Flesh and Bone
Journey of Redemption: Embracing Life Beyond Brokenness
Lyrics
A lot's changed since we were young.
A reflection on the changes experienced since youth.
We went from playing with loaded guns
Transition from risky behavior to a search for emotional fulfillment.
To this hole in our heart, looking for home.
Expressing a sense of emptiness and the quest for belonging.
I see you there right in front of me.
Observing someone close, possibly struggling to connect.
But it's like reaching out across the sea,
Difficulty in bridging emotional gaps, like a vast sea.
Trying to let you know that you're not alone.
Attempts to reassure the person that they are not alone.
Hey, hey, you're just flesh and bone.
Emphasizing human vulnerability with the phrase "flesh and bone."
I know the road's been hard,
Acknowledgment of life's challenges and hardships.
But don't forget who you are.
An urging to remember one's identity despite difficulties.
There's a child there who'll never be grown.
Reference to a child who won't experience full growth due to circumstances.
Hey, hey, he's just flesh and bone.
Reiteration of vulnerability with "flesh and bone."
We crave the comfort of the homes that we broke.
Desire for the comfort of broken homes, hinting at lost stability.
We'd save it all, but it all went up in smoke.
Efforts to save what is lost but faced with failure (gone up in smoke).
But what was lost ain't carved in stone
Recognition that losses are not permanent ("not carved in stone").
It's just flesh and bone.
Reaffirmation of the transient nature of human existence.
We were born in an avalanche.
Metaphorical birth in chaos, symbolizing unpredictable beginnings.
Our lives have been a game of chance.
Life seen as a gamble, with no apologies for choices made.
No apologies for the seeds we've sown.
No regrets for the consequences of actions ("seeds we've sown").
Hey, hey, we're just flesh and bone.
Reiteration of human vulnerability collectively ("we're just flesh and bone").
And all we had is just on loan,
Recognition that everything we possess is temporary and borrowed.
This flesh and bone.
A final emphasis on the impermanence of human existence.
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