The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All

There's something about one man, one guitar, and one spine chilling voice that gets me every time. Song meanings can be interpreted in many ways, depending on what the listener thinks the artist is trying to express, or how one attributes the lyrics and the feel of the song to the events in their own life. I've always pictured 'the current' (mentioned in the song) to be a life full of constant changes, leading in unforeseen directions, whereas 'the land' is a consistent and certain plan. The other person in the song is being thrown into 'the current' that the songwriter is able to live by, but this person drowns because their goal and comfort is on stable ground. I picture the singer to be someone who searches for love in ever-changing ways (be it many people, or just many experiences), and though he has heard that true love is the ultimate prize for any man, his 'heart has learned to kill' — he feels that it is more in his nature to move on instead of trying to stay with what he has, even if they did have a tangible future together ('future was our skin and now we don't dream anymore'). Yes, I could be totally wrong, and I would love more than anything to talk to my favorite artists about the things they've written. Either way, this song still gives me shivers every single time I listen to it.

"Well I walk upon the river like it's easier than land
Evil's in my pocket and your will is in my hand
Oh, your will is in my hand

And I'll throw it in the current that I stand upon so still
Love is all, from what I've heard, but my heart's learned to kill
Oh, mine has learned to kill

Oh, I said I could rise
From the harness of our goals
Here come the tears
But like always, I let them go
Just let them go."