Ok, this is obviously a song directed to Pennywise's previous bassist, Jason Matthew Thirsk, much like the whole of the Full Circle album.
The whole "did you really wanna die?" is based around the circumstances of Jason's death, ie. whether or not he was shot in the chest, or shot himself ("a shot heard in the night, an unheard cry, a fatal fight?")
I think Jim is trying to ask Jason the questions that perhaps he wished he maybe could've, in order to just rest over it all ("tell me I'm forgiven...one thing I've regretted is taht I'll never really know"), and that he would've have helped him, had he known ("I'd help you give it one more try...").
In the end he concludes that Jason didn't kill himself, based on the inspiring lyrics of previous songs on previous albums written by Jason.
Ok, this is obviously a song directed to Pennywise's previous bassist, Jason Matthew Thirsk, much like the whole of the Full Circle album.
The whole "did you really wanna die?" is based around the circumstances of Jason's death, ie. whether or not he was shot in the chest, or shot himself ("a shot heard in the night, an unheard cry, a fatal fight?")
I think Jim is trying to ask Jason the questions that perhaps he wished he maybe could've, in order to just rest over it all ("tell me I'm forgiven...one thing I've regretted is taht I'll never really know"), and that he would've have helped him, had he known ("I'd help you give it one more try...").
In the end he concludes that Jason didn't kill himself, based on the inspiring lyrics of previous songs on previous albums written by Jason.
RIP Jason M. Thirsk.