Mine is similar, but slightly different. Having been at the bedside of a dying loved one, this song evokes all of those feelings and fears, and happy recollections that one has in that sad and inevitable situation we all find ourselves in at some time in our lives.
The first verse feels like that typical deathbed bargain being struck, trying to be for that dying person what they need, when they cannot act for themselves. I have seen and felt this on a few occasions, when the loved one is shutting down, cannot communicate, and you are frantic in trying to keep them alive whilst they die.
The 3rd verse reminds me of a friend of mine, whose husband was dying of cancer at home. She loved him totally, and felt that as he was going, he was taking her heart and soul with him, and that she was not worthy of him (a common feeling for spouses sitting by the deathbed of their partners).
The chorus and refrain is the promise, that they will meet again, and on the other side, where time is not linear, she will be there and he is to go find her. It is the promise that as we all die, we will all meet again in the afterlife, possibly instantly, as time has no meaning there.
Some great interpretations here.
Mine is similar, but slightly different. Having been at the bedside of a dying loved one, this song evokes all of those feelings and fears, and happy recollections that one has in that sad and inevitable situation we all find ourselves in at some time in our lives.
The first verse feels like that typical deathbed bargain being struck, trying to be for that dying person what they need, when they cannot act for themselves. I have seen and felt this on a few occasions, when the loved one is shutting down, cannot communicate, and you are frantic in trying to keep them alive whilst they die.
The 3rd verse reminds me of a friend of mine, whose husband was dying of cancer at home. She loved him totally, and felt that as he was going, he was taking her heart and soul with him, and that she was not worthy of him (a common feeling for spouses sitting by the deathbed of their partners).
The chorus and refrain is the promise, that they will meet again, and on the other side, where time is not linear, she will be there and he is to go find her. It is the promise that as we all die, we will all meet again in the afterlife, possibly instantly, as time has no meaning there.