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I've seen you hanging round
This darkness where I'm bound
And this black hole I've dug for me
And silently within
With hands touching skin
The shock breaks my disease
And I can breathe
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
Your faith like the pain
Draws me in again
She washes all my wounds for me
The darkness in my veins
I never could explain
And I wonder if you ever see
Will you still believe?
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
Am I that strong
To carry on?
I might change your life
I might save my world
Could you save me?
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
This darkness where I'm bound
And this black hole I've dug for me
And silently within
With hands touching skin
The shock breaks my disease
And I can breathe
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
Your faith like the pain
Draws me in again
She washes all my wounds for me
The darkness in my veins
I never could explain
And I wonder if you ever see
Will you still believe?
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
Am I that strong
To carry on?
I might change your life
I might save my world
Could you save me?
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me it falls on me
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"Your faith like the pain
It draws me in again
She washes all my wounds for me"
So who is the "you"?
Well, the "you" can 'save' him. The "you" owns the sky. The "you" dreams dreams. The "you" brings the light. The "you" has figurative weight which falls on the writer.
The atheists among us may want to make this a song about a girl, but it's absolutely not a love song about some great chick. It's about the writer's creator and savior.
So if you must shape this art to fit your atheism, the writer is singing to the big bang, or the laws of physics, or the Sun, or Darwin or dear leader Obama or something. You decide.
The rest of us can see this is about God.
Anywho, "in the beginning" (heehee), he immediately is intimidated by the (girl, it, or God), "I've seen you hanging around in this darkness I am bound, and realizes it is the darkness of the abyss (the black hole) which draws her in because we all are aware of the massive gravitational force of a black hole, so...I like the comparison. This inferrs that she is a caring person and can see his pain; the wounds, and wants to mend/wash him "clean" to free him from the pain. [This is called co-dependancy, and isn't healthy]. The thing is, what he recognizes is that she is co-dependant and is affraid of this. The allure should not be to "fix" someone. He understands this and the actual message is that she does not clearly grasp the essence of who he is. It seems more that he is disconnected from the world, and the thought of true companionship scares the bejezus out of him. Then they hold hands or make love, what have you, and he is shocked by how insensely he feels never having felt it before, yet, never shows it. This is the first indication that he lives in his own solitary world and is quite comfortable there, so being aroused (no pun intended) to feelings of acceptance allow him to breathe for the first time. Clearly he may have never felt comfortable or could relate to his peers, but he never expresses that he is able to relate to the girl in the song either, which delineates from this song being about understanding and mutual acceptance, and more supports the idea of mysticism (God) where expectations are unrealistic and in need of "rescue." The very roots of a dysfunctional relationship.
The comparison of "all your weight" is also universal or archetypal (isn't there a Beetles song, about you aren't too heavy, you are my brother?), but here he seems to feel as though her care and concern is a weight; a burden, that falls upon him because perhaps, he feels as though he feels she is ingenuine and isn't truly accepting him for who he is. At the same time, he also has hope by observing the faith that she puts into him which is representative of meeting expectations that he feels is too high, probably because they are, 1.) Unrealistic or 2.) Incongruent with who he is; if you truely see me and know me, will you still care? Or, do you just want to "save" me?
"I might change your life, I might save the world, will you save me?" He is questioning if he is strong enough to pretend to be who he isn't just to fufill her dreams and understands that he possibly (might) could, but recognizes that he should remain true to himself as well.
Utimately, (and cynically as well), the gist of the song is hope within the uncertainty of meeting expectations while living in a lonesome world, yet, happily so. So...yeah.
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I've seen you hanging round
This darkness where I'm bound
And this black hole I've dug for me
And silently within
With hands touching skin
Shock breaks my disease
And I can breathe
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me, it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
and the light you bring
Falls on me, it falls on me
You faded like a pain
Which draws me in again
She washes all my wounds for me
The darkness in my veins
I never could explain
And I wonder if you'll ever see
Will you still believe?
And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me, it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me, it falls on me
Am I that strong?
To carry on
I might change your life
I might save my world
Could you save me?
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I agree with the Christ-like interpretation, but in its human aspects, particularly pertaining to suffering and feelings of inadequacy. "I've see you hanging around" is quirky view of the crucifixion as is to "wash my wounds". But those wounds also don't go away and there are undertones of addiction which persists even when the addict is "clean". But the personal message is not one of salvation but one of feeling inadequate to the burden left by someone else; not just the troubles and sins of mankind but the dreams and hopes of someone else who has gone before, a father or mother. They always leave their hopes and dreams for a child behind long after they are gone, and it takes the support (hands) of a loved one to wake up to the truth, get out of the "hole" of grief and depression. For us who are not Christ-like, we are still among the living, and it does "fall on me" to carry on as a son, a father, a singer or whatever after someone dies.
"I've seen you hanging round"
Sounds like someone is coming to help him.
"This darkness where I'm bound"
He has been imprisoned somewhere away from his power source.
"And this black hole I've dug for me"
He's emotionally in a dark place.
"And silently within
With hands touching skin
Shock breaks my disease
And I can breathe"
This sounds like two different things.One is he has been poisoned by Kryptonite, someone has removed it and now he is getting better."Shock breaks my disease and I can breathe".Or, it could refer to him being exposed to the sun and getting his power back.
"And all of your weight"
The weight of the world.
"All you dream"
The dreams of everyone on Earth.
"Falls on me, it falls on me"
It's always up to him to save the world.
"And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me, it falls on me"
The Earth brings light from the sun that powers Superman.It literally falls on him.
"Am I that strong?
To carry on
I might save my life
I might save our world
Would you save me?"
This is a line spoken to his wife, Lois.Is he strong enough to defeat his enemy?He might save is own life and save the world by winning the battle, but will she be there ultimately "save" him?
I'm sorry, but the song is not about religion. I understand some songs are open to interpretation, but some are straight forward songs. This song is obviously about confusion within a relationship.
Read some info on Carl Bell, the writer of this song, and you'll get a better idea of what this song is about.
That said, I'm not convinced the song is meant to be religious in the first place. The chorus certainly works well with the theme, but several lines in the verse starkly contrast it. Take the last lines of the second verse:
"This darkness in my veins,
I never could explain,
And I wonder if you ever see,
Would you still believe?"
Why would the singer wonder if his god can see his darker side? Aren’t most dieties omni-present and all-seeing? And why would there be any question whether this god would still believe in the singer?
The bridge also conflicts:
“I might change your life.
I might save our world.
Could you save me?”
How could the singer change a god’s or Christ’s life? And exactly what world is “our[s]” if the dialog involves a diety? I suppose “our world” can refer to the relationship, but it makes much more sense [to me] if the dialog is with another person.
Finally, the first verse:
“And silently within,
With hands touching skin,
Your shock breaks my disease…”
To say the effect occurs “silently within” could certainly point to religion, but it could also point to any change going on within the singer’s mind. I suppose “[w]ith hands touching skin” could be religious, but it seems like a very physical image and seems to fit much better in the context of a traditional relationship (in which both members are mortal).
Believe it or not, I don’t mean to attack those who walk away from this song with a religious message. Take from it whatever appeals to you. What struck a nerve with me was that those implied and directly stated that it was an “obviously Christian” song “all about Christian love and a Godly [sic] commitment.” They then proceeded to issue blanket rejections over all other viewpoints, which, sadly, is exactly how religiosos are stereotyped to behave. The whole thing bothered me because I know first-, second-, and third-hand that this is not how most religious people express their ideas.
To contradict myself as I conclude, I will genuinely say thank you to the two people I just condascended, because you two introduced an entire second meaning of the song to me and I’m fascinated by how the two popular interpretations seem to meld together whenever I listen to it.
In a moment of intimacy (“hands touchin’ skin, shock breaks my disease”) he has a breakthrough where he feels that she is “the one.” He feels liberated by this fantasy that he could love her but at the same time he feels overwhelmed because he realizes that she has dreams and expectations out of life and he doesn’t know if he can fulfill them (“Am I that strong to carry on?”).
In their current relationship she is the one always trying to make him happy and he has never had the burden of trying to please her. Moreover, the phrase “the sky is falling” induces panic and implies that everything you know to be true isn’t or will soon change. “Your beautiful sky falls on me”-His world that he has known for so long will change if he lets her in and he panics at the thought of having to fulfill her beautiful dreams.
He contemplates how their worlds will be altered if he gives in to this whim of starting a new life with her (“I might change your life, I might save my world, could you save me?”). He is ultimately still focused on himself, (note the use of I, I, my and me in the last set of lyrics) remaining emotionally unavailable. The strumming of the guitar at the end of the song (after the powerful solo) sounds vulnerable and the way it fades out is reminiscent of defeat/surrender.
Your analysis is quite personal so I am the first to acknowledge the feelings that one receives from a song as(truth)-it sort of helped me, too. Thank you for your honesty...addiction is a selfish disease it robs the person of the art of giving and humility whether it be love or for themselves, etc...People we need to love ourselves first before we can give love-you can't give something you don't cultivate from within in order to give love to someone in purity...