I think this song is about someone who has had enormous emotional/existential struggles ("all of the seasons, all of the days..." for what seems like their whole life ("a lifetime of questions"), has always sought genuine understanding and empathy ("eyes that know why"), but has never found it. They feel totally alone in the world.
What I can't figure out is, when they see that the other person has cried for them, do they realize that that person truly understands what they're going through? The ending "I tasted the answers / and my body was weak / for you / the truth" seems to indicate that; but the part about "what would touch me deeper ... eyes that only cry ... or eyes that know why" might mean that they don't feel genuinely understood by the other person.
On a more intuitive level, this song made me imagine a grievous, emotionally draining relationship between two people. Perhaps they are so attached that it causes them great pain, or they desperately need each other but often wind up fighting. But in the pain they find great meaning; it proves how significant their relationship is. In the music you can hear the weakness the singer feels after being consumed by years of pain. I think it's beautiful how the music captures that feeling so poignantly.
@jedwards
This! This is the exact meaning I get from the song, of two people who have loved one another so deeply over many years.
The first person has cried so many tears over the years of a deep, strong, loving relationship that just couldn't work. When the other person "tastes" the answers, yes they finally understand truly what the first person had suffered through, and still, they hadn't been able to make the pain stop. The other person finally feels a taste of the pain they've caused the first person, but it may or may not be enough to change. Whether...
@jedwards
This! This is the exact meaning I get from the song, of two people who have loved one another so deeply over many years.
The first person has cried so many tears over the years of a deep, strong, loving relationship that just couldn't work. When the other person "tastes" the answers, yes they finally understand truly what the first person had suffered through, and still, they hadn't been able to make the pain stop. The other person finally feels a taste of the pain they've caused the first person, but it may or may not be enough to change. Whether they reunite or separate, it doesn't matter, they finally have resolution and can move forward. In my personal experience, we went our separate ways but the love is still there, we love one another deeply.... that didn't go away, but the hurting of one another stopped.
I think this song is about someone who has had enormous emotional/existential struggles ("all of the seasons, all of the days..." for what seems like their whole life ("a lifetime of questions"), has always sought genuine understanding and empathy ("eyes that know why"), but has never found it. They feel totally alone in the world.
What I can't figure out is, when they see that the other person has cried for them, do they realize that that person truly understands what they're going through? The ending "I tasted the answers / and my body was weak / for you / the truth" seems to indicate that; but the part about "what would touch me deeper ... eyes that only cry ... or eyes that know why" might mean that they don't feel genuinely understood by the other person.
On a more intuitive level, this song made me imagine a grievous, emotionally draining relationship between two people. Perhaps they are so attached that it causes them great pain, or they desperately need each other but often wind up fighting. But in the pain they find great meaning; it proves how significant their relationship is. In the music you can hear the weakness the singer feels after being consumed by years of pain. I think it's beautiful how the music captures that feeling so poignantly.
@jedwards This! This is the exact meaning I get from the song, of two people who have loved one another so deeply over many years. The first person has cried so many tears over the years of a deep, strong, loving relationship that just couldn't work. When the other person "tastes" the answers, yes they finally understand truly what the first person had suffered through, and still, they hadn't been able to make the pain stop. The other person finally feels a taste of the pain they've caused the first person, but it may or may not be enough to change. Whether...
@jedwards This! This is the exact meaning I get from the song, of two people who have loved one another so deeply over many years. The first person has cried so many tears over the years of a deep, strong, loving relationship that just couldn't work. When the other person "tastes" the answers, yes they finally understand truly what the first person had suffered through, and still, they hadn't been able to make the pain stop. The other person finally feels a taste of the pain they've caused the first person, but it may or may not be enough to change. Whether they reunite or separate, it doesn't matter, they finally have resolution and can move forward. In my personal experience, we went our separate ways but the love is still there, we love one another deeply.... that didn't go away, but the hurting of one another stopped.