Wait Mom And Dad

@andsometimeschris I suppose you could interpret some of the elements like that if you look at some parts line by line, but taken as a whole song together the meaning seems very different, especially when you hear it being sung out and not just plainly read as text. It doesn\'t help that the lyrics were slightly incorrect here. I\'ve updated them to use directly what is on the insert sheet.\r\n\r\nAs I see it, the author is the one doing the isolating, not by the choice of the parents. It isn\'t abuse, it is depression. Let\'s look at it across the...

@andsometimeschris I suppose you could interpret some of the elements like that if you look at some parts line by line, but taken as a whole song together the meaning seems very different, especially when you hear it being sung out and not just plainly read as text. It doesn\'t help that the lyrics were slightly incorrect here. I\'ve updated them to use directly what is on the insert sheet.\r\n\r\nAs I see it, the author is the one doing the isolating, not by the choice of the parents. It isn\'t abuse, it is depression. Let\'s look at it across the song.\r\n\r\nThe first section...\r\n"wait mom and dad, don\'t leave me here with the god-boy and all his "destroy the world" love, it wasn\'t save for you, it wasn\'t save for me, it wasn\'t safe for you and fucking me won\'t make you christ, fuck me"\r\n\r\nYes, it is clear that the parents left the kid with another kid who must preach the Book of Revelation, as denoted by his "his "destroy the world" love". By what this "god-boy" believes, neither him nor his parents will be saved during the apocalypse of Revelation, as the author carries the message from the kid\'s preaching that "it wasn\'t save for you, it wasn\'t save for me" (this was originally transcribed here as "safe" instead of "save"). Still, he calls this a "love" as it is a love rooting from the desire to better oneself and bring about a full potential. This is something the author could use, currently isolating himself at home.\r\n\r\nIn the latter part of the section he says "fucking me won\'t make you christ". To me this seems to be about the idea of accepting Jesus of Nazareth as lord and savior, faith in the blood, and all that. The word "christ" is derived from "christos", meaning "anointed". It isn\'t as much as name as saying "Jesus the Anointed". Thus, he is rejecting the idea that believing in Jesus being the son of God ("fucking me", or entering him, as in accepting Jesus) makes him the son of God. The "it wasn\'t safe for you" seems to be directed at Jesus given the sentence structure on the insert sheet, although I am unsure of how to interpret this. Perhaps it is something to do with how Jesus lived and died by his faith, and that the author is saying that Jesus\' death upon the cross was indeed his end and not an ascension (as the author does not believe in Jesus)?\r\n\r\nBut then, just as this closes comes the "fuck me". If we relate this sentiment to how the song closes, this seems to be a either a conflict of faith or a desire to have faith if only to get himself out of the rut that he is in. This works as a foreshadowing to his desires later in the song.\r\n\r\nThe second section...\r\n"i never got up to see if you were here in the morning, didn\'t care because you\'re always knocking on my door, your bugging me"\r\n\r\nThis section is where the author laments his self-isolation and depression. It seems very clear that the parents did want to take the kid with them, as"[he] didn\'t care because [they\'re] always knocking on [his] door". A parent doesn\'t do this to be abusive or neglectful, rather out of love and care for their child. They don\'t want their child to be isolated and alone, but they can only do so much when the kid is the one isolating himself.\r\n\r\nWithout his inclusion, him getting the souvenir is "[chalking] one up for Rome". The parents can at least say he was there in their hearts and minds.\r\n\r\nAs well, this was transcribed here before as "you\'re bugging me" rather than "your bugging me". I don\'t know if that really changes the meaning a whole lot, but with the correct lyrics it seems to mean that "knocking on [his] door" is "[their] bugging [him]". He just takes their attempts at love and affection and his mind decides to make them out as annoyances, forgetting the whole aspect of love and just noticing the knocking sound; a bother. So when they come to him to try to get him to go on the trip, he just ignores it as another annoyance.\r\n\r\nWhen he says that he "never got up to see you in the morning", he is showing how he doesn\'t give his love to his parents as they do him. He doesn\'t care to see if they are even alive every day, as they do to him by "knocking on [his] door". Instead, he isolates himself. He doesn\'t allow himself to show his love by wanting to go on this trip and spend time with them as they surely want.\r\n\r\nThe third section...\r\n"so, be back with a souvenir, yeah, be back with a souvenir, yeah, be back with a souvenir, yeah, chalk one up for rome, it\'ll still be here, it\'s in your head, head, head, head, head, be back with a souvenir, yeah, be back with a souvenir, yeah, be back, be back, wait mom and dad"\r\n\r\nHere it comes together. Mom and dad will "be back with a souvenir" because that is all they can do for their kid when he doesn\'t go with them. When he says "it\'ll still be here, it\'s in your head", he is referring to himself as the "it", as he does not think highly of himself because of the depression. He is still there at home, behind that door. They are still thinking of him while they are in Rome despite being so far away ("it\'s in your head"). As well, the kid wants the souvenir, not for it as an object, but because of the sentiment. Inside he truly wants to know he is being thought of and loved even if he rejects it on the outside.\r\n\r\nJust as it opens with "wait mom and dad", something the kid longs to say, but cannot bring himself to do, he wants to overcome his depressive isolation and choose to go with them on their trip. Maybe this is sparked by the "god-boy" talking of chaos and destruction to be brought upon persons such as himself. Whether or not there is any truth in it, faith can change a person\'s life. If he can believe in something so intangible, he can easily believe in himself. Either that or the "fuck me" is just to prelude to that he finally wants to open up and get out of his rut. Perhaps his own everlasting misery doesn\'t seem so desirable anymore, so change he will. Maybe he finally wants to have faith in himself.\r\n\r\nSo, why do I think this is the interpretation? It is all in the first section. If you leave out the first section, sure you could probably easily interpret it as the parents neglecting the kid. But you must ask yourself why did they leave him with the "god-boy"? If this is about neglect, then the first section doesn\'t really matter, and, well, I like to think that these are good lyrics and not shitty lyrics, so I would hope that this first section has some meaning. Otherwise it just seems tacked on. The author doesn\'t go with them and so they have to leave him with someone (assuming he is too young to be home alone, or they don\'t trust him to be alone there given his depressive state). So they don\'t just choose anyone, they choose someone who is preaching about opening your heart to this one love to better oneself and grow. Maybe that kid is harsh and does indeed say that not only is he not going to be saved, but neither will his parents, a real hardliner who won\'t sway from his message to accommodate people\'s feelings. That is besides the point. Call it "tough love". Whether or not the author has any faith, the important thing is that from this kid he is getting lectured on faith. He takes those lessons and applies it to himself. If you can\'t get some kind of link between these sections of the song, the song sounds cool but lyrically sort of just sucks and is sulky. Make that connection, however, and a whole new world opens up.