I think William is saying that we live orderly and prototypical lives. We wake up in the morning, go to school/work, socialize, then go to bed at night. Then the next day we do it all over again. Then once we've done this same routine for long enough...we die.
In the beginning he's talking about trying to hide from this inevitability.
He realizes how little he's done, but only realizes this when it's too late.
I think "Who decides where everybody goes? What if I don't?" is an important line. After discovering how much of a conformist he's been his whole life, he fears that he'll yet again be pushed into a path by some authoritative force (society in his first life, possibly some type of god in his second).
LAST THING
"There are fine lines I've seen
We are stuck in between
With separate eyes to use and throw aside"
This reinforces my idea. In life, there are two fine lines that we cannot cross. So it ends up with us all being on this same straight and narrow path, never stepping out of line.
As for the eyes, I think it emphasizes how insignificant our lives on Earth are. We see the world as we know it through our eyes, but after we die, they are completely useless.
Maybe I'm waaaay off base.
But that's at least what I take from this amazing song :)
I think William is saying that we live orderly and prototypical lives. We wake up in the morning, go to school/work, socialize, then go to bed at night. Then the next day we do it all over again. Then once we've done this same routine for long enough...we die.
In the beginning he's talking about trying to hide from this inevitability. He realizes how little he's done, but only realizes this when it's too late.
I think "Who decides where everybody goes? What if I don't?" is an important line. After discovering how much of a conformist he's been his whole life, he fears that he'll yet again be pushed into a path by some authoritative force (society in his first life, possibly some type of god in his second).
LAST THING "There are fine lines I've seen We are stuck in between With separate eyes to use and throw aside"
This reinforces my idea. In life, there are two fine lines that we cannot cross. So it ends up with us all being on this same straight and narrow path, never stepping out of line. As for the eyes, I think it emphasizes how insignificant our lives on Earth are. We see the world as we know it through our eyes, but after we die, they are completely useless.
Maybe I'm waaaay off base. But that's at least what I take from this amazing song :)