This song touches my heart. It's so... beautiful. And hopeless. There's something about the vulnerability of hopelessness that just naturally touches the human heart. I don't really agree with the viewpoint of my own interpretation, but it's touching nonetheless.
Okay. So for me the song is about hopelessness. This person has lost everything--could be a home, a family, a lover, a friend... We can assume that there's nothing left of this person. He or she has essentially lost his or her own identity, leaving nothing but flesh. Whatever happened to this person has caused him/her to give up on life completely. It seems as though there IS an acceptance in this song that God DOES exist, but I think this is one of those classic moments where a person that has undergone a tragedy is asking, "Why me, God?" and is basically giving up the idea that God wants to help or cares. The song says "breathe in and out," suggesting that the things you need to overcome tragedy are inside of you. You're "skin and bones"--essentially, you're all that you have in the end. Again, I don't really agree with that idea, but that seems to be what the song is saying. To me, this song needs a sequel where the person realizes that God is on his or her side and learns that he or she is much more than just "skin and bones." But I still love this song, despite my disagreement with the theology. It's just one of those songs that you can't help but sympathize with.
This song touches my heart. It's so... beautiful. And hopeless. There's something about the vulnerability of hopelessness that just naturally touches the human heart. I don't really agree with the viewpoint of my own interpretation, but it's touching nonetheless.
Okay. So for me the song is about hopelessness. This person has lost everything--could be a home, a family, a lover, a friend... We can assume that there's nothing left of this person. He or she has essentially lost his or her own identity, leaving nothing but flesh. Whatever happened to this person has caused him/her to give up on life completely. It seems as though there IS an acceptance in this song that God DOES exist, but I think this is one of those classic moments where a person that has undergone a tragedy is asking, "Why me, God?" and is basically giving up the idea that God wants to help or cares. The song says "breathe in and out," suggesting that the things you need to overcome tragedy are inside of you. You're "skin and bones"--essentially, you're all that you have in the end. Again, I don't really agree with that idea, but that seems to be what the song is saying. To me, this song needs a sequel where the person realizes that God is on his or her side and learns that he or she is much more than just "skin and bones." But I still love this song, despite my disagreement with the theology. It's just one of those songs that you can't help but sympathize with.