I remember Darren said once that the song was about his friends, the true ones he could call up at 3 am when his life was falling apart. It's him saying "Now I want to do that for you". It's a fantastic friendsong, generally. He also mentioned something about how he wanted this song to reach out to people who couldn't pick up a pen or an instrument or whatever and express themselves, but reached for guns insead. The video gets the message of "communicate anyway, anyhow" across beautifully, which isn't something you'd think about right away if you'd just listen to the song by itself.
I remember Darren said once that the song was about his friends, the true ones he could call up at 3 am when his life was falling apart. It's him saying "Now I want to do that for you". It's a fantastic friendsong, generally. He also mentioned something about how he wanted this song to reach out to people who couldn't pick up a pen or an instrument or whatever and express themselves, but reached for guns insead. The video gets the message of "communicate anyway, anyhow" across beautifully, which isn't something you'd think about right away if you'd just listen to the song by itself.