"All I really want is something beautiful to say To never fade away, I want to live forever"
When I hear this I think of Shaun telling us he is on a search to put out that one song that reaches us all and tells us something beautiful. If a musician/poet/author/etc can put out a piece of work that withstands the test of time, they are in some way are immortalizing themselves. In that what their message never fades away even after they are gone (think Imagine by Lennon).
That being said, my interpretation of that specific lyric doesn't seem to match the rest of the song. At face value it does come across as a relationship in which one person is hateful and uses their lies and words to keep the other person down.
I suppose it could be a commentary on how we as a society (in general) have become so hateful in our rhetoric. We are fairly quick to argue and almost demonize anyone who has a opinion different than our own. Subjects such as politics and religion have always raised tempers, but now days with the anonymity the internet provides, it seems there is no shortage of people using their "words as weapons" to cut down others as they see fit.
Or maybe it was just a shitty relationship... lol who knows. ;)
I agree, this song is amazing. I love it.
"All I really want is something beautiful to say To never fade away, I want to live forever"
When I hear this I think of Shaun telling us he is on a search to put out that one song that reaches us all and tells us something beautiful. If a musician/poet/author/etc can put out a piece of work that withstands the test of time, they are in some way are immortalizing themselves. In that what their message never fades away even after they are gone (think Imagine by Lennon).
That being said, my interpretation of that specific lyric doesn't seem to match the rest of the song. At face value it does come across as a relationship in which one person is hateful and uses their lies and words to keep the other person down.
I suppose it could be a commentary on how we as a society (in general) have become so hateful in our rhetoric. We are fairly quick to argue and almost demonize anyone who has a opinion different than our own. Subjects such as politics and religion have always raised tempers, but now days with the anonymity the internet provides, it seems there is no shortage of people using their "words as weapons" to cut down others as they see fit.
Or maybe it was just a shitty relationship... lol who knows. ;)