I think this song is directly about Gerry's alcoholism. The emptiness of the world he's trying to fill with his drinking. He's light in his head an dead on his feet, trying to fill the void. He's specifically looking for external validation to find peace, but the hope that it would is again proving fruitless. He believed is was so easy to quit, but he's really struggling, just one more year, then another, but he continues to spiral. The person he is talking to is his own conscious checking up on him, he reiterates the same "dream", moving on from his crippling addiction, settling down finally, but he knows he's just lying to himself, he's a rolling stone, ultimately believing that if he just "hopes" things will change, that in itself will change the day.
This song is a really powerful song about addition, you believe there is always hope to change, but the hope itself is what continues the cycle, an excuse that the behavior will eventually end and everything will be well.
@BreakOnThrough I like your comments. I really wanted this song to be about one person, but the pronoun usage is strange because sometimes it refers the third-person "he" and sometime it speaks to the second-person "you". I like your explanation. It reconciles the different pronouns and makes sense.
@BreakOnThrough I like your comments. I really wanted this song to be about one person, but the pronoun usage is strange because sometimes it refers the third-person "he" and sometime it speaks to the second-person "you". I like your explanation. It reconciles the different pronouns and makes sense.
I think this song is directly about Gerry's alcoholism. The emptiness of the world he's trying to fill with his drinking. He's light in his head an dead on his feet, trying to fill the void. He's specifically looking for external validation to find peace, but the hope that it would is again proving fruitless. He believed is was so easy to quit, but he's really struggling, just one more year, then another, but he continues to spiral. The person he is talking to is his own conscious checking up on him, he reiterates the same "dream", moving on from his crippling addiction, settling down finally, but he knows he's just lying to himself, he's a rolling stone, ultimately believing that if he just "hopes" things will change, that in itself will change the day.
This song is a really powerful song about addition, you believe there is always hope to change, but the hope itself is what continues the cycle, an excuse that the behavior will eventually end and everything will be well.
@BreakOnThrough I like your comments. I really wanted this song to be about one person, but the pronoun usage is strange because sometimes it refers the third-person "he" and sometime it speaks to the second-person "you". I like your explanation. It reconciles the different pronouns and makes sense.
@BreakOnThrough I like your comments. I really wanted this song to be about one person, but the pronoun usage is strange because sometimes it refers the third-person "he" and sometime it speaks to the second-person "you". I like your explanation. It reconciles the different pronouns and makes sense.