littlewing7: that is my favorite thing about music is the personal meaning that the songs take on for different people...if i have a song that means a lot to me i purposely remain ignorant to the meaning because i don't want it to be ruined for me
i view everything through the lens of my faith so looking at this song i can't help but see redemption/salvation echoed throughout and while this song is probably not about that, it certainly will remain that way for me...i found my faith with help from my then girlfriend, now my wife and the first verses of this song remind me of my earlier days when i was searching for some meaning to life in my early 20's and here comes this girl unexpectedly and turns everything on its head...
"i was on the mend when i fell through"...my salvation being worked out for me when i fell through the lies of the world...falling because it reflects the helplessness of my situation...i had no control, the path being laid out for me
"the sky around was anything but blue"...my reality setting in...seeing the world for what it really is...
"i found as i regained my feet...a wound across my memory"...realized that i was being sought by something bigger than me and the wound being my denial of this reality; my sin...
"that no amount of stitches would repair...i awoke and you were standing there"...nothing of this world could repair my relationship with God, certainly nothing i could do so in awaking from that revelation here is my Savior standing before me...
then in the chorus that talks about "there is no fortune at the end of the road that has no end" means for me that eternity is already here...we are all immortal in a sense because there is a world beyond this one where we will be in existence...the spoils of the world, falling back to sleep---i can no longer return to my previous reality or look at material wealth as anything but means to another end or purpose...
"i'm rested and i'm ready to begin"...i've been ransomed and i'm ready to go forth living out my faith...
"I went on the search for something real
I traded what I know for how I feel
But the ceiling and the walls collapsed
Upon the darkness I was trapped
And as the last of breath was drawn from me
The light broke in and brought me to my feet"...even though i have salvation i'm still a sorry sad sack of crap wanting to live for me and i keep looking for something else despite being shown the truth...but even my best efforts are in vain and when my plans fail and the "walls collapse" and the darkness sets in my Savior "the light" comes in and reminds me who i belong to...
i'm sure someone is going to write, or think, something scathing about what i've written but i'll leave you with these verses from Jeff Tweedy from Wilco's song, "What Light"...
'And if the whole world's singing your songs
And all of your paintings have been hung
Just remember what was yours is everyone's from now on
And that's not wrong or right
But you can struggle with it all you like
You'll only get uptight'
Read more: Avett Brothers - February Seven Lyrics | MetroLyrics
littlewing7: that is my favorite thing about music is the personal meaning that the songs take on for different people...if i have a song that means a lot to me i purposely remain ignorant to the meaning because i don't want it to be ruined for me
i view everything through the lens of my faith so looking at this song i can't help but see redemption/salvation echoed throughout and while this song is probably not about that, it certainly will remain that way for me...i found my faith with help from my then girlfriend, now my wife and the first verses of this song remind me of my earlier days when i was searching for some meaning to life in my early 20's and here comes this girl unexpectedly and turns everything on its head...
"i was on the mend when i fell through"...my salvation being worked out for me when i fell through the lies of the world...falling because it reflects the helplessness of my situation...i had no control, the path being laid out for me
"the sky around was anything but blue"...my reality setting in...seeing the world for what it really is...
"i found as i regained my feet...a wound across my memory"...realized that i was being sought by something bigger than me and the wound being my denial of this reality; my sin...
"that no amount of stitches would repair...i awoke and you were standing there"...nothing of this world could repair my relationship with God, certainly nothing i could do so in awaking from that revelation here is my Savior standing before me...
then in the chorus that talks about "there is no fortune at the end of the road that has no end" means for me that eternity is already here...we are all immortal in a sense because there is a world beyond this one where we will be in existence...the spoils of the world, falling back to sleep---i can no longer return to my previous reality or look at material wealth as anything but means to another end or purpose...
"i'm rested and i'm ready to begin"...i've been ransomed and i'm ready to go forth living out my faith...
"I went on the search for something real I traded what I know for how I feel But the ceiling and the walls collapsed Upon the darkness I was trapped And as the last of breath was drawn from me The light broke in and brought me to my feet"...even though i have salvation i'm still a sorry sad sack of crap wanting to live for me and i keep looking for something else despite being shown the truth...but even my best efforts are in vain and when my plans fail and the "walls collapse" and the darkness sets in my Savior "the light" comes in and reminds me who i belong to...
i'm sure someone is going to write, or think, something scathing about what i've written but i'll leave you with these verses from Jeff Tweedy from Wilco's song, "What Light"...
'And if the whole world's singing your songs And all of your paintings have been hung Just remember what was yours is everyone's from now on
And that's not wrong or right But you can struggle with it all you like You'll only get uptight'
Read more: Avett Brothers - February Seven Lyrics | MetroLyrics