"I wrote the words to that song when I found out that someone I went to school with was killed on their way home from work, for no reason. It's not about that event itself, it's about how I felt hearing the news. I can't even begin to imagine the kind of person that would do that to another human being, so when I heard I thought, 'Well, what's the point? What's the point in going outside? What's the point in having any hope at all?' That's all the song is really, just those thoughts....It's a lock the door, stay inside and throw away the key kind of song."
it's sort of like a no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel sort of song... but I love the lyrics in spite of their bleakness... "I'm so sorry for the things that they've done/ I'm so sorry about what we've all become"
I found this interview with Tom about the song:
"I wrote the words to that song when I found out that someone I went to school with was killed on their way home from work, for no reason. It's not about that event itself, it's about how I felt hearing the news. I can't even begin to imagine the kind of person that would do that to another human being, so when I heard I thought, 'Well, what's the point? What's the point in going outside? What's the point in having any hope at all?' That's all the song is really, just those thoughts....It's a lock the door, stay inside and throw away the key kind of song."
it's sort of like a no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel sort of song... but I love the lyrics in spite of their bleakness... "I'm so sorry for the things that they've done/ I'm so sorry about what we've all become"