"We are kneeling at the rivers edge and tempting
All the steps to follow closer right behind
Is it only when you feel a part is empty
That it’s gnawing at the corners of your mind"
It is only when you feel at your lowest, when you feel lost and alone, like no one understands you that it starts to remind you that it most likely isn't the first time, or the last time.
The chorus to mean represents how all you can do is beg and hope blindly that it takes sympathy for you, but even then you acknowledge that it won't be the last time you'll ask for some respite.
"It is not clear why we choose the fire pathway
Where we end is not the way that we had planned
All the spirits gather 'round like its our last day
To get across you know we’ll have to raise the sand"
We make stupid choices, or hard choice that go wrong. When we fail, we are judged for it and the only way to get across is an impossibility. The last sentence had a Moses vibe for me. He split the oceans apart, but another likely alternative would have been to raise the land; make a land bridge. Obviously we cannot do that and if we still choose to walk through, we'll likely drown.
The last chorus is the only part that makes me feel whether she is talking to life or some other figure, vs talking to a loved one or some literal person they are asking for help. It could quite easily just be a personification of life. In the end she asks for help and feels like life sold her out and hung her out to dry.
@jobzombi i'm going to rate you but I would have to disagree with you .. if you liston to the lryics word for word it can mean religion back in the 60s where the black community was struggling to be free ..like muddy waters in the Mississippi waters "asking for mercy " -asking god to help us ,come to you blind , - I am willing do anything just to be free not the last of my kind ..including my brothers an sisters ..i may be wrong but that's what is says to me
@jobzombi i'm going to rate you but I would have to disagree with you .. if you liston to the lryics word for word it can mean religion back in the 60s where the black community was struggling to be free ..like muddy waters in the Mississippi waters "asking for mercy " -asking god to help us ,come to you blind , - I am willing do anything just to be free not the last of my kind ..including my brothers an sisters ..i may be wrong but that's what is says to me
I can agree with you about the southern views of Mississippi & expand as an in general bias against eachother... one's closest to us as well.
I can agree with you about the southern views of Mississippi & expand as an in general bias against eachother... one's closest to us as well.
Begging for mercy to those who judge un-justly... cause, they are the only ones to give mercy to their own negitive picture in their head of labeling someone. They are the only ones to save the situation they have imagined & forcing true!
This can be in a relationship or just as a general people judging others by labling. Judging someone's character wrongly is a sin, especially when seeking truth is turned...
Begging for mercy to those who judge un-justly... cause, they are the only ones to give mercy to their own negitive picture in their head of labeling someone. They are the only ones to save the situation they have imagined & forcing true!
This can be in a relationship or just as a general people judging others by labling. Judging someone's character wrongly is a sin, especially when seeking truth is turned away in ignorance, pushing the negitive narrative!!
To me it is about how painful life can be.
"We are kneeling at the rivers edge and tempting All the steps to follow closer right behind Is it only when you feel a part is empty That it’s gnawing at the corners of your mind"
It is only when you feel at your lowest, when you feel lost and alone, like no one understands you that it starts to remind you that it most likely isn't the first time, or the last time.
The chorus to mean represents how all you can do is beg and hope blindly that it takes sympathy for you, but even then you acknowledge that it won't be the last time you'll ask for some respite.
"It is not clear why we choose the fire pathway Where we end is not the way that we had planned All the spirits gather 'round like its our last day To get across you know we’ll have to raise the sand"
We make stupid choices, or hard choice that go wrong. When we fail, we are judged for it and the only way to get across is an impossibility. The last sentence had a Moses vibe for me. He split the oceans apart, but another likely alternative would have been to raise the land; make a land bridge. Obviously we cannot do that and if we still choose to walk through, we'll likely drown.
The last chorus is the only part that makes me feel whether she is talking to life or some other figure, vs talking to a loved one or some literal person they are asking for help. It could quite easily just be a personification of life. In the end she asks for help and feels like life sold her out and hung her out to dry.
@jobzombi i'm going to rate you but I would have to disagree with you .. if you liston to the lryics word for word it can mean religion back in the 60s where the black community was struggling to be free ..like muddy waters in the Mississippi waters "asking for mercy " -asking god to help us ,come to you blind , - I am willing do anything just to be free not the last of my kind ..including my brothers an sisters ..i may be wrong but that's what is says to me
@jobzombi i'm going to rate you but I would have to disagree with you .. if you liston to the lryics word for word it can mean religion back in the 60s where the black community was struggling to be free ..like muddy waters in the Mississippi waters "asking for mercy " -asking god to help us ,come to you blind , - I am willing do anything just to be free not the last of my kind ..including my brothers an sisters ..i may be wrong but that's what is says to me
To add... @poeticeagle
To add... @poeticeagle
I can agree with you about the southern views of Mississippi & expand as an in general bias against eachother... one's closest to us as well.
I can agree with you about the southern views of Mississippi & expand as an in general bias against eachother... one's closest to us as well.
Begging for mercy to those who judge un-justly... cause, they are the only ones to give mercy to their own negitive picture in their head of labeling someone. They are the only ones to save the situation they have imagined & forcing true! This can be in a relationship or just as a general people judging others by labling. Judging someone's character wrongly is a sin, especially when seeking truth is turned...
Begging for mercy to those who judge un-justly... cause, they are the only ones to give mercy to their own negitive picture in their head of labeling someone. They are the only ones to save the situation they have imagined & forcing true! This can be in a relationship or just as a general people judging others by labling. Judging someone's character wrongly is a sin, especially when seeking truth is turned away in ignorance, pushing the negitive narrative!!