This feels very related to "Tears", which apparently is about Mark's dear friend who died of cancer.
The Healer: "Here comes the sun, Calling out to everyone "
Tears: "Oh, now drawn to the sun[...]He calls out to everyone"
The Healer: "Here comes the moon"
Tears: "I can see the colored moon now"
The Healer: "You're not the only one"
Tears: "He was the only one"
Also, in The Healer, he actually uses the word "tears", unlike in the song Tears : "Running on a river of tears"
I think in "Tears" he feels lonely and maybe he wishes to join his dead friend in the afterlife:
"Waiting for the light to turn green, And carry me home, To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen, Carry me home [...] In a cold world how will it be? In the real world how will it be? In the lonely world how would it be? Will the ghosts just stop following me?"
But in "The Healer" he has decided he wants to live: "So I got to thinking, Perhaps I should think about staying. At least for a moment or two. I'm feeling shakey, But I'll be okay"
That's my interpretation. I may be wrong, but I think the two songs are about the same tragic loss of a loved one.
[Edit: Added the sentence about using the word "tears" in The Healer.]
This feels very related to "Tears", which apparently is about Mark's dear friend who died of cancer.
The Healer: "Here comes the sun, Calling out to everyone " Tears: "Oh, now drawn to the sun[...]He calls out to everyone"
The Healer: "Here comes the moon" Tears: "I can see the colored moon now"
The Healer: "You're not the only one" Tears: "He was the only one"
Also, in The Healer, he actually uses the word "tears", unlike in the song Tears : "Running on a river of tears"
I think in "Tears" he feels lonely and maybe he wishes to join his dead friend in the afterlife: "Waiting for the light to turn green, And carry me home, To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen, Carry me home [...] In a cold world how will it be? In the real world how will it be? In the lonely world how would it be? Will the ghosts just stop following me?"
But in "The Healer" he has decided he wants to live: "So I got to thinking, Perhaps I should think about staying. At least for a moment or two. I'm feeling shakey, But I'll be okay"
That's my interpretation. I may be wrong, but I think the two songs are about the same tragic loss of a loved one.
[Edit: Added the sentence about using the word "tears" in The Healer.]