I don't know about being a puppet, but when I think of dancers, I think that they just do... If that makes sense. When someone is dancing, that's all they're doing, they're content with that, it's kind of almost... animal in a way? I'm not sure if that makes sense in the way I'm explaining it, but when I think about it, I think that if you're human, you're warm, you're subjective, but dancers are almost mechanical and focused only on dancing (I did ballet for 6 years when I was younger and I hated this!)
"My sign is vital/My hands are cold" sounds to me like he knows he's still alive, but he thinks he's lost what makes a human being a human being. The same goes for the second verse.
As opposed to the puppet imagery, I feel that "And I'm on my knees looking for the answer" is more about questioning if this is all there is to life, like, if there's a God or not. I think that a big difference between normal animals and human beings is that humans search for things greater than themselves, and somehow, if there isn't a God, it makes us feel a little less human. He's praying maybe over whether he is human or not? The line "There is no message we're receiving" makes me think of this too.
Yay for disjointed analysis, if you can even call it that :P
I don't know about being a puppet, but when I think of dancers, I think that they just do... If that makes sense. When someone is dancing, that's all they're doing, they're content with that, it's kind of almost... animal in a way? I'm not sure if that makes sense in the way I'm explaining it, but when I think about it, I think that if you're human, you're warm, you're subjective, but dancers are almost mechanical and focused only on dancing (I did ballet for 6 years when I was younger and I hated this!)
"My sign is vital/My hands are cold" sounds to me like he knows he's still alive, but he thinks he's lost what makes a human being a human being. The same goes for the second verse.
As opposed to the puppet imagery, I feel that "And I'm on my knees looking for the answer" is more about questioning if this is all there is to life, like, if there's a God or not. I think that a big difference between normal animals and human beings is that humans search for things greater than themselves, and somehow, if there isn't a God, it makes us feel a little less human. He's praying maybe over whether he is human or not? The line "There is no message we're receiving" makes me think of this too.
Yay for disjointed analysis, if you can even call it that :P
@sondralynn Yeah I also found the link between dancers and puppets very weak.
@sondralynn Yeah I also found the link between dancers and puppets very weak.