Feelings of despair and depression come to me from this song. The scenery is set in a cold stormy area (in which humans tend to feel isolated) ... this is simply a metaphor for how they feel.
The chorus speaks of the despair they feel being trapped in their world of depression. They try to find a way out ("to belong") but they just can't escape their life / depression. It is a "painful detour" in life that they've taken (from the "path" ... which is a general metaphor for "life") ... and they don't know how to address it (depression ... how to get back on the path of living).
Feelings of despair and depression come to me from this song. The scenery is set in a cold stormy area (in which humans tend to feel isolated) ... this is simply a metaphor for how they feel.
The chorus speaks of the despair they feel being trapped in their world of depression. They try to find a way out ("to belong") but they just can't escape their life / depression. It is a "painful detour" in life that they've taken (from the "path" ... which is a general metaphor for "life") ... and they don't know how to address it (depression ... how to get back on the path of living).