i think this song is easy to interret, but icould be an idiot and get it all wrong. but here goes.
its about his father, or grandfather. His wife was sick in the hospital for a while for something bad, and in a comatose state "a brain with no oxygen" and i think that it got to the point to where they had to decide to take her off life support, and the father/grandfather blames himself for her death. He tries to pretend that he's ok "behind a mask, a man can bask", but everyone knows that he's not. He feels like he murdered his own wife and its driving him insane. Nate tries to console him by telling him that shes better off because hospital patients are metaphorically "caged rats" where the doctors do "experiments" to find out whats wrong, and that he needs to let go of the past and stop blaming himself"you've got to wash your hands of this"
At the same time Nate is upset with the person for beating themselves up like that when they knew that her death was inevitable."All the king's horses and all the king's men
Have been sent to put this boy back
Together again, but somehow,
He must have been predicting the fall..."
i remember nate saying in a video that this album was more personal, and the the lyrics involved personal things that he never talked about before. so that made me look at it at a different way.
i think this song is easy to interret, but icould be an idiot and get it all wrong. but here goes.
its about his father, or grandfather. His wife was sick in the hospital for a while for something bad, and in a comatose state "a brain with no oxygen" and i think that it got to the point to where they had to decide to take her off life support, and the father/grandfather blames himself for her death. He tries to pretend that he's ok "behind a mask, a man can bask", but everyone knows that he's not. He feels like he murdered his own wife and its driving him insane. Nate tries to console him by telling him that shes better off because hospital patients are metaphorically "caged rats" where the doctors do "experiments" to find out whats wrong, and that he needs to let go of the past and stop blaming himself"you've got to wash your hands of this" At the same time Nate is upset with the person for beating themselves up like that when they knew that her death was inevitable."All the king's horses and all the king's men Have been sent to put this boy back Together again, but somehow, He must have been predicting the fall..."
i remember nate saying in a video that this album was more personal, and the the lyrics involved personal things that he never talked about before. so that made me look at it at a different way.