Wrote it down in the winter of 1610
Just a secret under lock and key until then
While collecting the stars, I connected the dots
I don’t know who I am, but now I know who I’m not
I’m just a curious speck that got caught up in orbit, in orbit
Like a magnet it beckoned my metals toward it, toward it
Make my messes matter
Make this chaos count
Let every little fracture in me
Shatter out loud
Make my messes matter
Make this chaos count
Let every little fracture in me
Shatter out loud
“I don’t know who I am, but now I know who I’m not." The personal discovery here is that this proved to Galileo that the earth, was not the center of universe. "I know who I am not" I am NOT the center of universe. Both a brilliant and humbling discovery. "Under lock and key" The Catholic Church believed in a theory of a Geocentric universe...a universe that revolves around the earth. They imprisoned Galileo when he spoke out about a heliocentric universe. "Lock and Key" I feel means hiding or not knowing the truth. "make my messes matter, make this chaos count". I think this goes back to the discovery. We are a mere speck in the vast expanse of the universe, again, a humbling discovery. "messes" and "chaos" are the apparent randomness of the universe. The chaos of creation should mean something to each of us. We are here a short time and we should each...make the "chaos count". Carl Sagan said "We are made of star stuff."
I feel like this song is about discovering your identity. "I don't know who I am, but now I know who I'm not" is such a raw line for anyone who's still figuring out who they are.
Hello. I am an old soul. I've been around, living lives and seeing after them. There are still things I don't understand, but I do know this. We all have purpose. We all matter. I have been chosen to guide and enlighten. The question is, what will you do? You are meant for greatness, friend. I know this more than anything.
I just watched a 3:43 minute add for a mattress. It was surprisingly interesting and when it ended, I was really startled because I realized that there were better things to listen to than someone talk about mattress protectors for three minutes straight.