You're all wrong. This song is about Jack Bauer's fake death between 24's season 4 and season 5.
Wait a minute, that is not possible, since this song was written in the 90s, and the TV show was aired 10 years later...
Anyway Here's the breakdown.
He's just the kind of man
You hear about
-- Jack Bauer changed his name/identity, and became an ordinary worker.
Who leaves his family for
An easy out
-- He left his family (his daughter) and made her think he's dead.
They never saw the signs
He never said a word
He couldn't take another day
-- Jack disappeared just like that. At the end of season 4. He couldn't take "another day", well, it had been a long day.
Chorus
Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand
-- Jack is supposed to be dead. So he says "bury me in the sand". "The water" is referring to the ending of season 6 (Jack gazing at the Pacific Ocean). 24 was set in Los Angeles, California -- they had nice beaches and shorelines there.
Once the stone
You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your head disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of Hollow Years
-- This verse refers to the terrorists. "The stone" is their WMD, and "the cloud" is the mushroom cloud of the nuclear bomb. "The crashing down" could refer to the explosion of the bomb (season 2 and 6), or the failure of the attack (season 4).
She's not the kind of girl
You hear about
She'll never want another
She'll never be without
She'll give you all the signs
She'll tell you everything
Then turn around and walk away
-- This verse is about Jack's daughter, Kim. She'll never want another man to be her father. Now that her father is (supposedly) dead, she'll try to turn around and walk away from all the sadness in her life.
You're all wrong. This song is about Jack Bauer's fake death between 24's season 4 and season 5. Wait a minute, that is not possible, since this song was written in the 90s, and the TV show was aired 10 years later... Anyway Here's the breakdown.
He's just the kind of man You hear about
-- Jack Bauer changed his name/identity, and became an ordinary worker.
Who leaves his family for An easy out
-- He left his family (his daughter) and made her think he's dead.
They never saw the signs He never said a word He couldn't take another day
-- Jack disappeared just like that. At the end of season 4. He couldn't take "another day", well, it had been a long day.
Chorus Carry me to the shoreline Bury me in the sand Walk me across the water And maybe you'll understand
-- Jack is supposed to be dead. So he says "bury me in the sand". "The water" is referring to the ending of season 6 (Jack gazing at the Pacific Ocean). 24 was set in Los Angeles, California -- they had nice beaches and shorelines there.
Once the stone You're crawling under Is lifted off your shoulders Once the cloud that's raining Over your head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of Hollow Years
-- This verse refers to the terrorists. "The stone" is their WMD, and "the cloud" is the mushroom cloud of the nuclear bomb. "The crashing down" could refer to the explosion of the bomb (season 2 and 6), or the failure of the attack (season 4).
She's not the kind of girl You hear about She'll never want another She'll never be without She'll give you all the signs She'll tell you everything Then turn around and walk away
-- This verse is about Jack's daughter, Kim. She'll never want another man to be her father. Now that her father is (supposedly) dead, she'll try to turn around and walk away from all the sadness in her life.