Like all of you, this song has fascinated me from the first time I heard it. I also believe the meaning is meant to be interpreted by the listener. My view of it has evolved into quite a back story over the years for personal reasons I won't go into. I've come to believe that the singer represents a soldier in God's Army. The forces of evil have taken control of the government and spirituality has either been outlawed or perverted and twisted to fit the occupying forces' purposes. He has human form, but he is actually an angel. He may have been a human soldier who died in a noble way and was made an angel. The war is taking place both physically and metaphysically. He says he's with the "High Command" which she probably interprets as the resistance which is most likely made up of remnants of the country's original armed forces. He actually means he is with THE High Command. The Army Of Heaven. He is now speaking to his widowed wife whom he cannot reveal his former identity to. He is posing as a resistance fighter. The war has begun to go against the occupying forces and the result is that civilians will now be at even greater risk than before. "By now the fighting will be close at hand". Anyone caught with weapons is probably shot on sight which is why he tells her to only use the gun he mentions in an extreme emergency. She will later wonder how he knew there was a gun in the cellar. The war, although going badly for the forces of evil, is far far from being close to an ending. He tells her to hide her hatred deep down. Feign loyalty to the occupying forces and discreetly teach her children the truth about spirituality and the real cause of the war so they will eventually be able to defeat the bad guys for good. In his agony at seeing his family at such risk, he slips and mentions being protected from "up here" because Heaven is where his life essence is actually eminating from. Yeah, I'm a hopeless romantic and have a VIVID imagination, okay?
@Jetfire59 - I'm with you. Whether it is meant to have a religious message or not, it does. Reminds me of The Matrix. Very strong undertones of real faith vs religion and the world.
@Jetfire59 - I'm with you. Whether it is meant to have a religious message or not, it does. Reminds me of The Matrix. Very strong undertones of real faith vs religion and the world.
@Jetfire59 I agree with you. I see your post was from 2010. Things have gotten much worse and the song seems somehow even more relevant. Some of us have been paying attention to what is going on with the world. I’m in S. Florida so things are not as bad here yet.
@Jetfire59 I agree with you. I see your post was from 2010. Things have gotten much worse and the song seems somehow even more relevant. Some of us have been paying attention to what is going on with the world. I’m in S. Florida so things are not as bad here yet.
@Jetfire59 – Spot on, great analysis! I came to this page intending to write something vaguely similar ("high command" being a reference to serving God against the State), but I think you've already captured the meaning and added embellishments that fit perfectly with the spirit of it.
@Jetfire59 – Spot on, great analysis! I came to this page intending to write something vaguely similar ("high command" being a reference to serving God against the State), but I think you've already captured the meaning and added embellishments that fit perfectly with the spirit of it.
Like all of you, this song has fascinated me from the first time I heard it. I also believe the meaning is meant to be interpreted by the listener. My view of it has evolved into quite a back story over the years for personal reasons I won't go into. I've come to believe that the singer represents a soldier in God's Army. The forces of evil have taken control of the government and spirituality has either been outlawed or perverted and twisted to fit the occupying forces' purposes. He has human form, but he is actually an angel. He may have been a human soldier who died in a noble way and was made an angel. The war is taking place both physically and metaphysically. He says he's with the "High Command" which she probably interprets as the resistance which is most likely made up of remnants of the country's original armed forces. He actually means he is with THE High Command. The Army Of Heaven. He is now speaking to his widowed wife whom he cannot reveal his former identity to. He is posing as a resistance fighter. The war has begun to go against the occupying forces and the result is that civilians will now be at even greater risk than before. "By now the fighting will be close at hand". Anyone caught with weapons is probably shot on sight which is why he tells her to only use the gun he mentions in an extreme emergency. She will later wonder how he knew there was a gun in the cellar. The war, although going badly for the forces of evil, is far far from being close to an ending. He tells her to hide her hatred deep down. Feign loyalty to the occupying forces and discreetly teach her children the truth about spirituality and the real cause of the war so they will eventually be able to defeat the bad guys for good. In his agony at seeing his family at such risk, he slips and mentions being protected from "up here" because Heaven is where his life essence is actually eminating from. Yeah, I'm a hopeless romantic and have a VIVID imagination, okay?
@Jetfire59 - I'm with you. Whether it is meant to have a religious message or not, it does. Reminds me of The Matrix. Very strong undertones of real faith vs religion and the world.
@Jetfire59 - I'm with you. Whether it is meant to have a religious message or not, it does. Reminds me of The Matrix. Very strong undertones of real faith vs religion and the world.
@Jetfire59 I agree with you. I see your post was from 2010. Things have gotten much worse and the song seems somehow even more relevant. Some of us have been paying attention to what is going on with the world. I’m in S. Florida so things are not as bad here yet.
@Jetfire59 I agree with you. I see your post was from 2010. Things have gotten much worse and the song seems somehow even more relevant. Some of us have been paying attention to what is going on with the world. I’m in S. Florida so things are not as bad here yet.
@Jetfire59 – Spot on, great analysis! I came to this page intending to write something vaguely similar ("high command" being a reference to serving God against the State), but I think you've already captured the meaning and added embellishments that fit perfectly with the spirit of it.
@Jetfire59 – Spot on, great analysis! I came to this page intending to write something vaguely similar ("high command" being a reference to serving God against the State), but I think you've already captured the meaning and added embellishments that fit perfectly with the spirit of it.