I don't know if Jamey has really held the hands of a dying man but here he is talking about a personal (since the last 4 lines) experience that changes the way you view and judge things.
He discovers the nature of death (probably):
"Death devours never resting
Never fed, never repenting
Robbed of justice, stripped of faith
Accepting this all is what it must take"
and it makes him see things from other point of view:
"So pass your judgment
And cast your stones
But only once you've held the hands of a dying man
I'll grant your forgiveness
For the wrong you've done
Once you've felt the coldest touch
From the hands of a dying man"
But he also takes advantage of it in some way. It makes him stronger ("Strengthen...") and keeps him going as he keeps in mind "those who carry on" and what they have done (the "dying man" was probably one of them).
I don't know if Jamey has really held the hands of a dying man but here he is talking about a personal (since the last 4 lines) experience that changes the way you view and judge things.
He discovers the nature of death (probably):
"Death devours never resting Never fed, never repenting Robbed of justice, stripped of faith Accepting this all is what it must take"
and it makes him see things from other point of view:
"So pass your judgment And cast your stones But only once you've held the hands of a dying man
I'll grant your forgiveness For the wrong you've done Once you've felt the coldest touch From the hands of a dying man"
But he also takes advantage of it in some way. It makes him stronger ("Strengthen...") and keeps him going as he keeps in mind "those who carry on" and what they have done (the "dying man" was probably one of them).