I think the song is about him being emotionally unstable/bipolar and not knowing who he truly is, what his true intentions are.
“ lightning cracks across an unsuspecting shore” could mean him lashing out in anger towards the people around him.
“ the deceiving calm betrays all signs of impending change” meaning he’s calm now but can explode any moment
“ no light to guide, no ties to bind” being he didn’t have guidance as a child, there’s no one there for him to go to for help.
“ with a final effort I strike across the swells seeking only the answers maybe horizons hold” - now this could mean many things but to me I think his final ‘strike’ is suicide because in his song ‘Horizons’ a horizon meant the start/ end of a life. So maybe him seeking the answers for his problems he feels he can only find in the horizon/ his death
I think the song is about him being emotionally unstable/bipolar and not knowing who he truly is, what his true intentions are. “ lightning cracks across an unsuspecting shore” could mean him lashing out in anger towards the people around him. “ the deceiving calm betrays all signs of impending change” meaning he’s calm now but can explode any moment “ no light to guide, no ties to bind” being he didn’t have guidance as a child, there’s no one there for him to go to for help. “ with a final effort I strike across the swells seeking only the answers maybe horizons hold” - now this could mean many things but to me I think his final ‘strike’ is suicide because in his song ‘Horizons’ a horizon meant the start/ end of a life. So maybe him seeking the answers for his problems he feels he can only find in the horizon/ his death