Fantastic song. I saw them live in Kingston (sadly they did not play this song - no female singer) and after the concert they stayed around to play their songs acoustically. It was probably one of the coolest moments at a concert I have been too.
Anyway, on to the song meaning. I think its about being homeless and about regretting ones choices, that led the singer to become homeless. It seems to me that the person had family/friends and then left them to go do something. He is to ashamed to go back to them though, because he won't admit his failure. Another idea I had was that he did go home after being homeless but feels awkward being there because well..."it just dont feel the same" so then he leaves again to go be homeless.
I think the part about Oslo is about his dream to go somewhere with his life. Young people often travel after university/college and maybe he wishes he could travel there. Be free and start over.
When the singer talks about crossing the river Jordan that could mean about going home - The Jordan River is the border to Israel the traditional homeland of the Jews...So cross into Israel aka go home.
Fantastic song. I saw them live in Kingston (sadly they did not play this song - no female singer) and after the concert they stayed around to play their songs acoustically. It was probably one of the coolest moments at a concert I have been too.
Anyway, on to the song meaning. I think its about being homeless and about regretting ones choices, that led the singer to become homeless. It seems to me that the person had family/friends and then left them to go do something. He is to ashamed to go back to them though, because he won't admit his failure. Another idea I had was that he did go home after being homeless but feels awkward being there because well..."it just dont feel the same" so then he leaves again to go be homeless.
I think the part about Oslo is about his dream to go somewhere with his life. Young people often travel after university/college and maybe he wishes he could travel there. Be free and start over.
When the singer talks about crossing the river Jordan that could mean about going home - The Jordan River is the border to Israel the traditional homeland of the Jews...So cross into Israel aka go home.