Seems like he's getting advice from his grandpa who is near death. I think "awaking" here is death. When you die you "relieve your soul" which you were born with, and unfortunately, you'll never really get to know yourself, spiritually or something.
The thing with the hanging by a string, I'm not sure I get that one, is he talking about literally being hanged?
But from the last verse, I think the message is pretty clearly to live every day like it could be your last, etc., and the last line about Moses, I thinking he's saying he doesn't really care about religion. I think that's kinda cool, since it's a pretty gospel chorus; the juxtaposition is interesting.
@DRO1539 I agree with all you've written [even the lack of understanding of "hanging on a string"], but want to offer this modified understanding: awakening regards letting go of one's attachment to the mortal world; and, thereby, freeing oneself from its grip--this requires belief in something more significant
@DRO1539 I agree with all you've written [even the lack of understanding of "hanging on a string"], but want to offer this modified understanding: awakening regards letting go of one's attachment to the mortal world; and, thereby, freeing oneself from its grip--this requires belief in something more significant
@DRO1539 I agree with this, except the line about Moses sounds to me like the author saying that one can't change God's will no matter what they do. The "hanging on a string" always makes me think of a person's soul leaving their body, like when a person dies on the operating table and they can see everything that's going on from above their own body.
@DRO1539 I agree with this, except the line about Moses sounds to me like the author saying that one can't change God's will no matter what they do. The "hanging on a string" always makes me think of a person's soul leaving their body, like when a person dies on the operating table and they can see everything that's going on from above their own body.
Seems like he's getting advice from his grandpa who is near death. I think "awaking" here is death. When you die you "relieve your soul" which you were born with, and unfortunately, you'll never really get to know yourself, spiritually or something.
The thing with the hanging by a string, I'm not sure I get that one, is he talking about literally being hanged?
But from the last verse, I think the message is pretty clearly to live every day like it could be your last, etc., and the last line about Moses, I thinking he's saying he doesn't really care about religion. I think that's kinda cool, since it's a pretty gospel chorus; the juxtaposition is interesting.
@DRO1539 I agree with all you've written [even the lack of understanding of "hanging on a string"], but want to offer this modified understanding: awakening regards letting go of one's attachment to the mortal world; and, thereby, freeing oneself from its grip--this requires belief in something more significant
@DRO1539 I agree with all you've written [even the lack of understanding of "hanging on a string"], but want to offer this modified understanding: awakening regards letting go of one's attachment to the mortal world; and, thereby, freeing oneself from its grip--this requires belief in something more significant
@DRO1539 I agree with this, except the line about Moses sounds to me like the author saying that one can't change God's will no matter what they do. The "hanging on a string" always makes me think of a person's soul leaving their body, like when a person dies on the operating table and they can see everything that's going on from above their own body.
@DRO1539 I agree with this, except the line about Moses sounds to me like the author saying that one can't change God's will no matter what they do. The "hanging on a string" always makes me think of a person's soul leaving their body, like when a person dies on the operating table and they can see everything that's going on from above their own body.