The word meddler means someone that is uninvited who takes on issues that don't belong to them.
This moment will too pass us by
It's this notion inside all of us to prioritize through our selfish eyes
To be the bull behind the rampage
The reason for all the riot
^This to me means that life is passing by quickly and that we use that as an excuse to be selfish and do things that we realize we probably shouldn't.
We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's
With more problems and less pride
We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's
The gallows were not supposed to look like this
^In this, the flame represents our desires in life, we will take care of what we want before wasting time on other's desires even though they may be more important than our own. The gallows represent mortal earth, it's become only a dark place to die, but instead of being a place where we enrich the lives of others it's an ugly place that focuses on our desires that we need before we die.
Oh God,
We live in misery, lying here in desperation
We need you here more than anything right now
If everything's relative, then why the emptiness in our souls?
^This is a prayer to get God back into our lives and help us to change so that we can see that we are all human and are experiencing much the same journey (life is relative for people), our souls are empty because we don't help others and he wants God to help change that.
Trying to untie the knot we thought we were untying our entire lives
We're busied up and burnt out
This is saying that we think one little positive change in our lives (technological advancement) is thought to make an entirely positive change in our lives, but it really only solves one aspect of them. Our lives are busy and exhausting, we don't want to change because we are stuck on moving fast through life.
Everyone together, we will strengthen ourselves
We will Because now we know you wont ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
Stop, listen, and learn
You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
^This one is pretty self explanatory, but it basically states that we now realize that we need to come together fix our mistakes because we know that it is the only way and no amount of increase in speed (technological advancements) in life will allow us to truly appreciate life the way it was supposed to be appreciated.
@utj90 Great interpretation, but I'd like to one small comment. I don't think that it is specifically about technological advancements, but rather working hard at something for your own gain and success. In an interview, Matt Griener said that this was influenced by a friend they had that spent years as a workaholic trying to find happiness through success. No matter how much he achieved, it was never enough. He ended up burning himself out and got seriously depressed and suicidal.
@utj90 Great interpretation, but I'd like to one small comment. I don't think that it is specifically about technological advancements, but rather working hard at something for your own gain and success. In an interview, Matt Griener said that this was influenced by a friend they had that spent years as a workaholic trying to find happiness through success. No matter how much he achieved, it was never enough. He ended up burning himself out and got seriously depressed and suicidal.
Overall, I feel that this song is about how, you cannot appreciate life as it was supposed to be...
Overall, I feel that this song is about how, you cannot appreciate life as it was supposed to be appreciated, and cannot find lasting joy, by living with a selfish focus on yourself. Like the first 4 lines say, people use the shortness of life as an excuse to prioritize themselves.
My other slight disagreement is in your interpretation of "if everything is relative, then why the emptiness in our souls." I believe that this is a comment on the fact that the overwhelming belief today is that there is no absolute truth, but that everything is what we make of it. ABR is saying that that belief is why they feel such emptiness. If you don't live your life for the truth, for loving others, then you will not find your true purpose and joy.
"Trying to untie the knot we thought we were untying our entire lives
We're busied up and burnt out"
That is the knot they thought they were untying. All that their work at their own success accomplished was that they 'busied up and burnt out'. They just now are realizing that their selfish achievement and work was in vain (and that they now have to untie the not, since they had wasted their time thinking that they were doing so with their work, but really were not).
Awesome interpretation, just wanted to share my thoughts when I read it.
The word meddler means someone that is uninvited who takes on issues that don't belong to them.
This moment will too pass us by It's this notion inside all of us to prioritize through our selfish eyes To be the bull behind the rampage The reason for all the riot
^This to me means that life is passing by quickly and that we use that as an excuse to be selfish and do things that we realize we probably shouldn't.
We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's With more problems and less pride We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's The gallows were not supposed to look like this
^In this, the flame represents our desires in life, we will take care of what we want before wasting time on other's desires even though they may be more important than our own. The gallows represent mortal earth, it's become only a dark place to die, but instead of being a place where we enrich the lives of others it's an ugly place that focuses on our desires that we need before we die.
Oh God, We live in misery, lying here in desperation We need you here more than anything right now If everything's relative, then why the emptiness in our souls?
^This is a prayer to get God back into our lives and help us to change so that we can see that we are all human and are experiencing much the same journey (life is relative for people), our souls are empty because we don't help others and he wants God to help change that.
Trying to untie the knot we thought we were untying our entire lives We're busied up and burnt out
This is saying that we think one little positive change in our lives (technological advancement) is thought to make an entirely positive change in our lives, but it really only solves one aspect of them. Our lives are busy and exhausting, we don't want to change because we are stuck on moving fast through life.
Everyone together, we will strengthen ourselves We will Because now we know you wont ever fly fast enough to make time stand still Stop, listen, and learn You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
^This one is pretty self explanatory, but it basically states that we now realize that we need to come together fix our mistakes because we know that it is the only way and no amount of increase in speed (technological advancements) in life will allow us to truly appreciate life the way it was supposed to be appreciated.
@utj90 Great interpretation, but I'd like to one small comment. I don't think that it is specifically about technological advancements, but rather working hard at something for your own gain and success. In an interview, Matt Griener said that this was influenced by a friend they had that spent years as a workaholic trying to find happiness through success. No matter how much he achieved, it was never enough. He ended up burning himself out and got seriously depressed and suicidal.
@utj90 Great interpretation, but I'd like to one small comment. I don't think that it is specifically about technological advancements, but rather working hard at something for your own gain and success. In an interview, Matt Griener said that this was influenced by a friend they had that spent years as a workaholic trying to find happiness through success. No matter how much he achieved, it was never enough. He ended up burning himself out and got seriously depressed and suicidal.
Overall, I feel that this song is about how, you cannot appreciate life as it was supposed to be...
Overall, I feel that this song is about how, you cannot appreciate life as it was supposed to be appreciated, and cannot find lasting joy, by living with a selfish focus on yourself. Like the first 4 lines say, people use the shortness of life as an excuse to prioritize themselves.
My other slight disagreement is in your interpretation of "if everything is relative, then why the emptiness in our souls." I believe that this is a comment on the fact that the overwhelming belief today is that there is no absolute truth, but that everything is what we make of it. ABR is saying that that belief is why they feel such emptiness. If you don't live your life for the truth, for loving others, then you will not find your true purpose and joy.
"Trying to untie the knot we thought we were untying our entire lives We're busied up and burnt out"
That is the knot they thought they were untying. All that their work at their own success accomplished was that they 'busied up and burnt out'. They just now are realizing that their selfish achievement and work was in vain (and that they now have to untie the not, since they had wasted their time thinking that they were doing so with their work, but really were not).
Awesome interpretation, just wanted to share my thoughts when I read it.
God bless!