This song is definitely about depression and trying to cope with it. Looking in the mirror and seeing nothing in return, being numb and not being able to see or feel hope.
Depression and mental illnesses (i.e
Bi-polar) ebb and flow. First verse is about the narrator's issues being stirred up and brought to the surface. And trying to joke it off instead of fixing the problem/source.
Being so tired you cannot sleep is oretty obvious. Having secrets about secrets, and trying to hide that something is going on. The church is figuritive, I think the church is his mind- trying to cope, to find meaning/resolution/answers. But blackbirds (symbolic extension of something evil: bad thoughts/negativity/addiction? Etc) are still there, waiting.
But he doesn't want to see his name in stone (as in gravestone- being suicidal)- which I'm guess means he has hope. Tying a string around your finger has an entire origin story- with the literal translation of "keeping the spirit of life" and became a symbol of not forgetting.
So I think the second verse is about having hope, going out and trying to be normal- buy a guitar to make music and distract yourself/heal.
'Looking high, looking low' to me has a duel meaning. Literal translation would be looking good one day and maybe having not-so-good day the next. Perhaps a bi-polar reference- or just going for being okay to depressed. However he could also mean looking all over for answers. Looking in the wrong direction or someone giving you bad directions (bad advice, drugs?).
The last lyrics of the song are the saddest. I feel like they are a pretty literal translation of suicide. It isnt am umcommon method that people have walked straight into large bodies of water and never came back. But sometimes water is a metaphor for healing or truth, cleansing.
So I am going to hope for latter.. Because I want the best of these guys- and for anyone else that this song strikes a chord with, because I think many people suffering can relate to it. This song is really fucking personal and brilliant. I discovered it at the wrong and yet right time in my life.
This song is definitely about depression and trying to cope with it. Looking in the mirror and seeing nothing in return, being numb and not being able to see or feel hope.
Depression and mental illnesses (i.e Bi-polar) ebb and flow. First verse is about the narrator's issues being stirred up and brought to the surface. And trying to joke it off instead of fixing the problem/source.
Being so tired you cannot sleep is oretty obvious. Having secrets about secrets, and trying to hide that something is going on. The church is figuritive, I think the church is his mind- trying to cope, to find meaning/resolution/answers. But blackbirds (symbolic extension of something evil: bad thoughts/negativity/addiction? Etc) are still there, waiting.
But he doesn't want to see his name in stone (as in gravestone- being suicidal)- which I'm guess means he has hope. Tying a string around your finger has an entire origin story- with the literal translation of "keeping the spirit of life" and became a symbol of not forgetting.
So I think the second verse is about having hope, going out and trying to be normal- buy a guitar to make music and distract yourself/heal.
'Looking high, looking low' to me has a duel meaning. Literal translation would be looking good one day and maybe having not-so-good day the next. Perhaps a bi-polar reference- or just going for being okay to depressed. However he could also mean looking all over for answers. Looking in the wrong direction or someone giving you bad directions (bad advice, drugs?).
The last lyrics of the song are the saddest. I feel like they are a pretty literal translation of suicide. It isnt am umcommon method that people have walked straight into large bodies of water and never came back. But sometimes water is a metaphor for healing or truth, cleansing.
So I am going to hope for latter.. Because I want the best of these guys- and for anyone else that this song strikes a chord with, because I think many people suffering can relate to it. This song is really fucking personal and brilliant. I discovered it at the wrong and yet right time in my life.
These guys are so talented it hurts.