I think this song is an ode to the people of the world lost in the underbelly of things, those who get the worse end of the stick because between two people, someone has to win and someone has to lose. He's singing about the tiresome struggle of these lost people, who call out for help and it seems even the divine can only pray that they're granted some mercy. Rivers lose their individuality merging into the sea, leaves have to burn up to provide warmth, when there is a door of opportunity there is always a lock, an obstacle, and in any competition for something in life there's the dove who is taken down and the hawk who conquers. These poor people only ever lose their identities, their substance, their chances, and even their lives trying to go after what would make them happy.
When he says, "Everybody moves beneath the truest stars they know," I think he means that people just try to live their life by what they think makes sense, and that it's simply tragic when nothing seems to work in our lives because even when we believe we're doing the right things, we can still fail and lose everything.
I think this song is an ode to the people of the world lost in the underbelly of things, those who get the worse end of the stick because between two people, someone has to win and someone has to lose. He's singing about the tiresome struggle of these lost people, who call out for help and it seems even the divine can only pray that they're granted some mercy. Rivers lose their individuality merging into the sea, leaves have to burn up to provide warmth, when there is a door of opportunity there is always a lock, an obstacle, and in any competition for something in life there's the dove who is taken down and the hawk who conquers. These poor people only ever lose their identities, their substance, their chances, and even their lives trying to go after what would make them happy.
When he says, "Everybody moves beneath the truest stars they know," I think he means that people just try to live their life by what they think makes sense, and that it's simply tragic when nothing seems to work in our lives because even when we believe we're doing the right things, we can still fail and lose everything.