I never realized how sad this song was until I read the lyrics thoroughly. Whoever Janie is, she is obviously precious to and loved by the singer, who feels hopeless and helpless because he can't do anything for her. He waits for her to wake up after a tragic accident. She us unable to breathe on her own and thus is connected to a respirator. Instead of saying, "WHEN you wake, mine will be the first eyes you see," he says, "IF you wake," indicated both that she may not make it and that he cares for her so much he will stay until she wakes. It's possible that the singer was driving, as he speaks of "the road, the rain, the bad, the blood, the splash" as if he had been there. He feels that anything he does to help is futile; he asks Janie if she can "hear my prayers hit the ceiling? And can you tell me if my words have meaning?"
The first several listens of this song and the album that contains it, I just sang along, not realizing the meaning and seriousness of the song. Now I can barely even read the lyrics without a tear or two forming. I love this song.
I never realized how sad this song was until I read the lyrics thoroughly. Whoever Janie is, she is obviously precious to and loved by the singer, who feels hopeless and helpless because he can't do anything for her. He waits for her to wake up after a tragic accident. She us unable to breathe on her own and thus is connected to a respirator. Instead of saying, "WHEN you wake, mine will be the first eyes you see," he says, "IF you wake," indicated both that she may not make it and that he cares for her so much he will stay until she wakes. It's possible that the singer was driving, as he speaks of "the road, the rain, the bad, the blood, the splash" as if he had been there. He feels that anything he does to help is futile; he asks Janie if she can "hear my prayers hit the ceiling? And can you tell me if my words have meaning?"
The first several listens of this song and the album that contains it, I just sang along, not realizing the meaning and seriousness of the song. Now I can barely even read the lyrics without a tear or two forming. I love this song.