This song was definitely the best off the new album. Great melodies with an anthemic chorus and a deep meaning behind each line.
The overall theme I get seems kind of similar to "Stuck in a Moment" from All You Can't Leave Behind. I imagine this as something somebody would say to a friend in a time of hardship.
The first verse is all about an idea I've been coming to terms with, that life isn't really complete without both happiness and sadness. "Everybody needs to cry or needs to spit/ Every sweet-tooth needs just a little hit/ Every beauty needs to go out with an idiot," seems like its about human emotion, and that we need it all. Sadness, anger, happiness, and heartbreak. Its all part of life.
The second verse seems to be punctuated best by the line "The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear." The verse promotes being spontaneous and possibly naive in some ways as the references in the first two lines toward teenagers suggests.
And the Choruses give the message "things are gonna be tough, but lets just have the best time we can with it." The first two lines obviously hold the meaning that theres hardship around us now and ahead. But the line "But we're gonna make it all the way to the light," gives that kind of reassurance that reminds me of Stuck in a Moment that everything will be alright. The three lines that change each hold a meaning that goes along with the verse beforehand. The first is a call to listen up to whoever's been hurting, the second is a statement that he's been going on and being spontaneous despite opposition and the third is an overall message lets make the best we can and have a good time. Personally that third line, "Let's shout until the darkness, squeeze out sparks of light," is my favorite of the song.
This song was definitely the best off the new album. Great melodies with an anthemic chorus and a deep meaning behind each line.
The overall theme I get seems kind of similar to "Stuck in a Moment" from All You Can't Leave Behind. I imagine this as something somebody would say to a friend in a time of hardship.
The first verse is all about an idea I've been coming to terms with, that life isn't really complete without both happiness and sadness. "Everybody needs to cry or needs to spit/ Every sweet-tooth needs just a little hit/ Every beauty needs to go out with an idiot," seems like its about human emotion, and that we need it all. Sadness, anger, happiness, and heartbreak. Its all part of life.
The second verse seems to be punctuated best by the line "The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear." The verse promotes being spontaneous and possibly naive in some ways as the references in the first two lines toward teenagers suggests.
And the Choruses give the message "things are gonna be tough, but lets just have the best time we can with it." The first two lines obviously hold the meaning that theres hardship around us now and ahead. But the line "But we're gonna make it all the way to the light," gives that kind of reassurance that reminds me of Stuck in a Moment that everything will be alright. The three lines that change each hold a meaning that goes along with the verse beforehand. The first is a call to listen up to whoever's been hurting, the second is a statement that he's been going on and being spontaneous despite opposition and the third is an overall message lets make the best we can and have a good time. Personally that third line, "Let's shout until the darkness, squeeze out sparks of light," is my favorite of the song.