this is my personal analysis of the song which i completely relate to, though i think it can mean many things...
the song starts out with the scene of his old family house which has now been sold or let out to another family. he travels a long way there looking for his roots, for something concrete in his life... he's sick of roaming around aimlessly, the distance is done, the possibilities are too many and he just needs to find something firm to build his future upon. the family invites him in and gives him a taste of what stable home life is...children, predictable future, warmth and love, togetherness....it leaves him high and hopeful, yet when he steps outside this warm familial environment he is again immediately confronted with his need to be free...and his need for something bigger, more meaningful...
he looks at the faces passing by..."it's an ocean that will never be filled" to me is about people's desperate search for happiness, stability, etc. but the impossibility of ever achieving it in this world. the house that grows older finally crumbles - the life and love he witnessed within his old house is temporary, as is everything in this world, it is constantly changing. i also think of the house as a metaphor for the body, which inevitably grows older and dies, something we have no power over. we are in this world as guests, mortal, and all we can do is try to feel at home while we are here.
...his search for a home then becomes a deeper search, for truth and meaning in existence, the same thing the "millions" of people search for. but it is impossible to be certain of it, so it's always an illusion to some degree...he loses hope in finding a universal truth, which even a prophet couldn't give him, as it's his task to search for his own truth. he finds his truth in the beauty of music.. but mostly in his beloved... her soul so to speak, the significance of looking "into" rather than "at". he's come to a point where the only thing that's certain for him is love...and that seems to give him enough meaning in life, he doesn't need to have anything more concrete, or any absolute philosophy or religion...love in its simplicity is better and greater than anything.
this is my personal analysis of the song which i completely relate to, though i think it can mean many things...
the song starts out with the scene of his old family house which has now been sold or let out to another family. he travels a long way there looking for his roots, for something concrete in his life... he's sick of roaming around aimlessly, the distance is done, the possibilities are too many and he just needs to find something firm to build his future upon. the family invites him in and gives him a taste of what stable home life is...children, predictable future, warmth and love, togetherness....it leaves him high and hopeful, yet when he steps outside this warm familial environment he is again immediately confronted with his need to be free...and his need for something bigger, more meaningful...
he looks at the faces passing by..."it's an ocean that will never be filled" to me is about people's desperate search for happiness, stability, etc. but the impossibility of ever achieving it in this world. the house that grows older finally crumbles - the life and love he witnessed within his old house is temporary, as is everything in this world, it is constantly changing. i also think of the house as a metaphor for the body, which inevitably grows older and dies, something we have no power over. we are in this world as guests, mortal, and all we can do is try to feel at home while we are here.
...his search for a home then becomes a deeper search, for truth and meaning in existence, the same thing the "millions" of people search for. but it is impossible to be certain of it, so it's always an illusion to some degree...he loses hope in finding a universal truth, which even a prophet couldn't give him, as it's his task to search for his own truth. he finds his truth in the beauty of music.. but mostly in his beloved... her soul so to speak, the significance of looking "into" rather than "at". he's come to a point where the only thing that's certain for him is love...and that seems to give him enough meaning in life, he doesn't need to have anything more concrete, or any absolute philosophy or religion...love in its simplicity is better and greater than anything.