Thelastpunkkid, I think its a bit deeper than simply hating 'the city he came from'
Personally I think home is very specific to Gil's own parental home. I think it was a place of great misery to him, which perhaps led him to turn to drugs, which made the situation worse as he was then outcast by his parents and given no support.
" stand as far away from me as you can and ask me why
hang on to your rosary beads
close your eyes to watch me die
you keep saying, kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it"
You dig?
His parents, perhaps conservative and religious, couldnt accept him, they looked on in fear from a distance and simply turned their backs on him until such time as he kicked the addiction.
No offence mate but I think you should probably do some research about Gil before you start typing rubbish about his family background and his childhood. Gil's parents seemed decent people - his dad played football for Glasgow Celtic FC! Anyway he actually lived with his Gran until she died and then moved back with his mother. He was granted a scholarship to a well known private school! Hardly a tough upbringing.
No offence mate but I think you should probably do some research about Gil before you start typing rubbish about his family background and his childhood. Gil's parents seemed decent people - his dad played football for Glasgow Celtic FC! Anyway he actually lived with his Gran until she died and then moved back with his mother. He was granted a scholarship to a well known private school! Hardly a tough upbringing.
Not all songs are written in the first person you know - perhaps he was trying to describe how things are for other people who are in that situation?
Thelastpunkkid, I think its a bit deeper than simply hating 'the city he came from'
Personally I think home is very specific to Gil's own parental home. I think it was a place of great misery to him, which perhaps led him to turn to drugs, which made the situation worse as he was then outcast by his parents and given no support.
" stand as far away from me as you can and ask me why hang on to your rosary beads close your eyes to watch me die you keep saying, kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it"
You dig?
His parents, perhaps conservative and religious, couldnt accept him, they looked on in fear from a distance and simply turned their backs on him until such time as he kicked the addiction.
No offence mate but I think you should probably do some research about Gil before you start typing rubbish about his family background and his childhood. Gil's parents seemed decent people - his dad played football for Glasgow Celtic FC! Anyway he actually lived with his Gran until she died and then moved back with his mother. He was granted a scholarship to a well known private school! Hardly a tough upbringing.
No offence mate but I think you should probably do some research about Gil before you start typing rubbish about his family background and his childhood. Gil's parents seemed decent people - his dad played football for Glasgow Celtic FC! Anyway he actually lived with his Gran until she died and then moved back with his mother. He was granted a scholarship to a well known private school! Hardly a tough upbringing.
Not all songs are written in the first person you know - perhaps he was trying to describe how things are for other people who are in that situation?