Lead Sails (And A Paper Anchor) lyrics

I enjoy everyones post... But it's plain as day this song is about returning to active addiction after recovering... And than making that choice whether or not to pick up that 24 hour chip or white tag. Needing the drink.. Going to sea.. Asking god for help. Iif your a friend of bill you know. What it's like. Pure poetry.

To me the song is about a man who has been in love greatly with a woman, and they have been together for a long time. After they had a child, conflicts between them are increasing. Perhaps the child had, say, cancer and couldn't be saved in the end and died slowly,
(withering away, a shrinking violet dies, so full of life) torturous for both parents. The mother blames the man out of grief, hate and rage. A major argument enfolds, and the man leaves her (refer to first verse). His remorse is like a very heavy weight on his shoulders. (i'm setting sail, with anchors holding me down. ) he thought he would be fine, but instead, he unknowingly gets involved in all kinds of bad stuff. He regrets all he done to his loved one, and begs to be back with the woman but is hesitant, unsure of his decision (save me, take me home, will i come up for air? ). Songs like this are very ambiguous, so anybody could be right or wrong.

I also think this song is about a person that has been left in the sea and is drowning but then something happens that makes them have hope like seeing a boat so they are calling to the boat in the hope that they will rescue them.

Not something you would expect from a metal band. I agree with scyon, i think he was in the navy. He's probably going out there by himself, and he hates it, and might even be afraid of dying there, so he wants god to save him now.

I think this is about someone who enlisted in the navy, and is now going underwater in a submarine. The part that says "will i come up for air" made me think of that.

I think this song is about someone stuck in the daily grind after moving away, and wants to get back to the way things used to be, with family and friends and whatnot.

This is a song that everyone in the world can give their own meaning to.

To me this song is about creating a personal hell for yourself. Getting into something you know isn't good and yet you do it anyway. And then can't get out. The first verse is a comparison of going off to war and to your personal problem. The second verse is realizing what you've gotten yourself into. Withering away. Means its getting bad. So full of life these lights have drowned me out. Being whole or well or good before you started and reaping the results of your decision. I never thought this would consume me whole. A simple excuse you tell yourself but knowing whats going to happen. The pre-chorus is wondering if your going to make it out. The chorus is realizing how bad it really is and asking god for help. Then realizing that your too far gone. The bridge and is like unto roking back and forth in the fetal position asking for it all to end. Finally the end. Wishing that this, wishing that all this would end. Your personal hell

I think this song is for the men and women fighting for outr countries