Lyrics with meaning

[jimhelm]

excerpted from 10,000 days part2 ( Wings for Marie )

Marie was his mother, I think.

And this little light of mine, a gift you passed on to me
I'm gonna let it shine
to guide you safely on your way.

Your way home...

Oh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down?
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun?
Other than tremble incessantly.

High is the way,
but our eyes are upon the ground.
You are the light and the way.
They'll only read about.
I only pray heaven knows,
when to lift you out.

10,000 days in the fire is long enough.
You're going home...

You're the only one who can hold your head up high.
Shake your fist at the gates saying,
"I have come home now...!"
Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father.
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.

"It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my
Give me my wings...!"

This is TOOL, but it has a distinct tantric Pink FLoydness about it. This one I used to skip, but it done grew on me. The last lines quoted here are what caught my attention. It's time now! My Time now!