I think the broader message in this song (the one more relevant to everyone and less personal to damien) is just about the total irony of life...how the consequences and products of situations are often the complete opposite of what you expect. Love can teach you to lie, life certainly teaches you to die, and stones teaching you to fly is just a generalised metaphor for all of this. As unlikely as stones teaching one to fly may seem it can, in the end, turn out that all the weights in life, the struggles and upset and pain, and the things that hold you back, can ultimately be the things that teach you to fly; to be free.
It's a really beautiful song. I think it's so true that in order to grow you have to accept that there are some things you will just never understand.
I think the broader message in this song (the one more relevant to everyone and less personal to damien) is just about the total irony of life...how the consequences and products of situations are often the complete opposite of what you expect. Love can teach you to lie, life certainly teaches you to die, and stones teaching you to fly is just a generalised metaphor for all of this. As unlikely as stones teaching one to fly may seem it can, in the end, turn out that all the weights in life, the struggles and upset and pain, and the things that hold you back, can ultimately be the things that teach you to fly; to be free.
It's a really beautiful song. I think it's so true that in order to grow you have to accept that there are some things you will just never understand.