This is a song about yes, being selfish and caring about only yourself, but i find in this song...some reasons for being like that. For instance..."If you break me down," all you see is selfish desire because there is no other choice (desperate times, desperate measures) and i'm not ashamed of this choice, because i had to take it. I didn't always feel this way, i chose this path among many. If i were to open myself and my dreams to you, you would count them all as lies. Maybe they are lies, but their still my dreams. I could let you in on my feelings if it's convenient for me, and it's going to help me in some way, but it's to no avail, everytime i try that it doesn't help me.
Then the song takes like a completely new twist in my mind, and i really don't understand why, but it makes me think that something in my interpretation is wrong, but i don't know what. For the last part of the song, i interpret it completely different, and i've never been able to tie the two together. I'll interpret line for line what i think the last part means to me.
I took a cane from a blind man
(I've committed small sins)
I've tasted the fruit in the Garden of Eden
(I've committed the largest crimes known to man)
When I walk out of here
(When I ask for forgiveness)
I know I'll stand clear
(I know that I'll be forgiven of everything)
But the taste in my mouth still remains
(But I still feel the guilt from all my sins)
Yeah, completely different...so i don't know, but yeah, there's my interpretation.
This is a song about yes, being selfish and caring about only yourself, but i find in this song...some reasons for being like that. For instance..."If you break me down," all you see is selfish desire because there is no other choice (desperate times, desperate measures) and i'm not ashamed of this choice, because i had to take it. I didn't always feel this way, i chose this path among many. If i were to open myself and my dreams to you, you would count them all as lies. Maybe they are lies, but their still my dreams. I could let you in on my feelings if it's convenient for me, and it's going to help me in some way, but it's to no avail, everytime i try that it doesn't help me.
Then the song takes like a completely new twist in my mind, and i really don't understand why, but it makes me think that something in my interpretation is wrong, but i don't know what. For the last part of the song, i interpret it completely different, and i've never been able to tie the two together. I'll interpret line for line what i think the last part means to me.
I took a cane from a blind man (I've committed small sins) I've tasted the fruit in the Garden of Eden (I've committed the largest crimes known to man) When I walk out of here (When I ask for forgiveness) I know I'll stand clear (I know that I'll be forgiven of everything) But the taste in my mouth still remains (But I still feel the guilt from all my sins)
Yeah, completely different...so i don't know, but yeah, there's my interpretation.