It's an art form that deals in absolutes and exaggerations--part of the reason we love it and that most high-brows don't. But I do think the complete disappearance of the wound over-simplifies the kinds of emotionally heavy and long-lasting situations being alluded to here. Worst case scenario--this means that Bieber's brand is misusing emotionally significant images to give too much credit to his song for being deep. Best case scenario--it's unoriginal, Bieber's brand is hopping on the contemporary-dance-with-pop-music bandwagon pioneered by Sia and Ed Sheeran, and there's no real harm done.
In any case, the dancing is still VERY beautiful. Verse 1 is about someone else who "[e]nded up on a crossroad. The person who is stuck is hoping that someone will come to help him or her, and finally someone does. A "truck" pulls over and gives one important thing: direction. The helpful man gives the lost person information and explains how to read a map.
Sign up for Song Meaning Pro , my seven day educational email course designed to prepare you to analyze pop music on your own. Often in life, people feel like they lose direction or don't know where to go. They lack purpose, and Bieber here is telling a story about someone who thought things were hopeless. However, someone came to the rescue--Bieber is trying to give hope to listeners.
In Verse 2, Bieber sings about a relationship that's "on a ski slope," suggesting that things could end very terribly if anyone's careless, especially since there's an "[a]valanche comin' down slow. They've fought a lot, but right when they thought things were darkest, "God sent an angel to help us out.
In the Bridge, Bieber sings that he'd give up his own self-image and what he sees in the mirror if others would perceive him differently. He sings that the world tries to "crucify me," and he won't deny that he "ain't perfect," so he's "working on a better me. Bieber's been having a lot of hard times recently and most of them seem to be self-caused. From outlandish displays of hubris to absurd and hurtful pranks on others to breaking the law, he's had a rough couple of years.
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