I think that this song is written from the point of view of someone who's girlfriend or someone they love has been raped. The first verse is kind of describing the actual event taking place (the lyrics are "Hands tied so tight behind her neck"), and the way it kind of kills her inside, "And her spirit spills with blood onto the pavement," meaning as she bleeds and experiences this, she is losing her "spirit." The next lyrics are "a silence falls," not a siren falls, which symbolises the end of the event happening, and "everything changes," because of this terrible experience. "And everything dies, to you nothing’s enough, to you anymore," shows how she feels dead inside now and nothing means anything to her. Oh yeh and its not "I guess you bellied more," its "I guess you've gotten more."
The chorus is the person who cares about this girl saying that they would gladly suffer teh way she is, so she wouldnt have to. The next verse says "she kills herself until the image is erased," which I think means she is indulging in self destructive behaviour, maybe cutting, or drinking until she forgets what happened to her, but she cant forget because the physical evidence is always there, "the skin is bruised all along her thighs." This line is the indicator that what happened to her was definately rape. The rest of this verse is just about how she cant escape the mental images or the memory of her attacker ("from you she tries to hide"), and all she can do is sleep and be safe, because when shes concious all she can do it think about it "haunting all the time." The last bit is the guy who wrote it saying that he cant be what she needs now, because she's too damaged by what happened to trust and love the way she did, but he wishes he could accept her pain for her, even if it "tears him apart", so he could once again be everything she needed. There is also a last verse which wasnt included,
"And this silence strips me bare,
and your body pins me down.
I've never been so scared to breathe,
afraid to make a sound.
And all I know is you'll never let me go..
Just kick and scream, bite and bleed,
and make believe it's all a dream."
This also fits in with the idea of rape, I'm not quite sure whos perspective its from though, maybe the girls, or him imagining it.....?? Anyway, those are my ideas!!
I think that this song is written from the point of view of someone who's girlfriend or someone they love has been raped. The first verse is kind of describing the actual event taking place (the lyrics are "Hands tied so tight behind her neck"), and the way it kind of kills her inside, "And her spirit spills with blood onto the pavement," meaning as she bleeds and experiences this, she is losing her "spirit." The next lyrics are "a silence falls," not a siren falls, which symbolises the end of the event happening, and "everything changes," because of this terrible experience. "And everything dies, to you nothing’s enough, to you anymore," shows how she feels dead inside now and nothing means anything to her. Oh yeh and its not "I guess you bellied more," its "I guess you've gotten more." The chorus is the person who cares about this girl saying that they would gladly suffer teh way she is, so she wouldnt have to. The next verse says "she kills herself until the image is erased," which I think means she is indulging in self destructive behaviour, maybe cutting, or drinking until she forgets what happened to her, but she cant forget because the physical evidence is always there, "the skin is bruised all along her thighs." This line is the indicator that what happened to her was definately rape. The rest of this verse is just about how she cant escape the mental images or the memory of her attacker ("from you she tries to hide"), and all she can do is sleep and be safe, because when shes concious all she can do it think about it "haunting all the time." The last bit is the guy who wrote it saying that he cant be what she needs now, because she's too damaged by what happened to trust and love the way she did, but he wishes he could accept her pain for her, even if it "tears him apart", so he could once again be everything she needed. There is also a last verse which wasnt included, "And this silence strips me bare, and your body pins me down. I've never been so scared to breathe, afraid to make a sound. And all I know is you'll never let me go.. Just kick and scream, bite and bleed, and make believe it's all a dream."
This also fits in with the idea of rape, I'm not quite sure whos perspective its from though, maybe the girls, or him imagining it.....?? Anyway, those are my ideas!!