Year of Funerals
Embracing Change: A Reflection on the Year of Funerals
Lyrics
By the time you read this you'll be fifteen-hundred sea level
Anticipating a future moment when the recipient reads the message at a specific altitude.
Riding in a car on a road that the world wore down
Travelling in a vehicle on a well-worn road, symbolizing the journey through life.
Your face is framed in window that the rain is washing away
The person's face is seen through a rain-streaked window, possibly representing obscured emotions.
And all the tears and laughter will be buried
Emotions, both sorrow and joy, will be buried and forgotten over time.
Buried under the weight of history
Referencing the heavy burden of historical events and experiences.
Carried out on the undertow
Suggesting that emotions are carried away like the undertow in the sea.
Oh, the things we hold onto
Reflecting on attachments and possessions that may weigh one down.
I will let them all go
Expressing a willingness to let go of all attachments.
It's been a year of funerals no one blames you for anything
Describing a period marked by multiple funerals, acknowledging difficulty but not blaming.
All the same you put space between us and the volcanoes
Creating distance, perhaps to protect from emotional eruptions or challenges.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life
Signifying a new beginning, emphasizing the importance of the present and the future.
Oh from where I'm standing this view looks fine
The speaker finds the current perspective acceptable or positive.
Buried under the weight of history
Reiterating the weight of historical burdens and experiences.
Carried out on the undertow
Continuing the metaphor of emotions being carried away like an undertow.
Oh, the things we hold onto
Reflecting on the challenge of holding onto certain things in life.
I will let them all go
Reaffirming the speaker's decision to release all attachments.
By the time you read this you'll be fifteen-hundred sea level
Repeating the opening line, emphasizing the future moment and altitude.
Riding in a car on a road the world wore down
Reiterating the journey on a worn-down road, suggesting the inevitability of life's path.
Your face is framed in window that the rain is washing away
Revisiting the image of a rain-streaked window, possibly symbolizing changing perspectives.
And all the tears and laughter will be buried
Repeating the idea of burying tears and laughter, reinforcing the transient nature of emotions.
Buried under the weight of history
Reemphasizing the weight of historical events and experiences.
Carried out on the undertow
Repeating the undertow metaphor, underscoring the force that carries away emotions.
Oh, the things we hold onto
Reiterating the challenge of holding onto certain aspects of life.
I will let them all go
Reaffirming the speaker's commitment to letting go of all attachments.
Comment