This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
So much that I've done wrong it's an open book
I've done much more than my fair share of damage
What once was hidden now is crystal clear.
Transformation is within me
To break the cycle I must turn to you
What I lack I gain through your virtue I gain through you
Even when I fall, will you still believe.
Even when I'm lost, will you still believe
Shattered by the hate that I carry
Take me as I am and make me whole again
I am lost without a purpose always consumed by self
I freely give this calloused heart can you forgive me
Even when I fall will you still believe
Even when I'm lost will you still believe
Now I don't have much, will you save me
But I'll give it all, will you save me
(will you save me)
(will you save me)
I've made so many mistakes
I've broken so many promises
I've searched inside and I'm empty
Will you save me
Will you save me
Even when I fall will you still believe
Even when I'm lost will you still believe
Every time I fall will you save me (save me)
Even when I fall will you save me
I've done much more than my fair share of damage
What once was hidden now is crystal clear.
Transformation is within me
To break the cycle I must turn to you
What I lack I gain through your virtue I gain through you
Even when I fall, will you still believe.
Even when I'm lost, will you still believe
Shattered by the hate that I carry
Take me as I am and make me whole again
I am lost without a purpose always consumed by self
I freely give this calloused heart can you forgive me
Even when I fall will you still believe
Even when I'm lost will you still believe
Now I don't have much, will you save me
But I'll give it all, will you save me
(will you save me)
(will you save me)
I've made so many mistakes
I've broken so many promises
I've searched inside and I'm empty
Will you save me
Will you save me
Even when I fall will you still believe
Even when I'm lost will you still believe
Every time I fall will you save me (save me)
Even when I fall will you save me
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Its more towards a relationship than towards god.
Howard and KSE are simply amazing!
Again, there is always a huge debate on the whether or not Howard's lyrics are religious, secular, or quasi- religious, but to me this song is pretty clear.
I take it to be about Howard pleading with someone (God, a loved one, both) for forgiveness on the things he's done in life. He is breaking down admitting his faults and hoping that the someone will be willing to forgive him and still be there for him, despite his failings. This reflects a strong biblical message in my opinion based on how Jesus has always said that no matter how many times we as people fail, His love and forgiveness will always be there.
My 2 cents. Enjoy.
yeah man... I like it.. it's true too. I feel it and relate to it in a religious falling out of my own wrongs but this is felt throughout all kse's songs. it's consistent regardless of the interpretations.
i 100% agree with soccero15. a lot of songs by KSE are about religion and a lot are about love/relationships. this is a song which you interpret for yourself.
Likewise, I agree with soccero15. The message is pretty clear - howard is pleading with God about the wrong he's done in his past, and asking to be saved.
you know wat? scratch my last statement. songs are either about love/relationships or a reference to God. sorry for the misleading comment. its not what you interpret it as. i still agree with soccero15.
well corrected...relativism leads to destruction
Sounds to me like someone who may have once been a good person but then one day gave away someone he loved for fame or wealth but now he's lost it all and he's trying to give the last of what he has to get that person back. "Now I don't have much, will you save me. But I'll give it all, will you save me"
It talks about how in his success he lost his heart but now he'd do anything to get it back. "I am lost without a purpose always consumed by self I freely give this calloused heart, can you forgive me I've searched inside and I'm empty"
I don't really think any of their songs are religious. You can ask for salvation without it meaning salvation from the Christian God. I just think people can reflect better if it revolves around something they can wrap their heads around (i.e redemption from God). However, I'm not religious so this doesn't have the same affect for me. Their songs are very poetic and to some degree tragic but they always have a glimmer of hope.Killswitch Engage are a bit like U2 in that their songs can be interpreted several ways. I am a Christian, so I often take their songs as having Christian meaning. Others with a different background will not see it as much.
However, this song seems to be pretty clear about the saving power of Jesus, in a pretty explicit way. Christians believe that it is through Jesus' perfect life and perfect love we are saved. We are made clean, and the past is erased.
So, lines like these seem unmistakable to me:
"To break the cycle I must turn to you What I lack I gain through your virtue I gain through you"
and
"Shattered by the hate that I carry Take me as I am and make me whole again I am lost without a purpose always consumed by self I freely give this calloused heart can you forgive me"
I find these lyrics beautiful and powerful and hope-giving. But however you interpret them, I hope they make you think and bring you something positive. Cheers.