| Awolnation – Sail Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"this is how I show my love" - because he has ADD he shows his love in ways that might not be recognizable to those without experience with intellectual disabilities. While his actions might be interpreted as callous by others, it's still valid to him because that's how he shows his love even if it's different than how others might show their love. "this is how an angel cries" - the love of his life is crying because he can't show her his love the way that she would expect that he would. People with intellectual disabilities often express things in ways that "normal" people would interpret as callous. If you didn't know that they had different brains you would be very hurt by their words or actions. "Maybe I'm a different breed, maybe I'm not listening" - MAYBE is the key word here. He feels so apart from others, and especially the person that he loves, that he questions his own human-ness. His ADD makes him feel like he's so far from being human that he's not even human, and because of that she can't be the same breed that he is. MAYBE he's not listening - ADD people are often accused of not listening because they can't filter out background noise. He's trying to figure out whether it's that he won't listen or can't listen or just appears to not be listening. "Maybe I should cry for help" - he wants to handle it himself and work it out, but she's not responding and he's wondering if he should do something to get others involved or draw attention to his ADD because he's wondering if he can handle the situation himself. "Maybe I should kill myself" - he's wondering whether the pain that he inflicts on others as a result of his intellectual disability (this is how an angel cries) is worth it, especially since he's in a great deal of pain himself from not being able to meet her needs. Sail - like the tone of the song creates a sense of lightness and freedom, like floating away. Both an expression of what he'd like to feel (ease, freedom, carefree) and what he is supposed to make a loved one feel like. Should he "sail" away by leaving her? Should he "sail" away by leaving earth? Should he "sail" away by killing himself? Should they "sail" together by her blaming his ADD for behaviour that she would not tolerate from a loved one? |
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