When I began to question my faith one winter, this song really helped me cope with my agnosticism. I was so passionate about my faith, yet couldn't ignore the questions I had to face. It wasn't so much fear of losing an afterlife, yet fear of losing Someone I had come to love so dearly. I had to "let my demons out" and explore my religion and the sciences. I had felt so close to Him for such a long time, and then suddenly, He was slipping away from me. I was young and alone, and I began to worry that this Love I had been "waiting for", my only true friend at the time, was never coming. And as the light in my heart started to die out, I was determined to try to hold on for Christmas, to celebrate the love for what was left. "I can't throw it away, I can't for another holiday." That's one way I connect with this song, losing your religion.
When I began to question my faith one winter, this song really helped me cope with my agnosticism. I was so passionate about my faith, yet couldn't ignore the questions I had to face. It wasn't so much fear of losing an afterlife, yet fear of losing Someone I had come to love so dearly. I had to "let my demons out" and explore my religion and the sciences. I had felt so close to Him for such a long time, and then suddenly, He was slipping away from me. I was young and alone, and I began to worry that this Love I had been "waiting for", my only true friend at the time, was never coming. And as the light in my heart started to die out, I was determined to try to hold on for Christmas, to celebrate the love for what was left. "I can't throw it away, I can't for another holiday." That's one way I connect with this song, losing your religion.