So many people go through life saying "when..." "WHEN I find the right mate..." Or, "when I get out of college and find a good job with a good company..." Or, "when I make a million bucks...THEN I'll be happy and life will be great!"
Then, they fail to live, while waiting for those things to come to fruition.
And, when they DO accomplish their goals, they find that it only makes them happy for a day or two. Then, they are just as empty and unhappy as they were before. Only now, they're disappointed and disillusioned, as well.
To me, this song is saying that, even the most successful among us, even those who find that for which they were searching, or accomplish that which they set out to achieve...are just as empty and unfulfilled on the inside as everyone else.
I spent most of my life, as this song says, "looking for someone"...only to be disappointed. I went from one woman to another, one relationship to another...and no one could fill the void. (At least, not for more than a few days or weeks...or hours.) God is the only One Who can give meaning and fulfillment on any permanent basis.
So many people go through life saying "when..." "WHEN I find the right mate..." Or, "when I get out of college and find a good job with a good company..." Or, "when I make a million bucks...THEN I'll be happy and life will be great!"
Then, they fail to live, while waiting for those things to come to fruition.
And, when they DO accomplish their goals, they find that it only makes them happy for a day or two. Then, they are just as empty and unhappy as they were before. Only now, they're disappointed and disillusioned, as well.
To me, this song is saying that, even the most successful among us, even those who find that for which they were searching, or accomplish that which they set out to achieve...are just as empty and unfulfilled on the inside as everyone else.
I spent most of my life, as this song says, "looking for someone"...only to be disappointed. I went from one woman to another, one relationship to another...and no one could fill the void. (At least, not for more than a few days or weeks...or hours.) God is the only One Who can give meaning and fulfillment on any permanent basis.