I agree with acidstarshine somewhat. I think it would be a good song for the show "Intervention." It sounds like a family's pleas to a serious addict or just someone deeply depressed and withdrawn.
It's been a long time coming
It's not up for debate
You've been a hollowed-out apple
Though you're standing up straight
It's later than you think
And we're not going to wait
If you continue to tell us
If you continue to tell us
"The universe is going to catch you"
This is the actual intervention. They're telling him he's obviously not in control of himself but he denies it. He asks them to put it off, to wait until tomorrow, but they want him to confront his issues now.
"Well, it was fine until you fell off
Of the face of the Earth
Because we would call you at home
And no one picked up the phone
But we were worried that you'd fallen
In the river, or worse
But then you sent us back a letter
It said in capital letters
"THE UNIVERSE IS GOING TO CATCH YOU"
Everything was fine until something happened to trigger him. He fell into a bad place, moved away, stopped all contact with his family. They worried about him, thought he had died or gone to jail. Finally he corresponded with them, giving the same excuse, basically "whatever will be will be, don't worry about me."
Come back inside
To this house
To your home
Made of steel-structured styrofoam
Nobody's out there
But someone is singing you
Back to your birthplace
That voice is the same voice
You heard on the same night that
Everything glowed
Took you into the air
And the arms of the universe
Kept you from falling
But after that happened
Those arms did not come back
So when you leapt up
And nobody caught you
Your neck broke
I don't know if this is a happy ending or a sad ending. It could mean he's realized his wrongs and wants to return home and fix things. Or it could mean he refused help and now he's all alone with memories of how it used to be before he went off the rails.
I agree with acidstarshine somewhat. I think it would be a good song for the show "Intervention." It sounds like a family's pleas to a serious addict or just someone deeply depressed and withdrawn.
It's been a long time coming It's not up for debate You've been a hollowed-out apple Though you're standing up straight It's later than you think And we're not going to wait If you continue to tell us If you continue to tell us "The universe is going to catch you"
This is the actual intervention. They're telling him he's obviously not in control of himself but he denies it. He asks them to put it off, to wait until tomorrow, but they want him to confront his issues now.
"Well, it was fine until you fell off Of the face of the Earth Because we would call you at home And no one picked up the phone But we were worried that you'd fallen In the river, or worse But then you sent us back a letter It said in capital letters "THE UNIVERSE IS GOING TO CATCH YOU"
Everything was fine until something happened to trigger him. He fell into a bad place, moved away, stopped all contact with his family. They worried about him, thought he had died or gone to jail. Finally he corresponded with them, giving the same excuse, basically "whatever will be will be, don't worry about me."
Come back inside To this house To your home Made of steel-structured styrofoam Nobody's out there But someone is singing you Back to your birthplace That voice is the same voice You heard on the same night that Everything glowed Took you into the air And the arms of the universe Kept you from falling But after that happened Those arms did not come back So when you leapt up And nobody caught you Your neck broke
I don't know if this is a happy ending or a sad ending. It could mean he's realized his wrongs and wants to return home and fix things. Or it could mean he refused help and now he's all alone with memories of how it used to be before he went off the rails.