Lyric discussion by jclives2222 

Cover art for Paralyzed lyrics by Sixpence None the Richer

i think this song is talking about the feeling of insignificance when horrible things are going on in the world around you. You wonder, is what I'm doing enough? Should I become apart of the madness? "Should I lay my fiddle down take a rifle from the ground"

It also adresses the crippling feeling associated with losing someone you love and the numbness that the aftershock can produce "It's hard to say a healing word when your tongues is paralyzed". so true.