I think people missed what the song is really about. I think it's really simple. It sums up how people are constantly just walking away...not from anything specific (or really everything in specific) but just in general throughout life, people are always in motion, ending one thing and beginning another, and its unescapeable, even in death (hence the musical graves paragraph)
I completely agree. It's about life. It's inescapable; you're landlocked. You can never truly walk away from the ultimate pains of life - no matter how much you try to avoid them - until the day you die.
I completely agree. It's about life. It's inescapable; you're landlocked. You can never truly walk away from the ultimate pains of life - no matter how much you try to avoid them - until the day you die.
Throughout life, people walk away. Sometimes they do it to hurt, sometimes they do it because they are hurt, sometimes it's an acknowledgement of weakness, sometimes it's and understanding of one's mistakes, and sometimes it's completely unintentional.
Throughout life, people walk away. Sometimes they do it to hurt, sometimes they do it because they are hurt, sometimes it's an acknowledgement of weakness, sometimes it's and understanding of one's mistakes, and sometimes it's completely unintentional.
This song really does reference everything. Love and loss, life and death, war and peace...and there are so many incredible juxtapositions too. Probably the most powerful (to me) is the verse "We made love on the living room floor With the noise in the background of a televised war And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say If we walk away they'll walk away". That image just gets me every time - an act that represents the greatest culmination of love for a person contrasted with an act that represents the greatest culmination of hatred towards a person. It’s just…profound. The entire song is.
The whole song is so heart breaking and yet so beautiful at the same time because it's honest - it stares the imperfections and pains of life right in the face and then goes even further to bring them out into the light for all to see. There's just something powerful and empowering about truth.
I think people missed what the song is really about. I think it's really simple. It sums up how people are constantly just walking away...not from anything specific (or really everything in specific) but just in general throughout life, people are always in motion, ending one thing and beginning another, and its unescapeable, even in death (hence the musical graves paragraph)
I completely agree. It's about life. It's inescapable; you're landlocked. You can never truly walk away from the ultimate pains of life - no matter how much you try to avoid them - until the day you die.
I completely agree. It's about life. It's inescapable; you're landlocked. You can never truly walk away from the ultimate pains of life - no matter how much you try to avoid them - until the day you die.
Throughout life, people walk away. Sometimes they do it to hurt, sometimes they do it because they are hurt, sometimes it's an acknowledgement of weakness, sometimes it's and understanding of one's mistakes, and sometimes it's completely unintentional.
Throughout life, people walk away. Sometimes they do it to hurt, sometimes they do it because they are hurt, sometimes it's an acknowledgement of weakness, sometimes it's and understanding of one's mistakes, and sometimes it's completely unintentional.
This song really does reference everything. Love and loss, life and death, war and peace...and there are so many incredible juxtapositions too. Probably the most powerful (to me) is the verse "We made love on the living room floor With the noise in the background of a televised war And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say If we walk away they'll walk away". That image just gets me every time - an act that represents the greatest culmination of love for a person contrasted with an act that represents the greatest culmination of hatred towards a person. It’s just…profound. The entire song is.
The whole song is so heart breaking and yet so beautiful at the same time because it's honest - it stares the imperfections and pains of life right in the face and then goes even further to bring them out into the light for all to see. There's just something powerful and empowering about truth.