 The message throughout the song , in which Martin sings , is words of encouragement : " Lights will guide you home / And ignite your bones / And I will try to fix you . " Michele Hatty of USA Weekend reported that Martin sings about recovering from grief in the song . Travis Gass of the Bangor Daily News wrote that Martin offers his sympathies for the downtrodden , with " When you love someone but it goes to waste / Could it be worse ? " . Gass goes on to interpret that the " booming drums " and chorus is that of Queen 's 1975 song " Bohemian Rhapsody " . 
