I like what you're saying about "dying at any given moment and living life in the meantime." but I think what you've said about the sea is maybe taken in too literal of a sense. That's just my opinion, though. Personally, I think everything about the sea symbolizes death cleansing pain.
"And at night a fractured star fell
And pierced right through the thick of me
I cried out in pain and joy, yes
I'm not dead, not numb, not withering"
To me, this line is like death. It has its pain and, of course, it can be terrifying but what happens afterward is a release, a catharsis. There is no longer pain.
It's clearly about death. Maybe the struggle of life, and the beauty of it. But it forebodes death all through the song. "Till time is gone and wrong is right"... "I'll be gone.."..."Otherwise I'll wither and die here"... etc.
I like what you're saying about "dying at any given moment and living life in the meantime." but I think what you've said about the sea is maybe taken in too literal of a sense. That's just my opinion, though. Personally, I think everything about the sea symbolizes death cleansing pain.
"And at night a fractured star fell And pierced right through the thick of me I cried out in pain and joy, yes I'm not dead, not numb, not withering"
To me, this line is like death. It has its pain and, of course, it can be terrifying but what happens afterward is a release, a catharsis. There is no longer pain.
It's clearly about death. Maybe the struggle of life, and the beauty of it. But it forebodes death all through the song. "Till time is gone and wrong is right"... "I'll be gone.."..."Otherwise I'll wither and die here"... etc.
It's a really good song on so many levels.