When I read these lyrics the first thing I thought of was that a couple were going through a divorce because of the fathers infidelity. The song to me is showing how much pain parents cause their children when divorce occurs. These lyrics lead me to believe this meaning-"your wayward eyes will be her demise" The fathers infidelity will be the daughters pain. "Took her for the ride you've ridden" " into anothers arms into another bed. when all the while your young one waits up in a dread." The daughter thinks it is her fault her dad cheated on his wife. "prays for the hourglass to flip in reverse" She wants it to go back to the happy, loving family before the divorce. She is too young to realize that her fathers wandering eyes will essentially play a great part in the forming of her character and person. she will grow up thinking that if she had done something differently her family would have still been together. very sad, because this happens all the time to kids. there minds work differently than adult thinking. They hold guilt that leads into adulthood. Only Jesus can take that guilt and resentment away if you let him.
When I read these lyrics the first thing I thought of was that a couple were going through a divorce because of the fathers infidelity. The song to me is showing how much pain parents cause their children when divorce occurs. These lyrics lead me to believe this meaning-"your wayward eyes will be her demise" The fathers infidelity will be the daughters pain. "Took her for the ride you've ridden" " into anothers arms into another bed. when all the while your young one waits up in a dread." The daughter thinks it is her fault her dad cheated on his wife. "prays for the hourglass to flip in reverse" She wants it to go back to the happy, loving family before the divorce. She is too young to realize that her fathers wandering eyes will essentially play a great part in the forming of her character and person. she will grow up thinking that if she had done something differently her family would have still been together. very sad, because this happens all the time to kids. there minds work differently than adult thinking. They hold guilt that leads into adulthood. Only Jesus can take that guilt and resentment away if you let him.