From the standpoint that a lot of MS songs have Christian / Spiritual themes, this seems to talk to me of a sinner giving his life to Christ. It's a scary but liberating event that completely changes who you are and how you view the world.
I think the first verse, is a new Christian first looking at his former life through a new perspective and feeling the trepidation & fear that can come from honestly looking at yourself. In the 2nd verse, he sees all the worldy things the he has tried to fill the void caused from being seperated from God, how they do not fulfill, & how they have made him into a person he doesn't want to be.
The chorus speaks to how becoming a Christian can potentially compeletely change your life and cause you to lose many of the things & people that you held dear - a process that can be very saddenning & seemingly bleak. He sees that some of his former relationships have ended ("bridges burned") but realizes that there is purpose behind it so he chooses to focus on this new life rather than turning back to his former desires / relationships ("It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart,
But the welcome I receive with the restart").
Finally, I think he ends by speaking to the World. He's saying that the flashy temptations of the world used to distract him ("stars hide your fires") but he is turning away from these & proclaiming he will stay true to his new desires to live as a Christian ("these are my desires, and I won't give them up to you this time around") & that these desires are not just external and being forced upon him but have become his own.
He ends with says that his soul is his, he will choose to stand steadfastly in righteous desires, & the world no longer has power over his soul to bend it to the will of the world.
From the standpoint that a lot of MS songs have Christian / Spiritual themes, this seems to talk to me of a sinner giving his life to Christ. It's a scary but liberating event that completely changes who you are and how you view the world.
I think the first verse, is a new Christian first looking at his former life through a new perspective and feeling the trepidation & fear that can come from honestly looking at yourself. In the 2nd verse, he sees all the worldy things the he has tried to fill the void caused from being seperated from God, how they do not fulfill, & how they have made him into a person he doesn't want to be.
The chorus speaks to how becoming a Christian can potentially compeletely change your life and cause you to lose many of the things & people that you held dear - a process that can be very saddenning & seemingly bleak. He sees that some of his former relationships have ended ("bridges burned") but realizes that there is purpose behind it so he chooses to focus on this new life rather than turning back to his former desires / relationships ("It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart, But the welcome I receive with the restart").
Finally, I think he ends by speaking to the World. He's saying that the flashy temptations of the world used to distract him ("stars hide your fires") but he is turning away from these & proclaiming he will stay true to his new desires to live as a Christian ("these are my desires, and I won't give them up to you this time around") & that these desires are not just external and being forced upon him but have become his own.
He ends with says that his soul is his, he will choose to stand steadfastly in righteous desires, & the world no longer has power over his soul to bend it to the will of the world.