So, this is just my take on these powerful words.
I'll tackle them one verse at a time, just to make it simpler in my head. heh
First of all, let me just say this song is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in a while. A very long while.
This first verse:
"That feeling, that doesn't go away just did
And I walked a thousand miles to prove it
And I'm caught in the crossfire of my own thoughts
The color of my blood is all I see on the rocks
As you sail from me"
To me, it's about a love lost not by regular circumstances. Self-destruction from thoughts and abandoning of things like communication? Usually when people think too much and let it get to them is when there's mass miscommunication. The sea is usually symbolic for this because of the idea of being pulled out to sea and knocked around and drowning is quite similar to thinking yourself out of love. When you eventually make it back to shore it's not always safely. This person has given up by now and has abandoned the search party for her.
The crossfire of her own thoughts are sabotaging "the feeling that doesn't go away" or shouldn't go away. She walks to think it over and try to gain clarity of it, or to "prove it" to herself. What could the blood mean though?
Now, this is my favorite verse of the song. It's pure poetry in my opinion.
"Alarms will ring for eternity
The waves will break every chain on me
My bones will bleach
My flesh will flee
So help my lifeless frame to breathe"
If anyone's ever lost real love, you'll know this feeling all too well. When it's lost, is literally painful. Grieving seems to go on for eternity. She feels like she's dying. She can't breathe, it feels, because of that terrible knot in her chest. She feels like she going waste away, emotionally. Chains, maybe ties to people that these waves are breaking because people don't socialize when they're hurting like this. She begs; help me breathe again. Sort of a "bring me back to life" situation.
I'm not trying to Bible thump here, I promise.
"And God knows, I'm not dying but I breathe now
And God knows, it's the only way to heal now
With all the blood I lost with you
It drowns the love I thought I knew"
At this point, I feel like maybe this part is a sort of coming to terms with everything? She's not dying anymore but, instead, she breathes. Breathing in and just releasing negative energy. Healing.
Some people turn to God when at their lowest points. The term 'God knows' implies that whole "God knows our every sorrow because He's already lived through it for us" and so by that she's saying God knows I'm going through this Hell and that gives people a sense of comfort sometimes.
I somehow am starting to view the blood she's talking about to the Vampiric understanding of it in which blood carries with it Life. Memories. Knowledge. etc. When you separate there's memories, chunks of life dedicated to these people, things you two grow to know and understand together. When it's over. You've lost this. "Lost blood". When it's drowning the love she thought she knew I feel it means that it's fizzling it out. Back to the falling out of love?
So to this one.
"The lost dreams are buried in my sleep for him
And this was the ecstasy of a love forgotten
And I'm thrown in the gunfire of empty bullets
And my blood is all I see
As you steal my soul from me"
As you build dreams with someone when they leave, or you leave, those dreams have to get forgotten or 'buried' away. Our dreams are built on our subconscious. So they're buried in sleep because once something is sought after by us, we never really forget it. But while awake she's not thinking about it a sort of fake ecstasy but "forgetting" about it. The fear of being hurt arises by being thrown into gunfire, but with empty bullets it's not so bad. So it's something she's able to overcome.
Her blood is all she see's. Her life, memories, etc with this person. She's grown to be one with someone absent now. A.K.A. he's stole her soul. Her identity.
This starts to take on a new feeling:
"Alarms will ring for eternity
The waves will break every chain on me"
She sings it a little differently this time. Almost hopeful. She's no longer wasting away. God knows, she's not dying but she breathes now.
She's healing.
After all, Anything Could Happen.
So, this is just my take on these powerful words. I'll tackle them one verse at a time, just to make it simpler in my head. heh
First of all, let me just say this song is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in a while. A very long while. This first verse: "That feeling, that doesn't go away just did And I walked a thousand miles to prove it And I'm caught in the crossfire of my own thoughts The color of my blood is all I see on the rocks As you sail from me" To me, it's about a love lost not by regular circumstances. Self-destruction from thoughts and abandoning of things like communication? Usually when people think too much and let it get to them is when there's mass miscommunication. The sea is usually symbolic for this because of the idea of being pulled out to sea and knocked around and drowning is quite similar to thinking yourself out of love. When you eventually make it back to shore it's not always safely. This person has given up by now and has abandoned the search party for her. The crossfire of her own thoughts are sabotaging "the feeling that doesn't go away" or shouldn't go away. She walks to think it over and try to gain clarity of it, or to "prove it" to herself. What could the blood mean though?
Now, this is my favorite verse of the song. It's pure poetry in my opinion. "Alarms will ring for eternity The waves will break every chain on me My bones will bleach My flesh will flee So help my lifeless frame to breathe" If anyone's ever lost real love, you'll know this feeling all too well. When it's lost, is literally painful. Grieving seems to go on for eternity. She feels like she's dying. She can't breathe, it feels, because of that terrible knot in her chest. She feels like she going waste away, emotionally. Chains, maybe ties to people that these waves are breaking because people don't socialize when they're hurting like this. She begs; help me breathe again. Sort of a "bring me back to life" situation.
I'm not trying to Bible thump here, I promise. "And God knows, I'm not dying but I breathe now And God knows, it's the only way to heal now With all the blood I lost with you It drowns the love I thought I knew" At this point, I feel like maybe this part is a sort of coming to terms with everything? She's not dying anymore but, instead, she breathes. Breathing in and just releasing negative energy. Healing. Some people turn to God when at their lowest points. The term 'God knows' implies that whole "God knows our every sorrow because He's already lived through it for us" and so by that she's saying God knows I'm going through this Hell and that gives people a sense of comfort sometimes. I somehow am starting to view the blood she's talking about to the Vampiric understanding of it in which blood carries with it Life. Memories. Knowledge. etc. When you separate there's memories, chunks of life dedicated to these people, things you two grow to know and understand together. When it's over. You've lost this. "Lost blood". When it's drowning the love she thought she knew I feel it means that it's fizzling it out. Back to the falling out of love?
So to this one. "The lost dreams are buried in my sleep for him And this was the ecstasy of a love forgotten And I'm thrown in the gunfire of empty bullets And my blood is all I see As you steal my soul from me" As you build dreams with someone when they leave, or you leave, those dreams have to get forgotten or 'buried' away. Our dreams are built on our subconscious. So they're buried in sleep because once something is sought after by us, we never really forget it. But while awake she's not thinking about it a sort of fake ecstasy but "forgetting" about it. The fear of being hurt arises by being thrown into gunfire, but with empty bullets it's not so bad. So it's something she's able to overcome. Her blood is all she see's. Her life, memories, etc with this person. She's grown to be one with someone absent now. A.K.A. he's stole her soul. Her identity.
This starts to take on a new feeling: "Alarms will ring for eternity The waves will break every chain on me" She sings it a little differently this time. Almost hopeful. She's no longer wasting away. God knows, she's not dying but she breathes now. She's healing. After all, Anything Could Happen.