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Solitude Lyrics
Tim he was a good friend
Yea was a brother of mine
We were imaginary comic book superheroes
Kids wasting time
We were prisoners of our youth
We were growing up strong
'Til the day he was taken away
For something he did wrong
Tim came 'round just the other day
And boy he had some stories to tell
His mama kept him locked up in a rehab
Although the doctors said he was well
He said yeah I been through the anger
And the hatred towards my mom
And I put all that behind me
Just tell me what was it like to go to your prom
He said thank you mom for fixing
My clouded broken mind
But excuse me if I seem a little rude
While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime
You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude
Well growing up these days just ain't easy
And the kids they're doing the best that they can
So mama you better think twice
Before you lock your kid up and throw away the key
'Cause soon your little boy is gonna be a man
He said thank you mom for fixingMy clouded broken mind
But excuse me if I seem a little rude
While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime
You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude
Tim left town yesterday
He left me with these words
He said yeah I know this life's got a lot to give
But my childhood is gone
And I'm not afraid of dying
I'm gonna grab the world by the horns and learn how to live
He said thank you mom for fixingMy clouded broken mind
But excuse me if I seem a little rude
While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime
You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude
Yea was a brother of mine
We were imaginary comic book superheroes
Kids wasting time
We were prisoners of our youth
We were growing up strong
'Til the day he was taken away
For something he did wrong
And boy he had some stories to tell
His mama kept him locked up in a rehab
Although the doctors said he was well
He said yeah I been through the anger
And the hatred towards my mom
And I put all that behind me
Just tell me what was it like to go to your prom
My clouded broken mind
But excuse me if I seem a little rude
While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime
You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude
And the kids they're doing the best that they can
So mama you better think twice
Before you lock your kid up and throw away the key
'Cause soon your little boy is gonna be a man
But excuse me if I seem a little rude
While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime
You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude
He left me with these words
He said yeah I know this life's got a lot to give
But my childhood is gone
And I'm not afraid of dying
I'm gonna grab the world by the horns and learn how to live
But excuse me if I seem a little rude
While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime
You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude
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Edwin writes his songs, so they all have a meaning to him, and any of his fans know this!!!
This song is about an actual friend of Edwin's he said that he wanted to tell his side of the story. I love this song and the video too!
Edwin McCain and Darius Rucker (of hootie and the Blowfish) sing a darn good version of this together
This was about one of edwins friends who was sent someplace (detention center or juvinile facility) for something that wasn't deserving of that sentence. He missed all the growing up part of his youth and teen. Edwin almost is sarcastic about it, saying "thank you mom for fixing my clouded broken mind" basically saying Thanks for nothing you ruined my life.
God you can just feel the emotions resonating from this song...
on the matter of the meaning of this song it is pointless to add my 2 cents cuz yall got it pegged
this is one of my all time favorite songs. not only is the music absolutely amazing, the lyrics are too. yay for edwin
its about Edwin's buddy sent to rehab as a kid and even after he was better his mom didn't want him back to save herself the trouble of raising the kid.
This song was about one of Edwin's buddies being sent to a rehab program for teenagers called Straight. This is where my parents met actually, thats how I know. Basically when you got sent here you had absolutely everything taken away from you- friends, phones, tv, books, makeup, music, whatever. You miss everything in the outside world while you're there. Tim's mom didn't want to deal with him so she sent him there, it was convenient