i'm sure its about an pregnancy and anthony's (or whoever the father is) take on the whole thing. the "saving green" and "i was only one" lines are about him saving money for an unborn child, but he was the one who was going to support it financially (i.e. he is the only one who had a job). the chorus is him saying either to himself or the female that "things look fine for you cuz u have the easy part of just spending time with the kid, while i'm the one working my ass off to give u money to give u that peace of mind, but i won't say anything for the sake of the child and us ("holding back, now and forever")." the "your walking so peculiar" line is i'm guessing about the girl walking around while she's pregnant (u know, that waddle pregnant females have at the end of their pregnancies :-p) and her trying to hide her belly cuz she thinks she's getting fat and unnattractive ("like you had something to hide"). i interperet "still so deadly" as the girl's moodswings and the hurtful things she says too anthony while she's pregnant (cuz we all know how pregnant chix get so damn emotional and say shit without thinking, its even worse during pregnancy). "sweet penance for a sound" to me is the girl giving birth to the child, the sound is the baby's crying. "it might explode in our hands" is the problems they'll face with the child as it grows if they don't raise it right. the "brown pigmentation" verse is the final moments of labor, "savoring the sound" are the parents hearing the first sound of their child as he leaves the womb. "severing the ties between mother and son" is umbilical cord being cut. the last line is what anthony had been through in the past and him trying to make things right
i'm sure its about an pregnancy and anthony's (or whoever the father is) take on the whole thing. the "saving green" and "i was only one" lines are about him saving money for an unborn child, but he was the one who was going to support it financially (i.e. he is the only one who had a job). the chorus is him saying either to himself or the female that "things look fine for you cuz u have the easy part of just spending time with the kid, while i'm the one working my ass off to give u money to give u that peace of mind, but i won't say anything for the sake of the child and us ("holding back, now and forever")." the "your walking so peculiar" line is i'm guessing about the girl walking around while she's pregnant (u know, that waddle pregnant females have at the end of their pregnancies :-p) and her trying to hide her belly cuz she thinks she's getting fat and unnattractive ("like you had something to hide"). i interperet "still so deadly" as the girl's moodswings and the hurtful things she says too anthony while she's pregnant (cuz we all know how pregnant chix get so damn emotional and say shit without thinking, its even worse during pregnancy). "sweet penance for a sound" to me is the girl giving birth to the child, the sound is the baby's crying. "it might explode in our hands" is the problems they'll face with the child as it grows if they don't raise it right. the "brown pigmentation" verse is the final moments of labor, "savoring the sound" are the parents hearing the first sound of their child as he leaves the womb. "severing the ties between mother and son" is umbilical cord being cut. the last line is what anthony had been through in the past and him trying to make things right