This song is about domestic abuse.
The implication that it's specifically child abuse.
If anyone has ever suffered or been around domestic abuse, this conveys a very personal sentiment concerning it. From a psychological standpoint, I'd say that whichever member wrote this song has probably suffered domestic abuse or known someone very personally who has.
The use of the term "young flesh searing on a twin mattress" is an implication of a child pretending to be asleep while the "footsteps
coming down the hall" of the abusive parent approach.
You can play this song very well over a muted video of Aerosmith's "Janey's Got a Gun" for an illustrative example...
This song is about domestic abuse. The implication that it's specifically child abuse. If anyone has ever suffered or been around domestic abuse, this conveys a very personal sentiment concerning it. From a psychological standpoint, I'd say that whichever member wrote this song has probably suffered domestic abuse or known someone very personally who has. The use of the term "young flesh searing on a twin mattress" is an implication of a child pretending to be asleep while the "footsteps coming down the hall" of the abusive parent approach. You can play this song very well over a muted video of Aerosmith's "Janey's Got a Gun" for an illustrative example...