I came to this web page looking for the meaning of this song, so please forgive me if I do not do a good job of explaining what "The Last In Line" means???
"The Last In Line"
We're the ship without a storm
The cold without the warm
Light inside the darkness
That it needs, yeah
(I see this as the purity of a young child before the worldly influences have had a chance to darken its soul)
We're a laugh without tear
The hope without the fear
We are coming, home
(This is the joy and innocence if the young)
We're off to the witch
We may never, never, never, come home
But the magic that we'll feel
Is worth the lifetime
(The thrill of moving out on your own and having your first place to live that is not owned by your family, wether it is a “Dorm Room”, a “Frat House”, or “your first Apartment”. For some, the break is permanent and complete. Hence the, “We may never, never, never, come home” line.)
We're all born upon the cross
We're the throw before the toss
You can release yourself
But the only way is down
(“We're all born upon the cross” Christ died for our sins. “You can release yourself
But the only way is down” Christians believe that to leaving Christianity is a one-way ticket to HELL.)
We don't come alone
We are fire, we are stone
We're the hand that writes
Then quickly moves away
(I have to admit this one stumps me.)
We'll know for the first time
If we're evil or divine
We're the last in line, yeah
We're the last in line
(Come “Judgement Day” it does not matter if you are Evil or Divine, because for some reason you are the last one to be “judged”)
Two eyes from the east
It's the angel or the beast
And the answer lies
Between the good and bad
(Who is coming for you, “the angel or the beast”, that all depends on how you lived your life)
We search for the truth
We could die upon the tooth
But the thrill of just the chase
Is worth the pain
(The search for of our life.)
We'll know for the first time
If we're evil or divine
We're the last in line, yeah
We're the last in line, oh
Yeah, we're off to the witch
We may never, never, never come home
But the magic that we'll feel
Is worth a lifetime
We're all born upon the cross
You know we're the throw before the toss
You can release yourself
But the only way to go is down
We'll know for the first time
If we're evil or divine
We're the last in line, oh
We're the last in line
See how we shine
We're the last in
We're the last in
We're the last in
We're the last in
We're the last in
We're the first in line, oh
We're a ship without a storm
We're the cold inside the warm
We're the laugh without tear
We're the smile without the mirror
We're the last in line
We're the last in line
We're the last in line
See how we shine
We're the last in line
If this does not make any sense to, I am very sorry. Writing is not one my strong points. I think in pictures and translating pictures into words is a skill that I have not mastered as of yet.