General Comment:I didn't take any particularly religious notes from this one, but in the first few listens, what stuck out to me is the concept of human mortality (and I guess how we live our lives as a result).
Maybe it's just because I had Zach Sobiech on the brain, but lines like "God's loves die young" made me think of people who -really- know they've got a limited time on this earth - the terminally ill, etc - and as a result of being so conscious of the time remaining, they often live the rest of their lives to the fullest.
But what about the rest of us? Why don't -we- live every day like we're dying? "There's a headstone right in front of you and everyone I know" -- we're -all- going to die eventually --- but the other lines remind us, "There's a lifetime right in front of you and everyone I know." Yes, we're all going to die, but until then, we can live!
I feel like some parts are singing to the person who doesn't treat life that way, who forgets that we have such precious little time. "I wanna know, does it bother you, the low click of a ticking clock?" Do you even realize that your life is ticking away every second, and you're not doing anything about it?
Questions of "Is he ready to go?" / "Are you ready to go?" seem to ask, if you died today, would you be okay with that? Could you leave this world feeling complete? Lines like, "Young hips shouldn't break on this ice" just feel like they're referring to people who have no reason -not- to be out living - you're not old or broken yet, why stop?
"It's the last time running through snow / 'Cause the fire can't last and the Winter's cold."
All in all, I just get a "Life is short, seize the day!" feeling from this song, but in a quiet, thoughtful, almost uncomfortable way. (Especially when you do hear a ticking clock mixed in toward the end of the song.)
So time's a-wasting - stop reading my mindless musical rambling, go out and enjoy your life. :)
General Comment:I didn't take any particularly religious notes from this one, but in the first few listens, what stuck out to me is the concept of human mortality (and I guess how we live our lives as a result).
Maybe it's just because I had Zach Sobiech on the brain, but lines like "God's loves die young" made me think of people who -really- know they've got a limited time on this earth - the terminally ill, etc - and as a result of being so conscious of the time remaining, they often live the rest of their lives to the fullest.
But what about the rest of us? Why don't -we- live every day like we're dying? "There's a headstone right in front of you and everyone I know" -- we're -all- going to die eventually --- but the other lines remind us, "There's a lifetime right in front of you and everyone I know." Yes, we're all going to die, but until then, we can live!
I feel like some parts are singing to the person who doesn't treat life that way, who forgets that we have such precious little time. "I wanna know, does it bother you, the low click of a ticking clock?" Do you even realize that your life is ticking away every second, and you're not doing anything about it?
Questions of "Is he ready to go?" / "Are you ready to go?" seem to ask, if you died today, would you be okay with that? Could you leave this world feeling complete? Lines like, "Young hips shouldn't break on this ice" just feel like they're referring to people who have no reason -not- to be out living - you're not old or broken yet, why stop?
"It's the last time running through snow / 'Cause the fire can't last and the Winter's cold." All in all, I just get a "Life is short, seize the day!" feeling from this song, but in a quiet, thoughtful, almost uncomfortable way. (Especially when you do hear a ticking clock mixed in toward the end of the song.)
So time's a-wasting - stop reading my mindless musical rambling, go out and enjoy your life. :)
I liked your interpretation of this song so much I made an account just so I could tell you :)
I liked your interpretation of this song so much I made an account just so I could tell you :)
this song is about not lying....
this song is about not lying....
its about a gay guy thats hasnt come out.. he's lying...dont lie there is a life time infront of you.
its about a gay guy thats hasnt come out.. he's lying...dont lie there is a life time infront of you.