This song is about a bad domestic relationship....how a man, once a child, reflects on his experience with his family growing up and how they were so f'd up and how his parents' fighting affected him. The parents battled for control, thus:
I'm home - leave it to me (leave it to me)
He personifies the struggle between mother and father:
"From left to right.. "
when he says "from left to right" he's illustrating the fight and struggle for control from one parent to another, back and forth--like a see-saw.
These 3 lines sum up the song:
"I tried - my Father said,
I'm scared - she [Mother] always said
They grab and pull until I [me as a child] tear"
These other lines describe the situation in more detail:
"Wreckage - My mind
Insecure - All the time
Once loved - Now Paralyzed
I once thought - I'll never die
Frustrated - Our simple Life
No one listens - Everyone lies
Who said "Home is where you hide"?
...
Suffocated - our simple life
No one listens - everyone dies
Never a chance - how could you see?"
This song is about a bad domestic relationship....how a man, once a child, reflects on his experience with his family growing up and how they were so f'd up and how his parents' fighting affected him. The parents battled for control, thus: I'm home - leave it to me (leave it to me) He personifies the struggle between mother and father: "From left to right.. " when he says "from left to right" he's illustrating the fight and struggle for control from one parent to another, back and forth--like a see-saw. These 3 lines sum up the song: "I tried - my Father said, I'm scared - she [Mother] always said They grab and pull until I [me as a child] tear" These other lines describe the situation in more detail: "Wreckage - My mind Insecure - All the time Once loved - Now Paralyzed I once thought - I'll never die Frustrated - Our simple Life No one listens - Everyone lies Who said "Home is where you hide"? ... Suffocated - our simple life No one listens - everyone dies Never a chance - how could you see?"