lyrics - i am mine

The Waiting Trophy Man

i've always been intrigued by the line "the north is to south what the clock is to time". does anyone have an interpretation?

tiny chimp

aBoxOfFear wrote:

i've always been intrigued by the line "the north is to south what the clock is to time". does anyone have an interpretation?

Ermm ... my interpretation is that the sentence points to a fundamental truth to reflect that there are only some things you can know for sure (which is what I think the song alludes to, in part at least) :

the North and the South are essential to each other - one can't exist/or doesn't make sense without the other like a clock is to time, a clock can't exist or does not make sense without the concept of 'time'.

Innocent_Bystander

North is opposite of South, and therefore is irrelevant to it, just as the clock is to time

armanHammer

I always thought that line went along with the concept of 'Breath' (see the world). I think it means you only have a limited time on this earth.. make the most of it.