Some nice callbacks here. "there’s just leaving now" of course, in contrast to There's No Leaving Now, but perhaps, more importantly, this one, "So there were no higher mountains", contrasting Troubles Will Be Gone, which says:
But there's that sign up to a hill to see the far of the land
Well the sign will say, "There's still a higher one"
If the message of TWBG is something like 'you'll always have more mountains to conquer', here Mattson seems to have resorted to the conclusion that perhaps that greatest peak came and went. Kinda grim, but the whole song is hopeful in a sort of grim way.
@infinityontrial Good observation with the connection to his earlier work.
@infinityontrial Good observation with the connection to his earlier work.
I heard from a live performance that this song is about his divorce. As someone who is going through a painful breakup right now this song nails it on the head.
I heard from a live performance that this song is about his divorce. As someone who is going through a painful breakup right now this song nails it on the head.
Trying to make peace with something that was once beautiful that is now gone and to accept that life goes on. "This is not the end, no this is fine".
Trying to make peace with something that was once beautiful that is now gone and to accept that life goes on. "This is not the end, no this is fine".
I interpret the verses differently every-time. Are they metaphors for his ex wife? Are they about him? is it just about travel and journeying? I love this,...
I interpret the verses differently every-time. Are they metaphors for his ex wife? Are they about him? is it just about travel and journeying? I love this, I can imagine something different every-time.
The ending is just perfect. At the end of all the string and questioning, at the final stage of a breakup you just have to stay, "I thought that this would last for a million years but now I need to go.. oh f**k".
Some nice callbacks here. "there’s just leaving now" of course, in contrast to There's No Leaving Now, but perhaps, more importantly, this one, "So there were no higher mountains", contrasting Troubles Will Be Gone, which says:
But there's that sign up to a hill to see the far of the land Well the sign will say, "There's still a higher one"
If the message of TWBG is something like 'you'll always have more mountains to conquer', here Mattson seems to have resorted to the conclusion that perhaps that greatest peak came and went. Kinda grim, but the whole song is hopeful in a sort of grim way.
@infinityontrial Good observation with the connection to his earlier work.
@infinityontrial Good observation with the connection to his earlier work.
I heard from a live performance that this song is about his divorce. As someone who is going through a painful breakup right now this song nails it on the head.
I heard from a live performance that this song is about his divorce. As someone who is going through a painful breakup right now this song nails it on the head.
Trying to make peace with something that was once beautiful that is now gone and to accept that life goes on. "This is not the end, no this is fine".
Trying to make peace with something that was once beautiful that is now gone and to accept that life goes on. "This is not the end, no this is fine".
I interpret the verses differently every-time. Are they metaphors for his ex wife? Are they about him? is it just about travel and journeying? I love this,...
I interpret the verses differently every-time. Are they metaphors for his ex wife? Are they about him? is it just about travel and journeying? I love this, I can imagine something different every-time.
The ending is just perfect. At the end of all the string and questioning, at the final stage of a breakup you just have to stay, "I thought that this would last for a million years but now I need to go.. oh f**k".
Says it all.