Not to sound like a dick, but none of these really make sense. I can't see this being about a soldier, i can't see this even being about a dieing man. I think it's all being taken too literal. Of course i say "I Think" because none of us really know, but i find it hard to believe this could mean anything as cheesy as what has been suggested. I'm basically going to write this from stanza to stanza in order. Follow the lines to see what i mean.
This man is not dieing. He is very much in pain, but its emotional pain. Summer is a season of warmth, fun, enjoyment, happiness. All these feelings are gone to him, ghosts. However, he doesn't feel that it's his fault. He doesnt consider Summer a stranger, it sees him as a stranger. He is not the man he used to be, happiness has left him and he hopes he can get it back one day.
This man is begging God for his happiness back, for what he once had. He is desperately searching for it. He knows he will find happiness one day through the Lord however, because Jesus died and rose from the grave. So he knows one day he will "rise" also.
Then he goes to saying how he saw happiness one day, and he lost his mind also when he lost it. Whether he is talking about a girl, his possessions, his family, his friends, or everything he holds dear, we don't know. However, once again he brings God back into it. He is still having faith that the Lord will bring it all back. He has found God, and he's just waiting and hoping that the Lord will bring him everything back and make him happy again. This may be in death, for taking him from the cruel world he lives in....as an act of mercy. Or maybe the less dramatic, that he just wants his life back, and he knows if he waits long enough, maybe one day God will reward him for his patience.
He then goes to the idea of going with the flow. Don't hold things dear, caged. It's confusing until you read the next line. He suggests money as one of these objects. Don't hold on to your money, you can't take it with you, and it won't get you to heaven. It also won't bring you happiness.
Not to sound like a dick, but none of these really make sense. I can't see this being about a soldier, i can't see this even being about a dieing man. I think it's all being taken too literal. Of course i say "I Think" because none of us really know, but i find it hard to believe this could mean anything as cheesy as what has been suggested. I'm basically going to write this from stanza to stanza in order. Follow the lines to see what i mean.
This man is not dieing. He is very much in pain, but its emotional pain. Summer is a season of warmth, fun, enjoyment, happiness. All these feelings are gone to him, ghosts. However, he doesn't feel that it's his fault. He doesnt consider Summer a stranger, it sees him as a stranger. He is not the man he used to be, happiness has left him and he hopes he can get it back one day.
This man is begging God for his happiness back, for what he once had. He is desperately searching for it. He knows he will find happiness one day through the Lord however, because Jesus died and rose from the grave. So he knows one day he will "rise" also.
Then he goes to saying how he saw happiness one day, and he lost his mind also when he lost it. Whether he is talking about a girl, his possessions, his family, his friends, or everything he holds dear, we don't know. However, once again he brings God back into it. He is still having faith that the Lord will bring it all back. He has found God, and he's just waiting and hoping that the Lord will bring him everything back and make him happy again. This may be in death, for taking him from the cruel world he lives in....as an act of mercy. Or maybe the less dramatic, that he just wants his life back, and he knows if he waits long enough, maybe one day God will reward him for his patience.
He then goes to the idea of going with the flow. Don't hold things dear, caged. It's confusing until you read the next line. He suggests money as one of these objects. Don't hold on to your money, you can't take it with you, and it won't get you to heaven. It also won't bring you happiness.
Your explanation is so beautiful that it brought me to tears, I've had trouble interpreting this. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Your explanation is so beautiful that it brought me to tears, I've had trouble interpreting this. Thank you so much for sharing this.