I think this song might be about the scary places our mind and our lives
can take us if we dare to go out past the known.
Sometimes we get lost at sea. Out in the world looking for truth, meaning....
only to find emptiness, nothing.
In this case, Sting trying to find meaning in his father's death.
"The bridge to heaven is broken".
Sting is describing the area between earth and the afterlife. His father's soul
helps him get back to the living.
You go after the dead, clinging to them.
We get no answers to our human questions.
Much anxiety and frustration, We are lost on the wild, wild sea.
No one answers us as if those who could only mock us.
"as if mocking my frail human hopes."
Our fathers, our guardian angels if they exist, are
always there to bring us back. He has to face the storm again
to get back to land. His father is steering the ship.
If a prayer today, the day my father died, is offered
please offer it to me, not my father.
I'm the one lost on the sea, he's bringing me back.
I'm the one stuck between two worlds.
I think this song might be about the scary places our mind and our lives can take us if we dare to go out past the known. Sometimes we get lost at sea. Out in the world looking for truth, meaning.... only to find emptiness, nothing. In this case, Sting trying to find meaning in his father's death.
"The bridge to heaven is broken". Sting is describing the area between earth and the afterlife. His father's soul helps him get back to the living. You go after the dead, clinging to them. We get no answers to our human questions.
Much anxiety and frustration, We are lost on the wild, wild sea. No one answers us as if those who could only mock us. "as if mocking my frail human hopes."
Our fathers, our guardian angels if they exist, are always there to bring us back. He has to face the storm again to get back to land. His father is steering the ship.
If a prayer today, the day my father died, is offered please offer it to me, not my father. I'm the one lost on the sea, he's bringing me back. I'm the one stuck between two worlds.