the first verse begins with joey talking about how responsible he feels and felt for derrick. he knows a lot of people won't understand him, but he says it anyway so history will always know how much he cared about his friend.
the place where they live isn't good for them, emotionally or financially, but it's what they know and it's safe, and if they left things might be worse, so they settle for the same.
joey's world is consumed by the death of his friend, and the only time he can stop thinking about it is when he sleeps. he also cites sleeping as an escape in the passenger. at the same time, he dreams of his friend coming back to life and things restoring themselves back to good.
he then quickly summarizes what happened (the stories). in the end, everything collapsed (with a suspicious allusion to the twin towers falling, another issue dealt with in the passenger).
in the end, he begs for someone to help him, but not to change things, but rather just accept for what they are.
a super mature song but one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
he thinks derrick will be the death of him, and he may suffer the same fate, or at least enter the same depression derrick suffered from.
the first verse begins with joey talking about how responsible he feels and felt for derrick. he knows a lot of people won't understand him, but he says it anyway so history will always know how much he cared about his friend.
the place where they live isn't good for them, emotionally or financially, but it's what they know and it's safe, and if they left things might be worse, so they settle for the same.
joey's world is consumed by the death of his friend, and the only time he can stop thinking about it is when he sleeps. he also cites sleeping as an escape in the passenger. at the same time, he dreams of his friend coming back to life and things restoring themselves back to good.
he then quickly summarizes what happened (the stories). in the end, everything collapsed (with a suspicious allusion to the twin towers falling, another issue dealt with in the passenger).
in the end, he begs for someone to help him, but not to change things, but rather just accept for what they are.
a super mature song but one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
he thinks derrick will be the death of him, and he may suffer the same fate, or at least enter the same depression derrick suffered from.