Walking Away

This song sounds to me like it's about his father leaving. I think it's from the son's POV.

"The sun goes down as the city lights Pave their way through the darkest night Raindrops fall as an old man cries Never thought to ever think twice Of all he had Of all he lost A selfish life, I guess, comes with the cost"

--This sets the scene and shows an old man remembering what he had (a family) and lost (by leaving). Whatever reasons he left for seem worthless now.

"Hey, remember me? I remember you walking away

Hey, remember me? I remember you walking away"

--This is like he's seeing his son again for the first time either he's asking the son if he remembers him-- to which the son answers 'i remember you walking away" or it's entirely the son, asking if the dad remembers him, because he remembers his father...walking away.

"Te same old street, just a different name Same old house, just the family's changed Picket fence, the windows stained Freedom spelt by a man in chains The silence is all we have to give And the memories of a life I wish we'd lived"

--This verse shows the home they used to live in, perhaps. And all the memories that house represents. It represents the life they didn't get to live.

Hey, remember me? I remember you walking away

Hey, remember me? I remember you walking away From all that you made That you lost or threw away Trade it in for a brand new life But I can't, can't let go Can't turn around Hold my head high and walk away

-- Here, the son can't forgive hs father for leaving, so he gives the old man a taste of his own medicine.