"Oh sister when I come to lie in your arms You should not treat me like a stranger"
You even feel so power-drained by this bad status quo, that you try to proof your intentions are pure and you believe that even God would expect the other to recognize and value that. Not receiving warmth back by your attempts to save your relationship feels like the other is doing you wrong on purpose.
=> "Our Father would not like the way that you act"
You also feel that if you want to save your relationship, you have to get back to a situation where love is answered with love. If not, the relationship will surely and finally break apart.
=> "And you must realize the danger."
Finally I think he refers to his motor bike accident, after which he focussed fully on his family for an extended period. This was for him like dying and being reborn. Perhaps he even believed that God wanted him to save his marriage. Cradle and grave stands for the beginning and the end of his relationship.
=> "We grew up together From the cradle to the grave We died and were reborn And then mysteriously saved."
At the end he might even express a threat of committing suicide as is in the heads of many people who are being abandoned by their partner whom they love.
=> "Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore You may not see me tomorrow."">
Oh, Sister Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by ahiemstra | SongMeanings
"Oh sister when I come to lie in your arms You should not treat me like a stranger"
You even feel so power-drained by this bad status quo, that you try to proof your intentions are pure and you believe that even God would expect the other to recognize and value that. Not receiving warmth back by your attempts to save your relationship feels like the other is doing you wrong on purpose.
=> "Our Father would not like the way that you act"
You also feel that if you want to save your relationship, you have to get back to a situation where love is answered with love. If not, the relationship will surely and finally break apart.
=> "And you must realize the danger."
Finally I think he refers to his motor bike accident, after which he focussed fully on his family for an extended period. This was for him like dying and being reborn. Perhaps he even believed that God wanted him to save his marriage. Cradle and grave stands for the beginning and the end of his relationship.
=> "We grew up together From the cradle to the grave We died and were reborn And then mysteriously saved."
At the end he might even express a threat of committing suicide as is in the heads of many people who are being abandoned by their partner whom they love.
=> "Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore You may not see me tomorrow."" />
I think this is still a song about his relationship to Sarah. At this point in time he was not divorced yet, but they weren't living together either.´
People who have been abandoned by their partner, whom they still love, will probably recognize what he is saying. There is a period where you still hope your partner re-thinks the decision and all will go back to "normal".
=> "Oh sister when I come to lie in your arms You should not treat me like a stranger"
You even feel so power-drained by this bad status quo, that you try to proof your intentions are pure and you believe that even God would expect the other to recognize and value that. Not receiving warmth back by your attempts to save your relationship feels like the other is doing you wrong on purpose.
=> "Our Father would not like the way that you act"
You also feel that if you want to save your relationship, you have to get back to a situation where love is answered with love. If not, the relationship will surely and finally break apart.
=> "And you must realize the danger."
Finally I think he refers to his motor bike accident, after which he focussed fully on his family for an extended period. This was for him like dying and being reborn. Perhaps he even believed that God wanted him to save his marriage. Cradle and grave stands for the beginning and the end of his relationship.
=> "We grew up together From the cradle to the grave We died and were reborn And then mysteriously saved."
At the end he might even express a threat of committing suicide as is in the heads of many people who are being abandoned by their partner whom they love.
=> "Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore You may not see me tomorrow."
I think this is still a song about his relationship to Sarah. At this point in time he was not divorced yet, but they weren't living together either.´ People who have been abandoned by their partner, whom they still love, will probably recognize what he is saying. There is a period where you still hope your partner re-thinks the decision and all will go back to "normal".
=> "Oh sister when I come to lie in your arms You should not treat me like a stranger"
You even feel so power-drained by this bad status quo, that you try to proof your intentions are pure and you believe that even God would expect the other to recognize and value that. Not receiving warmth back by your attempts to save your relationship feels like the other is doing you wrong on purpose.
=> "Our Father would not like the way that you act"
You also feel that if you want to save your relationship, you have to get back to a situation where love is answered with love. If not, the relationship will surely and finally break apart.
=> "And you must realize the danger."
Finally I think he refers to his motor bike accident, after which he focussed fully on his family for an extended period. This was for him like dying and being reborn. Perhaps he even believed that God wanted him to save his marriage. Cradle and grave stands for the beginning and the end of his relationship.
=> "We grew up together From the cradle to the grave We died and were reborn And then mysteriously saved."
At the end he might even express a threat of committing suicide as is in the heads of many people who are being abandoned by their partner whom they love.
=> "Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore You may not see me tomorrow."