This song is about someone that has faced some great trauma - perhaps the death of a loved one, or just something that made him change his whole view of the world. Other commenters have talked about religion, the promise of a life after death, which is compatible with my interpretation.
He talks about the past as a nightmare, as if his vision was completely blinded by his mind. The lyrics suggest that "the union of reason and faith undying" was keeping him in this state, which means he was trying to logically justify some sort of false belief he had, but not anymore.
After getting past all of this he retreats from the world, some sort of spiritual retirement, but he will be the one to decide what to believe in instead. Hence the title of the song, Clandestinity Now.
"What I have found is what defines me" , "Here I'll be holding on to something" - those parts pretty much sum up the song meaning. No matter how wrong and bad you feel about you and your past, the thing that matters is what you're going to do from now on. Having to build your whole world from the start isn't easy but you'll be holding on to something, anything, as long as it's yours.
This song is about someone that has faced some great trauma - perhaps the death of a loved one, or just something that made him change his whole view of the world. Other commenters have talked about religion, the promise of a life after death, which is compatible with my interpretation.
He talks about the past as a nightmare, as if his vision was completely blinded by his mind. The lyrics suggest that "the union of reason and faith undying" was keeping him in this state, which means he was trying to logically justify some sort of false belief he had, but not anymore. After getting past all of this he retreats from the world, some sort of spiritual retirement, but he will be the one to decide what to believe in instead. Hence the title of the song, Clandestinity Now.
"What I have found is what defines me" , "Here I'll be holding on to something" - those parts pretty much sum up the song meaning. No matter how wrong and bad you feel about you and your past, the thing that matters is what you're going to do from now on. Having to build your whole world from the start isn't easy but you'll be holding on to something, anything, as long as it's yours.