I interpret this song as coming from a guy whose best female friend is involved with a mentally/verbally abusive man (perhaps a narcissist) who took a naive, young girl (or a highly sensitive person) and turned her into something she's not. The narrator/singer is crying out to his friend because of the lifestyle she is now living with this man, and he knows who the girl used to be ("Are you depraved, or are you deceived?"). He knows she is not morally corrupt--she is just being manipulated by this man. The friendship is probably going through a rocky stage due to the disagreement between the friends on the girl's actions. The girl is begging her lover to stay with her/give her attention/forgive her for something he made her think she did wrong, and her friend is telling her "you're not a slave, so get off your knees." It is upsetting her friend so badly that he doesn't know what to think about his best girl friend anymore, nor society in general after losing hope in her ("Someone tell me I'm wrong about you.")
May be personal bias, but I went through something like this with one of my friends whose boyfriend of the time was abusive and demanding. This song sort of characterized the whole thing when I heard it. May not be what it's actually about, but I certainly took that message away from it too.
May be personal bias, but I went through something like this with one of my friends whose boyfriend of the time was abusive and demanding. This song sort of characterized the whole thing when I heard it. May not be what it's actually about, but I certainly took that message away from it too.
I interpret this song as coming from a guy whose best female friend is involved with a mentally/verbally abusive man (perhaps a narcissist) who took a naive, young girl (or a highly sensitive person) and turned her into something she's not. The narrator/singer is crying out to his friend because of the lifestyle she is now living with this man, and he knows who the girl used to be ("Are you depraved, or are you deceived?"). He knows she is not morally corrupt--she is just being manipulated by this man. The friendship is probably going through a rocky stage due to the disagreement between the friends on the girl's actions. The girl is begging her lover to stay with her/give her attention/forgive her for something he made her think she did wrong, and her friend is telling her "you're not a slave, so get off your knees." It is upsetting her friend so badly that he doesn't know what to think about his best girl friend anymore, nor society in general after losing hope in her ("Someone tell me I'm wrong about you.")
May be personal bias, but I went through something like this with one of my friends whose boyfriend of the time was abusive and demanding. This song sort of characterized the whole thing when I heard it. May not be what it's actually about, but I certainly took that message away from it too.
May be personal bias, but I went through something like this with one of my friends whose boyfriend of the time was abusive and demanding. This song sort of characterized the whole thing when I heard it. May not be what it's actually about, but I certainly took that message away from it too.