Lyric discussion by chrisoz 

Cover art for On Building lyrics by Beautiful Mistake, The

I have the video on my Cinema Beer Buddy DVD and it seems pretty subjective to me. I kinda am persuaded to believe that the man who takes the blame for the woman killing her abusive husband/boyfriend is looking for redemption and receives it. It seems like he may have also been abusive in the past, and by taking the blame for killing the man, he has finally accepted that he's killed his old self/ways. I think the song's about redemption.