To fully understand this song, you have to listen to the full album. All of Red's albums seem to have the barest hint of a storyline, which I absolutely adore.
For me, this song is a call to wake up from complacency, but the call came too late, because we're already "trapped in the countdown". This countdown is our own lives; we're running out of time every day. Is there a way to stop this? We're only here for a short amount of time, so, somebody's gotta do something about this problem soon. When we realize that there is no stopping time, panic and chaos unfolds.
To fully understand this song, you have to listen to the full album. All of Red's albums seem to have the barest hint of a storyline, which I absolutely adore. For me, this song is a call to wake up from complacency, but the call came too late, because we're already "trapped in the countdown". This countdown is our own lives; we're running out of time every day. Is there a way to stop this? We're only here for a short amount of time, so, somebody's gotta do something about this problem soon. When we realize that there is no stopping time, panic and chaos unfolds.