Such a powerful song. In 2004, Robert described this as his greatest ever guitar work.
My take on the lyric is that the person who is making the promises isn’t the person he was in the relationship with. Rather it’s the person trying to console him after the end of that relationship. They tell him time will heal his pain, he’ll find love again. He believes their promises because he needs to (‘I needed your words’). But as time passes there is no resolution some wounds never heal. He finds no salvation.
Such a powerful song. In 2004, Robert described this as his greatest ever guitar work.
My take on the lyric is that the person who is making the promises isn’t the person he was in the relationship with. Rather it’s the person trying to console him after the end of that relationship. They tell him time will heal his pain, he’ll find love again. He believes their promises because he needs to (‘I needed your words’). But as time passes there is no resolution some wounds never heal. He finds no salvation.