I slightly agree with "your-my-starr" on some levels. I have a couple differnt ideas for this song.
Two friends. An accident occured, one died, and the other, still living, is the narrator/singer of the song. The accident I keep thinking is a car because..hey, that's the most obvious kind of fatal accident but with the line "I never saw the broken glass" it could be the friend commited suicide and the singer feels responsible for not seeing the signs. Then, the singer himself dies..whether from committing suicide as well (though to me that doesn't seem very likely) but by another way (more likely) and even in death, still feels responsible for the friends death.
If you think about it further, someone might have even killed the singer as revenge for the first death...hints are "as callused knuckles cross my face" as well as "Zip ties and fiber choking me
These ropes biting at my feet
Eyes wandering
And I'm wondering is this really happening to me?
Blood between my teeth
Flows from my mouth to my best jeans"
Zip ties and fiber---some sort of bag he was stuffed in
Ropes biting---tied up
Eyes wandering---looking for escape(another hint it wasn't suicide)
Wondering....---yet another hint it wasn't suicide...
Blood......jeans---shows, with the "knuckles" line he may have been beaten up.
But then these lines make me think twice:
"
Unfree release
I'm twenty feet and sinking fast
And I won't hold my breath
Let the water fill my lungs
And I will travel to my death
Tell my brothers that I am happy
Tell my mother I won't be visiting
As I lay my head to rest
At the bottom of the sea"
It seems he either accepted his death and since he has such a sense of guilt he secretly welcomes it...especially with "unfree release' showing he's being set free of the guilt, yet he's still physically tied up.
Or he really did just commit suicide out of his intense guilt.
Yet, these are the most literal interpretations I could think of...I could be completely off point. But what I love about this song is how beautiful it is, even without analyzing it. The song itself is amazing..and the fact it has such open room for interpretation shows it is, truly special.
I slightly agree with "your-my-starr" on some levels. I have a couple differnt ideas for this song. Two friends. An accident occured, one died, and the other, still living, is the narrator/singer of the song. The accident I keep thinking is a car because..hey, that's the most obvious kind of fatal accident but with the line "I never saw the broken glass" it could be the friend commited suicide and the singer feels responsible for not seeing the signs. Then, the singer himself dies..whether from committing suicide as well (though to me that doesn't seem very likely) but by another way (more likely) and even in death, still feels responsible for the friends death. If you think about it further, someone might have even killed the singer as revenge for the first death...hints are "as callused knuckles cross my face" as well as "Zip ties and fiber choking me These ropes biting at my feet Eyes wandering And I'm wondering is this really happening to me? Blood between my teeth Flows from my mouth to my best jeans"
Zip ties and fiber---some sort of bag he was stuffed in Ropes biting---tied up Eyes wandering---looking for escape(another hint it wasn't suicide) Wondering....---yet another hint it wasn't suicide... Blood......jeans---shows, with the "knuckles" line he may have been beaten up.
But then these lines make me think twice: " Unfree release I'm twenty feet and sinking fast And I won't hold my breath Let the water fill my lungs And I will travel to my death Tell my brothers that I am happy Tell my mother I won't be visiting As I lay my head to rest At the bottom of the sea"
It seems he either accepted his death and since he has such a sense of guilt he secretly welcomes it...especially with "unfree release' showing he's being set free of the guilt, yet he's still physically tied up.
Or he really did just commit suicide out of his intense guilt.
Yet, these are the most literal interpretations I could think of...I could be completely off point. But what I love about this song is how beautiful it is, even without analyzing it. The song itself is amazing..and the fact it has such open room for interpretation shows it is, truly special.