To me, this song is about the inevitable passing of time.
It says so in the very first verse: "This is the clock upon the wall."
And I think that the rest of the song is about someone who tried to get around that, the part about the government hiding things, or the bells that will never ring (the time will never pass). And someone who he knew who actually just lived their life while he was stuck in limbo.
"Confess to me
Every secret moment
Every stolen promise you believed
Confess to me
All that lies between us
All that lies between you and me"
And he was safe because he never believed stolen promises, but now he's wondering if he had just lived his life what it would be like.
To me, this song is about the inevitable passing of time. It says so in the very first verse: "This is the clock upon the wall."
And I think that the rest of the song is about someone who tried to get around that, the part about the government hiding things, or the bells that will never ring (the time will never pass). And someone who he knew who actually just lived their life while he was stuck in limbo.
"Confess to me Every secret moment Every stolen promise you believed Confess to me All that lies between us All that lies between you and me"
And he was safe because he never believed stolen promises, but now he's wondering if he had just lived his life what it would be like.
A song about regret, in my opinion.