You know you've found a beautiful band when they can create a song like this, and you know you've found a beautiful song when so many people are touched by it like this, and so many people can read themselves or their own messages into it and still come together like this in appreciation and awe. I think everyone so far has had some great things to say about the song's meaning, but here's my take:
To me, it sounds like the singer (or whoever he was speaking for in these lyrics; the narrator) is on his own - Everyone's leaving him behind for better things, better lives, and he's been wishing for something, something better for so long, but he just feels worthless, like he doesn't deserve it...He tells them to go on ahead, that good things shouldn't let them wait, and he's telling them not wait for him, maybe he'll catch up with them someday...But in the quiet place, by the wishing well, only the silver dollar can dream for him; He looks around at his life, doesn't see the wishes coming true, sees everyone passing him by, and tries to tell himself not to stop wishing, stop dreaming, he's not better or bigger than his life, why can't he learn to just stay behind?
I think we all feel that kind of sentiment at one point in our lives, and writing a beautiful, heartwrenching song like this is an excellent way to rise above it, I think, and relate to a lot of people and give them more hope...
You know you've found a beautiful band when they can create a song like this, and you know you've found a beautiful song when so many people are touched by it like this, and so many people can read themselves or their own messages into it and still come together like this in appreciation and awe. I think everyone so far has had some great things to say about the song's meaning, but here's my take:
To me, it sounds like the singer (or whoever he was speaking for in these lyrics; the narrator) is on his own - Everyone's leaving him behind for better things, better lives, and he's been wishing for something, something better for so long, but he just feels worthless, like he doesn't deserve it...He tells them to go on ahead, that good things shouldn't let them wait, and he's telling them not wait for him, maybe he'll catch up with them someday...But in the quiet place, by the wishing well, only the silver dollar can dream for him; He looks around at his life, doesn't see the wishes coming true, sees everyone passing him by, and tries to tell himself not to stop wishing, stop dreaming, he's not better or bigger than his life, why can't he learn to just stay behind?
I think we all feel that kind of sentiment at one point in our lives, and writing a beautiful, heartwrenching song like this is an excellent way to rise above it, I think, and relate to a lot of people and give them more hope...