| Silverchair – Dearest Helpless Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Always loved this song, it's gritty and self loathing, but also sort of hopeful, at least for someone else's sake. It was one of the theme songs of my teenage angsty years. The song to me has always had a clear meaning. It's kind of a love song, but not in the traditional sense. "Dearest helpless intent's not as bad as the action Take a breath to distort the fear in your eyes I don't mean it to hurt But every time I hate you I think of you first" Basically, the POV of the song doesn't want to hurt the one they love, they don't mean to, but as "But every time I hate you I think of you first", he is trying to push them away for their own protection. "He's made you blind You're better on your own I'm just the kind To bring you down" The person he's singing about has probably been in an abusive relationship before, the POV can recognize this, sees they're damaged, but also believes they themselves are just as bad for her as the last person was. "Equalize the pressure It's all too much Sex drugs and image is just enough to get you by in the Real world" This is the most esoteric and hard to interpret part of the song to me. They're either singing about themselves, or whoever the song is directed at. Either way, highlighting the self-destructive actions they take. They're overwhelmed, they try to cope with sex, drugs and presentation, but at the same time they know that's not a healthy way to handle it. The rest of the lines are just repeated. Regardless, that's what the song has always meant to me. It's a song about someone who loves someone, but at the same time, recognizes that they themselves can't help the person, that they actually damage them more. Those who are in an abusive relationship will often leave one to go into another. The singer recognizes this, and hates himself for being part of the problem. He tries to push his love away by being hateful, but that only perpetuates the problem. It's a very angsty, introspective song, about someone who means well, but feels they're too broken to be able to help someone else. |
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