To me, the lyrics tell about someone who believed that he knew himself, his qualities, his passion, and the way he could live his life, but never found a way to really live all these. Now he has been fighting too long in vain to survive in a world where he doesn't feel accepted for who he is and what he can mean to the world. And he lays his plaint before Life/God: if you wanted me to be who I am and to do something with the gifts I got, and nothing worked, what am I gonna do now? I miss the days that I could dream aloud and felt my life was still lying before me, but as I grow older, I'm wondering, what's really in it for me? What's really my life about?
@rovap I really like this post for Afterglow. My fiance died from Diabetic Coma. He had previously had three strokes/stroke like episodes. The week before he died; he told me what three songs he wanted played at his funeral. Two hymns and Afterglow by Genesis. I copied it down and had no idea I would be needing it so soon.
@rovap I really like this post for Afterglow. My fiance died from Diabetic Coma. He had previously had three strokes/stroke like episodes. The week before he died; he told me what three songs he wanted played at his funeral. Two hymns and Afterglow by Genesis. I copied it down and had no idea I would be needing it so soon.
To me, the lyrics tell about someone who believed that he knew himself, his qualities, his passion, and the way he could live his life, but never found a way to really live all these. Now he has been fighting too long in vain to survive in a world where he doesn't feel accepted for who he is and what he can mean to the world. And he lays his plaint before Life/God: if you wanted me to be who I am and to do something with the gifts I got, and nothing worked, what am I gonna do now? I miss the days that I could dream aloud and felt my life was still lying before me, but as I grow older, I'm wondering, what's really in it for me? What's really my life about?
@rovap I really like this post for Afterglow. My fiance died from Diabetic Coma. He had previously had three strokes/stroke like episodes. The week before he died; he told me what three songs he wanted played at his funeral. Two hymns and Afterglow by Genesis. I copied it down and had no idea I would be needing it so soon.
@rovap I really like this post for Afterglow. My fiance died from Diabetic Coma. He had previously had three strokes/stroke like episodes. The week before he died; he told me what three songs he wanted played at his funeral. Two hymns and Afterglow by Genesis. I copied it down and had no idea I would be needing it so soon.