One of the more interesting points of the song is the title “Run” - which is decidedly a physical motion and one that notoriously takes a lot of effort. This theme of running is set against spiritual imagery - like gates to the stars, or becoming nothing but a soul, and unseen worlds.
The singer is also notably dismissive of gods and fate - The gods laugh and give salvation easily. Something like fate. No one waiting at the gate at the gate of stars.
This leads to me thinking that the singer does not want to rely on gods for their salvation, and instead are going to achieve it by continuously running towards love. Basically achieving salvation with their own humanity as opposed to through divine intervention.
They mention the gods waiting for someone to drop the axe to the bottom of the water - I’m assuming this is a reference to The Honest Woodcutter. I think it was just here to kind of illustrate how mercurial and easy salvation seems if you rely on gods? I hope some other people tackle that stanza because I am kind of making the :shizuflust: face at it.
