This is my favourite Hurt song because its actually extreemly spiritualistic in nature. I believed the song was about someone close dying to him and his difficulties coming to terms with it. While I was correct in the nature of the song, it is actually a lot more deeper than initially thought.
During an Interview on 8/14/2010 (during a festival for 105.7 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis, MO USA - to be exact) J.Loren was asked bout the meanings behind many of his songs. He stated that most of these songs were about love, life and death and how we all lead different paths but ultimately we all have the same fate (death). This is hinted by their hidden track on "Goodbye to the machine", "Flowers".
J.Loren stated that one of the songs closest to his heart is in fact Fighting Tao. This song is about someone extreemly close to him (he did not say who, but I have heard that it is someone who is a father figure to him - i do not know if his father is still alive) that was terminally ill. He stated that this person lost faith before death and this song is a clash of belief systems during this moment. It's almost a person trying to convince someone that although they are not well, there is always God at the end of the tunnel - but the dying person takes their doubts to the grave, causing J.Loren to also feel doubt toward his maker.
Hello all,
This is my favourite Hurt song because its actually extreemly spiritualistic in nature. I believed the song was about someone close dying to him and his difficulties coming to terms with it. While I was correct in the nature of the song, it is actually a lot more deeper than initially thought.
During an Interview on 8/14/2010 (during a festival for 105.7 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis, MO USA - to be exact) J.Loren was asked bout the meanings behind many of his songs. He stated that most of these songs were about love, life and death and how we all lead different paths but ultimately we all have the same fate (death). This is hinted by their hidden track on "Goodbye to the machine", "Flowers".
J.Loren stated that one of the songs closest to his heart is in fact Fighting Tao. This song is about someone extreemly close to him (he did not say who, but I have heard that it is someone who is a father figure to him - i do not know if his father is still alive) that was terminally ill. He stated that this person lost faith before death and this song is a clash of belief systems during this moment. It's almost a person trying to convince someone that although they are not well, there is always God at the end of the tunnel - but the dying person takes their doubts to the grave, causing J.Loren to also feel doubt toward his maker.
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