I love that line about how his/her friends are calling but that the person can't stay "all night long." The metaphor of the sun setting on those relationships is beautiful. To me the song is about some relationships deteriorating because people have gone cold or they have lost themselves, or they are no longer good for you, or all of the above.. and that eventually ends in the protagonist doing what is right for them and leaving.
The lines "I always thought I could never leave them" "I always thought that I could save them all" implies that the lost friends are in need of saving and the protagonist really cares about them, but the protagonist realizes that although it's "So sad, so bad" they can do nothing to save them and that is why he/she has to leave...
Keeping my fire burning is used to juxtapose the warm and light condition of the heart and eyes of the protagonist while the heart and eyes of his/her previous friends have gone cold.
the contemplative "isn't it true" seems to be the protagonist questioning although leaving was good and necessary they question how much it hurts.
I'm sure there is a lot of personal interpretation in there. To me this song is beautiful.
I love that line about how his/her friends are calling but that the person can't stay "all night long." The metaphor of the sun setting on those relationships is beautiful. To me the song is about some relationships deteriorating because people have gone cold or they have lost themselves, or they are no longer good for you, or all of the above.. and that eventually ends in the protagonist doing what is right for them and leaving.
The lines "I always thought I could never leave them" "I always thought that I could save them all" implies that the lost friends are in need of saving and the protagonist really cares about them, but the protagonist realizes that although it's "So sad, so bad" they can do nothing to save them and that is why he/she has to leave...
Keeping my fire burning is used to juxtapose the warm and light condition of the heart and eyes of the protagonist while the heart and eyes of his/her previous friends have gone cold.
the contemplative "isn't it true" seems to be the protagonist questioning although leaving was good and necessary they question how much it hurts.
I'm sure there is a lot of personal interpretation in there. To me this song is beautiful.