This is an amazing song. After I heard it I thought and thought about it constantly for over a month. No joke. Every moment I had where I wasn't working or doing something my mind wondered back to that. It was crazy because never had I had a song effect me like that.
I see this song as a hypothetical question: What if you found out you had 24 hours to live?
I think it someone realizing how short and unfulfilled their life has been and now that they have a time limit (24 hours) they must make the most of it. At first they are talking about going through the psychological aspect of the severity of this situation (*first verse + bridge). I think they told their lover ("I'm not messing") are breaking up with them ("promise to live free") and just to be there with them to the end. I believe the second verse is the person talking with the (now ex) lover. Questioning God, thinking about everyone they have ever known, how they will never live a normal life.
After some time has passed I believe the person begins to think about everything they have said and had no regrets about it because they believe that they could possibly be the only person to ever be in this situation.
I also believe the countdown is while all this is going on the person checking the time and is like, "Ok, I have 18 hours, 13 hours, ect left"
This is an amazing song. After I heard it I thought and thought about it constantly for over a month. No joke. Every moment I had where I wasn't working or doing something my mind wondered back to that. It was crazy because never had I had a song effect me like that.
I see this song as a hypothetical question: What if you found out you had 24 hours to live?
I think it someone realizing how short and unfulfilled their life has been and now that they have a time limit (24 hours) they must make the most of it. At first they are talking about going through the psychological aspect of the severity of this situation (*first verse + bridge). I think they told their lover ("I'm not messing") are breaking up with them ("promise to live free") and just to be there with them to the end. I believe the second verse is the person talking with the (now ex) lover. Questioning God, thinking about everyone they have ever known, how they will never live a normal life.
After some time has passed I believe the person begins to think about everything they have said and had no regrets about it because they believe that they could possibly be the only person to ever be in this situation.
I also believe the countdown is while all this is going on the person checking the time and is like, "Ok, I have 18 hours, 13 hours, ect left"
Thats my take on this. Am I right? who knows