If anyone has experienced a loved one fall into the grasp of mental illness, this song will crush their heart.
I feel like Nick wrote the story of the end of a serious relationship of mine. When I first met him, he was so full of energy and life. An artist, a painter. We had all sorts of wild fun adventures together. Then things started falling apart. He would hear things that weren't there, would think people were against him, even the innocent waiters at restaurants. Ended up in a mental hospital with schizophrenia. These lyrics perfectly describe my visits. Sitting there, under the bright lights, in the white visitors' room, as he rocked back and forth and was clearly not really present. Where did my lover go? He sits in front of me but he is not there!
"O wake up, my love, my lover wake up"!!
"The bones of our child crumble like chalk" - We had planned a life together, getting married, having kids. And it all crumbled away.
If anyone has experienced a loved one fall into the grasp of mental illness, this song will crush their heart.
I feel like Nick wrote the story of the end of a serious relationship of mine. When I first met him, he was so full of energy and life. An artist, a painter. We had all sorts of wild fun adventures together. Then things started falling apart. He would hear things that weren't there, would think people were against him, even the innocent waiters at restaurants. Ended up in a mental hospital with schizophrenia. These lyrics perfectly describe my visits. Sitting there, under the bright lights, in the white visitors' room, as he rocked back and forth and was clearly not really present. Where did my lover go? He sits in front of me but he is not there!
"O wake up, my love, my lover wake up"!!
"The bones of our child crumble like chalk" - We had planned a life together, getting married, having kids. And it all crumbled away.
I cry every time I hear this song.