I came here awhile ago, before anyone had commented on the meaning of the song... and I read the lyrics over a couple of times and tried really hard to understand the song but I couldn't figure it out. But a couple of days ago I was thinking of the line 'And the power's out in the heart of man, take it from your heart put in your hand' and then I got an idea. This song could be about the way mankind has it in their hearts, the power to change things and make things better, for example society, but nothing ever becomes of it. Everyone has the care/power in their hearts, but no one will put it in their hands and actually do it. (I don't know if I am explaining this clearly)... and to add on, because of the lack of fixing the world issues and making things better in peoples' communities, it's being passed on through generations.. the kind of attitude that is existing today, that nothing is ever done.. just leave all the work for someone else, pure laziness.. dump all the pressure on someone else's shoulders... people have that attitude today.. the attitude that nothing matters. Like with pollution, everyone takes this beautiful earth for granite… no one wants to take initiative and do positive things anymore… and that isn’t good because manners that are present now are being passed down to the next generations.
Again with the hand thing ‘ice has covered up my parents hands’. It’s like the perspective of a teen in their generation noticing that the ice, which could be symbolizing the way that the older people in the world are overpowered by the new found attitudes that exist in the world… ‘don’t have any dreams, don’t have any plans’… from the perspective of the teen… admitting to not really having any ambition and aren’t worrying about it either, whatever happens will happen… just cruising through life hoping that the atmosphere around them will mould what they become… but the power is out for everyone, everyone is waking up in more ways than one. It’s a wake up call that life isn’t meant to be lived like this.
“Growin' up in some strange storm, nobody's cold, nobody's warm.” That explains the way the kids/teens are growing up. “I went out to find some light….
Kids are dyin' out in the snow”. Snow can turn to ice, just like what has happened to the parents’ hands… some individual is saying that they are witnessing the youth becoming much like the older generations, and that’s not good… because one after another, they’re icing over, becoming powerless.
“Just light a candle for the kids, Jesus Christ don't keep it hid!” That line is like a frustrated prayer to shed some light, which will melt the snow, on the kids/youth so that they can take the power and make a change and put a stop to the pattern of negative attitudes being created, because they're the future, they are the only hope.
I hope that I made my interpretation clear enough… and just some insight… I think this song is a hint for all of us to catch onto…
I came here awhile ago, before anyone had commented on the meaning of the song... and I read the lyrics over a couple of times and tried really hard to understand the song but I couldn't figure it out. But a couple of days ago I was thinking of the line 'And the power's out in the heart of man, take it from your heart put in your hand' and then I got an idea. This song could be about the way mankind has it in their hearts, the power to change things and make things better, for example society, but nothing ever becomes of it. Everyone has the care/power in their hearts, but no one will put it in their hands and actually do it. (I don't know if I am explaining this clearly)... and to add on, because of the lack of fixing the world issues and making things better in peoples' communities, it's being passed on through generations.. the kind of attitude that is existing today, that nothing is ever done.. just leave all the work for someone else, pure laziness.. dump all the pressure on someone else's shoulders... people have that attitude today.. the attitude that nothing matters. Like with pollution, everyone takes this beautiful earth for granite… no one wants to take initiative and do positive things anymore… and that isn’t good because manners that are present now are being passed down to the next generations.
Again with the hand thing ‘ice has covered up my parents hands’. It’s like the perspective of a teen in their generation noticing that the ice, which could be symbolizing the way that the older people in the world are overpowered by the new found attitudes that exist in the world… ‘don’t have any dreams, don’t have any plans’… from the perspective of the teen… admitting to not really having any ambition and aren’t worrying about it either, whatever happens will happen… just cruising through life hoping that the atmosphere around them will mould what they become… but the power is out for everyone, everyone is waking up in more ways than one. It’s a wake up call that life isn’t meant to be lived like this.
“Growin' up in some strange storm, nobody's cold, nobody's warm.” That explains the way the kids/teens are growing up. “I went out to find some light…. Kids are dyin' out in the snow”. Snow can turn to ice, just like what has happened to the parents’ hands… some individual is saying that they are witnessing the youth becoming much like the older generations, and that’s not good… because one after another, they’re icing over, becoming powerless.
“Just light a candle for the kids, Jesus Christ don't keep it hid!” That line is like a frustrated prayer to shed some light, which will melt the snow, on the kids/youth so that they can take the power and make a change and put a stop to the pattern of negative attitudes being created, because they're the future, they are the only hope.
I hope that I made my interpretation clear enough… and just some insight… I think this song is a hint for all of us to catch onto…