So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Another sleepless night and,
Still staring at the ceiling.
I can hear him fighting,
With her for no good reason.
Will this ever end?
Will this house be a home again?
If I had my way,
I'd corner him and say
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Love's not enough when you say it.
Don't you know you gotta mean it?
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever
Another day goes by and,
Nothings changed she's still the same.
I can hear her crying,
Thinking shes the one to blame.
Will this ever end?
Will this house be a home again?
If I had my way,
I'd corner him and say
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Love's not enough when you say it.
Don't you know you gotta mean it?
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever.
Take her and make sure she feels it.
Let her know you'll never let her go.
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever.
Another sleepless night and,
Nothings changed she's still the same.
Another stupid fight and,
Someone's gotta say
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Love's not enough when you say it.
Don't you know you gotta mean it?
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever.
Take her and make sure she feels it.
Let her know you'll never let her go.
You'll never let her go.
No, no, no.
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Take her and make sure she feels it.
Let her know you'll never let her go.
Still staring at the ceiling.
I can hear him fighting,
With her for no good reason.
Will this ever end?
Will this house be a home again?
If I had my way,
I'd corner him and say
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Love's not enough when you say it.
Don't you know you gotta mean it?
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever
Another day goes by and,
Nothings changed she's still the same.
I can hear her crying,
Thinking shes the one to blame.
Will this ever end?
Will this house be a home again?
If I had my way,
I'd corner him and say
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Love's not enough when you say it.
Don't you know you gotta mean it?
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever.
Take her and make sure she feels it.
Let her know you'll never let her go.
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever.
Another sleepless night and,
Nothings changed she's still the same.
Another stupid fight and,
Someone's gotta say
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Love's not enough when you say it.
Don't you know you gotta mean it?
Screwing up the best thing ever, is something you'll regret forever.
Take her and make sure she feels it.
Let her know you'll never let her go.
You'll never let her go.
No, no, no.
Put yourself in her position.
All she needs is recognition.
Take her and make sure she feels it.
Let her know you'll never let her go.
Lyrics submitted by SMILExxiloveyou
Sleepless Nights (Never Let Her Go) Lyrics as written by David William Faber Raymond Bull
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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^ the most amazing line ever written and that's completely true that basically describes my past six months
Sounds like parents fighting.
yeah, it's about domestic abuse... not that any of the members of FD ever expirienced it but they wrote that song because they heard their own parents yelling at each other and really.. who hasn't and that's what the song was originally about but they changed the lyrics because the yelling had such an impact on them they could only imagine what it must have felt like to have their parents actually being abusive to them.... peach
ahha... :P peace sorry lol. =D
Song meaning is pretty obvious, but WOW, what a great song.
this is my friend's song of the year for 2007
what yeahson said..
thats the same here. people gotta get that you need to mean it. ; [
Actually, when Hinsley was younger, he lived in an abusive home. They wrote this song to let kids that lived in abusive homes know that they're not alone.
this is definitely my favourite song by FD. yeah, i' think this is about parents fighting. the lyrics are basically screaming that.
Personally, this song to me is about a guy having a really good friend of his, and her boyfriend either ignores hers, or starts stupid fights over nothing, and he hates seeing her getting treated like that, and wishes he could tell her boyfriend that he needs to start treating her right, or he will regret it in the future.
Idk, but that's how I see the song. =]