Open Wounds

I actually saw Skillet in concert (awesome, if you ever have the chance), and John the lead singer said this is about his relationship with his dad. His mom died when he was younger, and his dad remarried really quickly after, like a few months. So this song is about how he felt his dad had betrayed him and the memory of his mom.

P.S. Jesus was, is, and always will be real

No way this is a sell out song. John Cooper (lead singer) had a horrible relationship with his father growing up. That is the reason for this song. It's funny how most people think if the song isn't all like "Praise Jesus!!!" it can't be Christian. Skillet has a lot of songs that aren't directly related to Christ, but still have a Christian message.

this songs is somewhat similar to Savior and The Older I Get cuz the 3 songs talks about John's relationship with this dad.

yeah umm. I think in this song is about being abused by your parents. Maybe not in the physical or sexual sense but in the emotional one. Your parents are some one when you are little you look up to and trust. If they told you that you were worthless and always were having a go at you for not being good enough you would feel betrayed as they were meant to love you. They want dreams for you but they watch them turn into nothing because what they have done to them has turned you into someone different. The person may either self harm because of this or is living in a self destructive lifestyle by either not achieving things or other things like drinking and drugs.

Rabster, your argument in very convincing(note my sarcasm).

This songs reminded me of how my realtionship with my dad was for...years. I can just picture us shooting lines of the song back and forth at each other (kinda funny actually ;p) He would lose his temper alot. I'd try to stop caring about him so it wouldn't hurt so much. I'd shoot back, he'd be hurt too, and yell at me. Add this to the fact that I was such a Daddy's girl when I was younger...it wasn't fun.

Also, 2 things for Rabster: "fuck Jesus. He isn't real" Wonderful opinion...Why in the world would you go to a message board for a CHRISTIAN band and then complain about religious beliefs. Next, why don't oyu go to a lake and complain that bteh water is too wet? "it's about a girl" WOW! Amazing insight! Yes, every song since the '50's is about a girl, isn't it? There can't be any other meaning to it, and why would artists ever want to travel into other areas that mean something to them?? "it's about a girl" very deep, and so well explained.

Why did you come to a Christian band's lyrics and talk about Jesus like that? Why don't you just go to some other band that has the same opinion as you. You are not wanted here so just leave.

I came to this site seeking the meaning of this song, because it didn't sound like something I'd expected from a respected Christian band. Instead I found supposed 'Christians' behaving in a decidedly un-Christian manner. I give kudos to Zanzir for having the fortitude and faith to respond in the way he or she did. The rest of the reactionaries who've taken the time to respond to Rabster should re-read the lessons of Jesus and remember that no person can be forgiven who does not first forgive others their transgressions. Rabster made a callous, offhand remark and then conceded that he or she was out of line. Can the other participants in this display that level of maturity?

First off ……. I DO consider myself a Believer. Yes, with a Capital B.

Now, having said that …….

How dare the idiotic community for coming in here and telling other Believers that this song is some sort of “UN-CHRISTIAN-LIKE” item.

Being a Christian Band does NOT mean every single song is required to be a praise and worship item.

This song is awesome, because it is allowing the writer (presumably John Cooper) an opportunity to deal with his painful feelings and memories about the way his biological father physically, mentally and emotionally abused him growing up, by getting it all out into the open.

BTW, the song is not about a girl or a woman. It is about a young child (boy or teenager) who was being abused by his father.

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I see this as someone who is abused, and the person who abuses them was someone they trusted and looked up to( "All i ever wanted to be was you") The person begins to fall apart and they blame it on the person abuseing them... shrugs