the fact that I first heard it when it was a MuchMusic regular about 10 years before I met her.
"you'd better hope and pray
that you'll be safe [that you make it safe]
in your own world [back to your own world] . . ."
I think this part is about the unknown aspect of death. Are you actually going to be in a better position after death? Will death "break the spell", and will anybody be there to hear your cries in the afterlife?
"if this world is wearing thin and you're thinking of escape i'll go anywhere with you i'll do anything it takes [just wrap me up in chains] but if you try to go alone don't think i'll understand"
This really sounds like a suicide song to me. My girlfriend has told me that if I ever decide to go, she wants to come with me. I didn't know what to say; death is such a personal thing and I don't know that I'd want her involved, but she'd be pretty upset if I just left her here. That's how this song relates to me, despite the fact that I first heard it when it was a MuchMusic regular about 10 years before I met her.
"you'd better hope and pray that you'll be safe [that you make it safe] in your own world [back to your own world] . . ."
I think this part is about the unknown aspect of death. Are you actually going to be in a better position after death? Will death "break the spell", and will anybody be there to hear your cries in the afterlife?