To my mind it's these lines in which the "meaning" of the song concentrates the most vividly.
"As I walk through all my myths
Rising and sinking like the waves
With my thoughts wrapped around me
Through a trial of tears"
It's about having become jaded and uninspired, facing an inner trial which judges that one has "wasted all those years", it's about doubting who you really are.
That also goes together with:
"Under the sun, there is nothing to hide
Under the moon, a stranger waits inside"
When the sun is high you have nothing to hide, all is clear and your path is ahead of you, but then comes a time when you notice the sun is gone and the moon is up there, and doubt arises, you ask "who am I?" and thus "a stranger waits inside".
The rain that's mentioned throughout is a deliberately created setting for thoughts like these. Rain is like tears in a way.
@kristaps_k Really like that interpretation. If I may add, I have always thought that much of the lyrics are about a journey through oneself, an inner search; the subject is really, really depressed, something terrible happened to him in the past that left him utterly uninspired, without any glimpse of hope. The chorus “…it’s raining, raining…” it’s, what I interpret as a metaphor about his loss, his misfortune. Anyway, I love how the song ends, I have always felt that the instrumental closing section gives your a tiny ray of light, there’s hope! Even after this person goes...
@kristaps_k Really like that interpretation. If I may add, I have always thought that much of the lyrics are about a journey through oneself, an inner search; the subject is really, really depressed, something terrible happened to him in the past that left him utterly uninspired, without any glimpse of hope. The chorus “…it’s raining, raining…” it’s, what I interpret as a metaphor about his loss, his misfortune. Anyway, I love how the song ends, I have always felt that the instrumental closing section gives your a tiny ray of light, there’s hope! Even after this person goes to the extreme of sensing that Heaven won’t offer deliverance and his expectations will be clearly unmatched. Somehow, there is a sense of relief.
A classic song, a much interesting an underrated album!
Credit goes to Daily Doug, for his inspiring and in depth review of this particular song!
To my mind it's these lines in which the "meaning" of the song concentrates the most vividly.
"As I walk through all my myths Rising and sinking like the waves With my thoughts wrapped around me Through a trial of tears"
It's about having become jaded and uninspired, facing an inner trial which judges that one has "wasted all those years", it's about doubting who you really are. That also goes together with:
"Under the sun, there is nothing to hide Under the moon, a stranger waits inside"
When the sun is high you have nothing to hide, all is clear and your path is ahead of you, but then comes a time when you notice the sun is gone and the moon is up there, and doubt arises, you ask "who am I?" and thus "a stranger waits inside". The rain that's mentioned throughout is a deliberately created setting for thoughts like these. Rain is like tears in a way.
@kristaps_k Really like that interpretation. If I may add, I have always thought that much of the lyrics are about a journey through oneself, an inner search; the subject is really, really depressed, something terrible happened to him in the past that left him utterly uninspired, without any glimpse of hope. The chorus “…it’s raining, raining…” it’s, what I interpret as a metaphor about his loss, his misfortune. Anyway, I love how the song ends, I have always felt that the instrumental closing section gives your a tiny ray of light, there’s hope! Even after this person goes...
@kristaps_k Really like that interpretation. If I may add, I have always thought that much of the lyrics are about a journey through oneself, an inner search; the subject is really, really depressed, something terrible happened to him in the past that left him utterly uninspired, without any glimpse of hope. The chorus “…it’s raining, raining…” it’s, what I interpret as a metaphor about his loss, his misfortune. Anyway, I love how the song ends, I have always felt that the instrumental closing section gives your a tiny ray of light, there’s hope! Even after this person goes to the extreme of sensing that Heaven won’t offer deliverance and his expectations will be clearly unmatched. Somehow, there is a sense of relief. A classic song, a much interesting an underrated album!
Credit goes to Daily Doug, for his inspiring and in depth review of this particular song!