This song to me, is him talking to his father... His father says "Warm yourself by the fire, son, And the morning will come soon. I’ll tell you stories of a better time, In a place that we once knew."
The son knows of this place.. but as we get older, we see how hard things can really get. His dad is trying to protect him, but in the process is holding him down. The son proves he is unafraid of the future lying ahead, knowing how rough it can get and how to deal with it. "We are the angry and the desperate, The hungry, and the cold, We are the ones who kept quiet, And always did what we were told.
But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm, In the safety of your home. We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up Everything you’ve known."
He is just telling his 'father' OR an authority figure, that he doesn't need their help, and that he can make it on his own and that he is beyond them. To be brave and get through the things (that held down the ones he's known) and not be afraid from ever knowing the truth in his eyes.
warm yourself by the fire son
(hes making his dad out to be a kind father, one who takes care of him, keeping him warm, so the song wouldn't be about him rejecting his fathers authority because he has a kind father so it would have to be about a government, not his father :)
warm yourself by the fire son
(hes making his dad out to be a kind father, one who takes care of him, keeping him warm, so the song wouldn't be about him rejecting his fathers authority because he has a kind father so it would have to be about a government, not his father :)
This song to me, is him talking to his father... His father says "Warm yourself by the fire, son, And the morning will come soon. I’ll tell you stories of a better time, In a place that we once knew."
The son knows of this place.. but as we get older, we see how hard things can really get. His dad is trying to protect him, but in the process is holding him down. The son proves he is unafraid of the future lying ahead, knowing how rough it can get and how to deal with it. "We are the angry and the desperate, The hungry, and the cold, We are the ones who kept quiet, And always did what we were told.
But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm, In the safety of your home. We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up Everything you’ve known."
He is just telling his 'father' OR an authority figure, that he doesn't need their help, and that he can make it on his own and that he is beyond them. To be brave and get through the things (that held down the ones he's known) and not be afraid from ever knowing the truth in his eyes.
warm yourself by the fire son (hes making his dad out to be a kind father, one who takes care of him, keeping him warm, so the song wouldn't be about him rejecting his fathers authority because he has a kind father so it would have to be about a government, not his father :)
warm yourself by the fire son (hes making his dad out to be a kind father, one who takes care of him, keeping him warm, so the song wouldn't be about him rejecting his fathers authority because he has a kind father so it would have to be about a government, not his father :)
the great thing about most songs with decent lyrics is that different people can get different perspectives from the songs.....
the great thing about most songs with decent lyrics is that different people can get different perspectives from the songs.....