Paradise

I definitely think this song is about depression. "Once upon a year gone by she saw herself give in every time she closed her eyes she saw what could have been" The girl is thinking about when she first gave in to depression and saying how she sees what her life could have been if she hadn't when she closes her eyes.

"Well nothing hurts and nothing bleeds" "When covers tucked in tight." Depression isn't a physical pain. And when she is asleep she is okay. When the covers tucked in tight is a reference to being asleep. There is no pain or blood then. "Finally when the bottom drops she forgets to fight." The bottom dropping is her waking up and having to face her depression again. When shes asleep she isn't depressed. But when she wakes up she is and she doesn't or can''t fight it.

"As darkness quickly steals the light That's shined within her eyes"

The darkness is the depression.

"She slowly swallows all her fear And soothes her mind with lies"

She tells herself lies to try to ease the fear caused by the depression.

"Well all she wants and all she needs Are reasons to survive" Depressed people often don't feel like they have a reason to be alive. They need to find a reason to help them get better and live.

"A day in which the sun will take her artificial light Her light" The artificial light here is anti-depressents. She is saying that when she gets a reason to live she won't need the anti-depressents. She will be able to go on without them.

"Don't pretend to hold it in just let it out don't pretend to hold it in just push it out" Saying don't hold in all that's bothering you. She has to let it out. People with depression often "bottle things up" instead of talking about them or relieving the emotion and feeling in a positive healthy way. She is saying that she needs to let these things out.

Paradise could be the sleeping or it could be refering to her last day in the hospital. In the hospital she is safe but once she leaves she will have to face the real world again and that can make things difficult so the last day in the hospital is paradise. Either way it's not about abuse. It's about depression.

I love the irony in this song. You can really hear it in her voice when she sings the chorus, because she emphasizes the words and drags them out a certain way. It makes you hate this "paradise."

i think shes say that the grass is'nt always greener...just becoz someones life may look liike "paradise" on the surface ....it does'nt mean that it is

This song fits my life in so manny ways but heres what it means to me: She started imaging a paradise for herself that makes her feel happy, but then facing the world seems so difficult and she has a hard time. And then with the darkness part is about how she's not really living a real life anymore. She is pretending to hold in her happiness but really she's not happy at all. Then looking back she sees all the things that could have been if she hadn't been living in her paradise.

love for this song

i dont really understand this song too well...ne one wanna help me out here???

Wow...this song is amazing...I agree with Roni...Im not really sure if thats right but-its a great song anyways.

I absolutely love this song. It reminds me of a story im kinda obsessed about. A woman slowly being destroyed by the people she works for. She's been doing everything right her whole life but the world around her is corrupt and she has her own moral values to protect the innocent which the others don't agree with. She's a warrior but she's still falling apart...until madman saves her...but thats not important! all in all i love this song!!!

I LOVE this song! I get the chills everytime I hear it! I heard that the song was about abuse but I'm not sure if that's true. Vanessa rocks on the piano!

I totally love this song. I still get chills sometimes! I think it's about how someone's "perfect" life could really be the complete opposite.