Lyric discussion by alongopenroads 

I think it's a reflection of giving up.

"Its a dark road, and a dark way that leads to my house" - It's no longer her home. It's cold, unwelcoming, and unsafe.

"I've got an open door" - She tried but now she's looking to leave. She's looking to get out.

"It didn't get there by itself There’s a feelin’ But you’re not feelin’ it at all There’s a meaning But you’re not listening any more I look at that open road I’m gonna walk there by myself…" - You pushed her to the point of feeling as though her only option is to leave the place that's no longer home. She's been the only one holding on, the only one truly sacrificing for you but you're too wrapped up in yourself to listen and realize it. She's no longer someone you need, prioritize, or want. You've left her so she's going to walk out alone.

"Maybe I’m still searchin’ but I don’t know what it means All the fires of destruction are still burnin’ in my dreams There’s no water that can wash away this longin’ to come clean" - She's still trying to find herself, a place where she can be happy. What's the meaning to life if everything changes? Things that were meant to be constant and stable have crumbled. She just wants to feel alive (clean).

"I can’t find the joy within in my soul It’s just sadness takin’ hold I wanna come in from the cold And make myself renewed again It takes strength to live this way The same old madness everyday I wanna kick these blues away I wanna learn to live again" - Same as above. She wants to get herself back. Where she's happy. She wants to feel like everything will be ok but this "madness" is detroying her. The strength to hold onto someone that's already let go is causing her to get further and further away from a sense of home. Of being free and alive again. She doesn't understand what happened.

"I’ve got an open door It didn’t get there by itself" - She's thinking about leaving, but you're the one that pushed her there.

The fact that she wrote this song and is still trying to communicate with the person that it's them that's pushing her away... could mean that she's hoping they'll change her mind. That the person will turn around and realize what they're losing. That they really do care. I don't think she's saying it's over... I think she just wants things to be ok again. To go back to how they were when it was them against the world. But she has come to a point where they need to man up or she's outta there.

  • at least that's my interpretation of the song.
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