He said something when playing live about how he used a lot of major chords in this album. The major chords are considered "happy" tones, and sad music in generally in a minor key. He said, and I am paraphrasing, that he basically wanted to couple the "happy" sounding chords with solemn music. He stated this right before he played this song. I like this song more because of that because I think that he was trying to portray a dismal situation in a positive light through his music. Love lasts beyond death and that is a major worry that we won't see our loved ones on the other side. But in life you can't worry about that and even though death is certain we can't get sad about it... So the major chords bring light of death and the tragic situations that we all encounter at some point in our lives. He also hit it on the nose in "Naked as we Came"
He said something when playing live about how he used a lot of major chords in this album. The major chords are considered "happy" tones, and sad music in generally in a minor key. He said, and I am paraphrasing, that he basically wanted to couple the "happy" sounding chords with solemn music. He stated this right before he played this song. I like this song more because of that because I think that he was trying to portray a dismal situation in a positive light through his music. Love lasts beyond death and that is a major worry that we won't see our loved ones on the other side. But in life you can't worry about that and even though death is certain we can't get sad about it... So the major chords bring light of death and the tragic situations that we all encounter at some point in our lives. He also hit it on the nose in "Naked as we Came"