This song is about a person who has lost their true love. One line of the song is "fear is the heart of love" which defies what people usually associate love with. This song goes beyond everything, and basically defies the stereotypes of love. This song goes beyond religion, i dont think its right to label this song as anything, especially by religion. If you can find that connection with another person, the fear of the unknown subsides, and you can overcome anything with the unselfish peace that connection to humanity can provide.
They "hold each other" within their being into "the darkest of rooms", the ultimate unknown, death. The sense of fulfillment in this world, and the promise of a spark in the next, while carrying the new being the two have created into the next.
The end holds no fear or panic, "It's nothing to cry about". "You and me have seen everything to see.And the soles of your shoes are all worn down." They have experienced the world through the eyes of each other, and there is no exceeding this plateau in this world. Satisfaction in the sense of being sated, there is no more desire, or longing, or regrets, guilt, pride, jelousy. 'Fear is the heart of love', sounds wrong and will lead to anything but satisfaction, so don't try to convince them and never go back. Religion is used to illuminate the way most people perceive personal interactions, where control, possession and power rule the interactions between the two. They have become more than a single entity, in the sense of changes within them, the individuals sense the oneness that binds everyone in the manifestation of their completeness. The two will follow each other into the dark because a large part of them resides in the other. "That they both are satisfied", I think, refers not only to Heaven and Hell, but also the relationship. If the constructs of Heaven and Hell areat peace within the persons own mind, then being carried into the unknown holds no fear for them. The "tunnels to gates of white" are not as peacefully blissful as the entwining of the two. The development of a relationship to the point that the seperation between the individuals becomes indistinct. To me, this song embodies a lot of the ideas contained within zen-like philosophies, directed specifically toward a very personal relationships between two people on the inevitable road to oblivion we all travel. But I'll check the site regularly to see how my objective approach did! :D If I got it wrong, obviously rate it low. I have tried to be as objective as possible. I (writer) will not be stating my opinion. They have completed their life and their time has come. The next verse explains how the singer and the addressed have finished their life - They've seen all there is to see, and they are tired, as "the time for sleep is now", implying that the singer and addressed are ready to die.
This fuels the religion, being the "heart" of the "love" of the religion. The followers fear going to "hell", and therefore will follow the religion to escape the "hell" they fear.
The song is also partially about the fact that they clearly do not believe in a particular religion, and that they believe that "fear is the heart of love" for most religion. If an afterlife doesn't exist, or the person the singer is addressing is rejected from having an afterlife, the singer will "follow you into the dark" They will follow the addressed into nothingness, because they would rather be with the addressed in nothingness than be alone in an afterlife. Hes ready to follow is loved one into nothingness, emptiness, thoughtlessness.the dark "Soles of your shoes are all worn down the time for sleep is now" - Hes tired and he's ready to sleep. He has lived a long life and experienced many things and been to many places. He wishes there was no fear of hell nor reward of heaven. He never went back because he disagrees with the nun (and so should everyone). The fear of hell and punishment is what drives so many people to be religious. This line is SO important to the meaning of this song. "I held my tongue as she told me son, fear is the heart of love, so I never went back." FEAR IS THE HEART OF LOVE. Yes, this song is a love song, but I think it is equally a song about religion. The words "dark" and "black" in this song are not just referring to the absence of color, but rather of nothingness altogether. This is an interpretation website, so nothing anyone has said is wrong, but I'm actually kind of upset at the interpretations I've read thus far.
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