I'm a latecomer to these comments but I have to agree that this song expresses some of the most profound thoughts about the end of life and coming to terms with how you've lived it. I first heard it when it was performed on camera in "May it Begin". It seemed like an emotional bomb had gone off in the studio when they finished and Seth and Scott seemed stunned by the price they had just paid to lay the track down. I know that I was crying. Lately that song is going round and around my head as my 95 year old uncle is dying of liver cancer. He's a brilliant, loving, stubborn and didactic man who has some unresolved issues and relationships (don't we all?) This morning I sent him the recording with the lyrics translated into Spanish so that he could get the meaning in his native tongue. I don't know how he will receive it but I know that this song has already had a powerful impact on my life.
I'm a latecomer to these comments but I have to agree that this song expresses some of the most profound thoughts about the end of life and coming to terms with how you've lived it. I first heard it when it was performed on camera in "May it Begin". It seemed like an emotional bomb had gone off in the studio when they finished and Seth and Scott seemed stunned by the price they had just paid to lay the track down. I know that I was crying. Lately that song is going round and around my head as my 95 year old uncle is dying of liver cancer. He's a brilliant, loving, stubborn and didactic man who has some unresolved issues and relationships (don't we all?) This morning I sent him the recording with the lyrics translated into Spanish so that he could get the meaning in his native tongue. I don't know how he will receive it but I know that this song has already had a powerful impact on my life.