Apparently this song is about the voyage from Captain Ahab for hunting the White Whale Moby Dick (due to the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, 1851.
But he also mentioned Jonah (third verse, third line: "Caught like Jonah forty fathoms down") what links to the bible (old testament) text from "Jonah and the Whale".
In any case there must be another deeper meaning behind these words.
Personally for me, and I hope it does not sound too histrionically: It is about life itself, what is hard for everybody and an everlasting chase to a methaphorically "White Whale". What could be a better Job, another relationship,...whatever. However he is saying "Hope allowed" and that's the important point!!
Apparently this song is about the voyage from Captain Ahab for hunting the White Whale Moby Dick (due to the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, 1851.
But he also mentioned Jonah (third verse, third line: "Caught like Jonah forty fathoms down") what links to the bible (old testament) text from "Jonah and the Whale".
In any case there must be another deeper meaning behind these words.
Personally for me, and I hope it does not sound too histrionically: It is about life itself, what is hard for everybody and an everlasting chase to a methaphorically "White Whale". What could be a better Job, another relationship,...whatever. However he is saying "Hope allowed" and that's the important point!!
Great lyrics