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Well I've guessed your name and I'm sure you know mine
I'd like to discuss our mutual friend
I can't help but feel that I left him behind
Does he still stay with you or did his pain ever end
I guess
I don't deserve to know
If he ever let go
I guess
I don't really need to see
If he wound up with you or did he ever break free
When we were both young, you took us in
And taught us to play survival games
He'd lost so much that you let him win
But I had a home so it just wasn't the same
I had the strength
To look you in the eye
And say goodbye
I was lucky
And I didn't have to play
Does he still stay with you or did he get away
I used what I had and I escaped
I smelled something good and I followed its track
But all he could smell was the world that you shaped
It took all my strength and I just couldn't look back
I remember him
Calling after me
I keep that memory
The last thing he screamed out aloud
Was "Hey don't you leave me alone!"
Yeah he might live with you but he called me his home
I guessed your name and some day so will he
Cause one of these ides he's gonna break free
Cause one of these ides he's gonna break free
Cause one of these ides he's gonna break...
I'd like to discuss our mutual friend
I can't help but feel that I left him behind
Does he still stay with you or did his pain ever end
I don't deserve to know
If he ever let go
I guess
I don't really need to see
If he wound up with you or did he ever break free
And taught us to play survival games
He'd lost so much that you let him win
But I had a home so it just wasn't the same
To look you in the eye
And say goodbye
I was lucky
And I didn't have to play
Does he still stay with you or did he get away
I smelled something good and I followed its track
But all he could smell was the world that you shaped
It took all my strength and I just couldn't look back
Calling after me
I keep that memory
The last thing he screamed out aloud
Was "Hey don't you leave me alone!"
Yeah he might live with you but he called me his home
Cause one of these ides he's gonna break free
Cause one of these ides he's gonna break free
Cause one of these ides he's gonna break...
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It’s an open letter to the devil. Steven and John were both on a dark path, but John had a ‘home’ and a support network that let him move his life journey towards a more positive direction. Steven was a kid John knew in childhood who had a series of traumatic events and misfortune. John befriended him for a time, but eventually their paths forked away from each other. John is expressing self imposed guilt for not staying by Steven’s side and helping him escape the devil’s grasp. John is asking the devil if Steven was ever able to break free, because he doesn’t know what became of Steven. Side note: after the song was released, Steven and he reconnected after all those years.
A song about drugs and addiction. He was able to walk away from it and get himself straight but his friend wasn't. The "I guess your name and someday so will he" is a reference to sympathy for the devil, calling evil by its real name.
Great song.