My Ruin

One of sevendust's greatest songs.

no way that their music has gone downhill since the first album, Denial, Waffle, Reconnect, Redefine, Shine, all frigan awesome songs, just like their first album filled with good songs

toolapc, people have different opinions on things. You don't flame people for having a different opinion to you. Because that's just stupid. Supposing everyone disagreed with you.

Anyway this is a great song, although I have no clue what it means. Yep, after a second look at the lyrics, it seems impossible to figure out its meaning.

All I'm getting is that it's possibly someone's relationship, perhaps with an ex, and needing them. Hence "please forgive me" and "I can love you, I think I need you". I dunno what to make of all the "Am I real?", "Save my ruin" and stuff like that though. Oh well.

From what I gather it seems he has lost someone. The “inside my shadow” is the shell of the person left after this ruin “my ruin” in his life. The reason the ruin is just does not seem to be in the lyrics. He questions what he is every day and if he can continue.

Inside my shadow I can hear you am I near you Inside my shadow I can smell you can I tell you Inside my shadow I can love you think I need you Inside my shadow I can feel you I've erased you

Am I real Am I real

The first part seems to be a remembrance of the lost person. He is fading into what use to be and then realizing that the person is gone and that he has allowed the memory to fade. “I've erased you” I think implies the lost memory of that person as time has passed. Then he questions if he is still alive without that person and the memory of them “Am I real Am I real”.

“Save my ruin” seems to be a cry for help, for someone to help him recover from this. Again I don’t see the reason for this ruin to be just.

If theres tomorrow would you give me please forgive me If theres tomorrow you'd be buried and that just scares me

This part seems to me the struggle every night and every morning of someone that has lost a large part of there life; how do you continue life without? He asks for forgiveness for any and every wrong done to this person. He asks for just another day for this forgiveness and then remembers that the person is dead and buried. Then realizes his fears and questions what is left of him and what can continue.

This song kicks booty

There's something that's amazing about not being able to figure out what a song is about.

I'm not sure what this song's about, but it's great.

Bad ass song, their first album rocked. It was all down hill after that.

This song was first released on the "Mortal Kombat" soundtrack. They were under the name of Crawlspace, but were threated to be sued because the name was taken.

muzzy fuck off with your stupipity. home, for example, is better than the first cd, which is saying a lot. so don't say that they have gone downhill after the first cd because they fuckin haven't you dumbass.

O... I think "in just" is actually "and us", by the way =S