The current lyrics at the end are wrong and are very important to the interpretation of the song.
I don't know
I don't care
I don't need you for me to live
The song is about facing death without buying into the consolation provided by faith in a religion that promises an afterlife. "Garden of stone" is a cemetery.
The narrator has lost his faith.
"The direction of the eye
So misleading
The defection of the soul
Nauseously quick"
He doesn't care about questions of existence. He is concerned with the present .
"I don't question our existence
I just question our modern need"
He has come to terms with the finality death, and though he accepts it he will strive to get all he can out of this life until that day inevitably comes
"I will walk...with my hands bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
Into your garden
Garden of stone"
He emphasizes once again that "after all is done we're still alone."
"After all is done
and we're still alone
I won't be taken
Yet I'll go"
He keeps his lack of faith to himself and would appreciate if you kept your faith to yourself.
"I don't show
I don't share
I don't need what you have to give"
Lastly he explains that he doesn't know and he doesn't care. He can live without that consolation.
"I don't know
I don't care
I don't need you for me to live"
The current lyrics at the end are wrong and are very important to the interpretation of the song.
I don't know I don't care I don't need you for me to live
The song is about facing death without buying into the consolation provided by faith in a religion that promises an afterlife. "Garden of stone" is a cemetery.
The narrator has lost his faith.
"The direction of the eye So misleading The defection of the soul Nauseously quick"
He doesn't care about questions of existence. He is concerned with the present . "I don't question our existence I just question our modern need"
He has come to terms with the finality death, and though he accepts it he will strive to get all he can out of this life until that day inevitably comes
"I will walk...with my hands bound I will walk...with my face blood I will walk...with my shadow flag Into your garden Garden of stone"
He emphasizes once again that "after all is done we're still alone."
"After all is done and we're still alone I won't be taken Yet I'll go"
He keeps his lack of faith to himself and would appreciate if you kept your faith to yourself.
"I don't show I don't share I don't need what you have to give"
Lastly he explains that he doesn't know and he doesn't care. He can live without that consolation.
"I don't know I don't care I don't need you for me to live"