| Damien Rice – 9 Crimes Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I am currently deployed with the army overseas, and every time I listen to this song, it hits me hard. It is definately a song I feel I can relate to. "leave me out with the waste" - sometimes, communication between deployed service members and their loved ones is not so great. You feel like they don't understand what you are going through. You forget that though your life seems at a standstill, there's is still going on. Sometimes when yo utalk to them on the phone and hear them laughing with friends or if it feels like they aren't paying you enough attention, you feel lonely and cast aside. "Its the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you." When you are here, there is not much else to do but think. You think about relationships constantly, and when you are usually having bad days, then you tend to think bad thoughts. You start to question your relationship and how "true" your love is. "Its the wrong time for somebody new" I agree with what several people posted for this line...its the simple case that you've put so many years into this relationship, you don't want to call it quits and admit that you've waisted all this time. No matter how much you question the relationship or no matter how much you maybe already know its just not working anymore. It hurts to have to admit that to yourself, and it tears you up inside. "Its the wrong kind of place to be cheating on you." I have a crush on someone here, and I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about that. There has been nothing physical, and the other person doesn't even know. Still, I feel guilty for having those feelings...those thoughts. It feels to me like cheating. As a grown man, I know what's right and what's wrong. It scares me to think that if I had a chance with this new person I may take it. "Give my gun away when its loaded." I think this is in reference to the fact that he knows he needs help. He doesn't like the way he feels, and he's afraid he may try to hurt himself. "If you don't shoot it" and hurt me first, how am I supposed to keep going without doing it myself? How am I supposed to just "hold it" and not do it. "I've got no excuse" simply, I know what is right, and I know what is wrong. I can't even lie to myself and say that it is because of this or that. As long as I am in a committed relationship with you, how can I justify anything I do that would hurt you? Basically, I think this whole song is one big cry for help. Help against hurting himself, but mostly help against hurting the one he loves. He keeps asking if its alright. Is this alright? Is that alright? He wants her to tell him. He wants her to communicate with him. He wants her to stop floating through the relationship and have an opinion. He wants to know that yes, its going to be alright. |
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