To me this song is an ode to music, Saint Cecilia being the patron saint of musicians. It's about how music has the ability to heal you, to be the ultimate form of self expression.
To me the first line of the chorus "I got this feeling, I can't keep it down anymore" is about how if you're a musician the music lives inside of you, it ignites a fire in your soul, you can't keep it trapped inside, you need to get it out, you have the insatiable urge to create and collaborate and just make noise, it's just something that needs to poor out of you. And being a musician doesn't mean that you're the best player or singer or composer, it just means that you have an ingrained passion for music, it's all about never letting that passion die, it's about never giving up on music and and long as you never let that passion die you're a musician whether you're a classically trained concert pianist or a kid that just picked up the dust old guitar in the corner, all that matters are how the music makes you feel.
The second have of the chorus "Bring me some healing
Saint Cecilia, carry me home to your house of broken bones." Is about how music can heal you, no matter how broken you are, no matter how bad things get, if you have music in your heart it can be your salvation.
I think the bridge:
"I know no matter what I say
Days will come and go
No matter what I say
Nothing's set in stone
No matter what I say
Days go by"
Is about how nothing in this life is certain, no matter what you try to do to control it, life is going to pass you by whether you want it to or not and life doesn't owe you anything, it's up to you what you do with it, whether you go out and grab life by the balls or wake up at 40 full of regret wondering where it went, it's all up to you, the only thing that is certain is the passing of time.
To me this song is an ode to music, Saint Cecilia being the patron saint of musicians. It's about how music has the ability to heal you, to be the ultimate form of self expression.
To me the first line of the chorus "I got this feeling, I can't keep it down anymore" is about how if you're a musician the music lives inside of you, it ignites a fire in your soul, you can't keep it trapped inside, you need to get it out, you have the insatiable urge to create and collaborate and just make noise, it's just something that needs to poor out of you. And being a musician doesn't mean that you're the best player or singer or composer, it just means that you have an ingrained passion for music, it's all about never letting that passion die, it's about never giving up on music and and long as you never let that passion die you're a musician whether you're a classically trained concert pianist or a kid that just picked up the dust old guitar in the corner, all that matters are how the music makes you feel.
The second have of the chorus "Bring me some healing Saint Cecilia, carry me home to your house of broken bones." Is about how music can heal you, no matter how broken you are, no matter how bad things get, if you have music in your heart it can be your salvation.
I think the bridge: "I know no matter what I say Days will come and go No matter what I say Nothing's set in stone No matter what I say Days go by"
Is about how nothing in this life is certain, no matter what you try to do to control it, life is going to pass you by whether you want it to or not and life doesn't owe you anything, it's up to you what you do with it, whether you go out and grab life by the balls or wake up at 40 full of regret wondering where it went, it's all up to you, the only thing that is certain is the passing of time.
@bethelmo so so true!! exactly right!! no one could've said that any better!!!
@bethelmo so so true!! exactly right!! no one could've said that any better!!!