Annotations for Guiding Light

Lyric: But I’m lost, crushed
 Cold and confused
 With no guiding light left inside
Annotation:
In  1984 ( SPOILERS, AGAIN), Winston is molded into a different person when he is taken to the Ministry of Love. He was constantly confused in his days there, and tortured for his deepest unsaid thoughts.

Lyric: Touch like strangers; detached
 I can’t feel you anymore
Annotation:
In Orwell’s  1984 ( SPOILER ALERT), Winston and Julia undergo a “rehabilitation” from the Ministry of Love. Winston and Julia are taken to Room 101 to be shown their greatest fear, until they wish ill will upon the one they love the most. When Winston and Julia meet again, they realize their selfishness, and realize that they don’t see each other the same way anymore. After this, they part ways, they are no longer in love.

Lyric: Loved by numbers
 You’re losing life’s wonder
Annotation:
The subject of the song is so focused in the economic standpoint of society, that they can’t fully appreciate the joys of a full life

Lyric: You were my guiding light
Annotation:
He is suggesting that once upon a time she was his saviour and his light that supported him through life

