I think it's about a parent that was either abusive, or just didn't care (a parent rather than a romantic relationship, because really, how many guys sit on their girlfriends' laps?). "I'd rather die than disappoint you", "all I wanted from you was to love me" -- he just wanted their approval and love, and he didn't get it. "For me to be free from you, I must be free from me" -- he has to get away from them and stop trying to please them to live his own life and be happy.
"Feels like your Son of God just reached out and grabbed me" (until the very end it says "your", not "the", which has an entirely different meaning) -- makes me think that religion was involved somehow. He didn't believe in their religion, or maybe he did something that was against it.
Saw these guys live last weekend, and when they did this song they changed the line "It seems like yesterday I was fading" to "It seems like yesterday that you raped me", which definitely changes the tone of the song for me. I could almost see it being about him being sexually abused as a child, but certain lyrics don't make sense. ("Give me one last kiss" doesn't seem like something you'd say to someone who molested you.) Either way, live it's definitely a very, very angry, emotionally charged song.
Saw these guys live last weekend, and when they did this song they changed the line "It seems like yesterday I was fading" to "It seems like yesterday that you raped me", which definitely changes the tone of the song for me. I could almost see it being about him being sexually abused as a child, but certain lyrics don't make sense. ("Give me one last kiss" doesn't seem like something you'd say to someone who molested you.) Either way, live it's definitely a very, very angry, emotionally charged song.
I think it's about a parent that was either abusive, or just didn't care (a parent rather than a romantic relationship, because really, how many guys sit on their girlfriends' laps?). "I'd rather die than disappoint you", "all I wanted from you was to love me" -- he just wanted their approval and love, and he didn't get it. "For me to be free from you, I must be free from me" -- he has to get away from them and stop trying to please them to live his own life and be happy.
"Feels like your Son of God just reached out and grabbed me" (until the very end it says "your", not "the", which has an entirely different meaning) -- makes me think that religion was involved somehow. He didn't believe in their religion, or maybe he did something that was against it.
Saw these guys live last weekend, and when they did this song they changed the line "It seems like yesterday I was fading" to "It seems like yesterday that you raped me", which definitely changes the tone of the song for me. I could almost see it being about him being sexually abused as a child, but certain lyrics don't make sense. ("Give me one last kiss" doesn't seem like something you'd say to someone who molested you.) Either way, live it's definitely a very, very angry, emotionally charged song.
Saw these guys live last weekend, and when they did this song they changed the line "It seems like yesterday I was fading" to "It seems like yesterday that you raped me", which definitely changes the tone of the song for me. I could almost see it being about him being sexually abused as a child, but certain lyrics don't make sense. ("Give me one last kiss" doesn't seem like something you'd say to someone who molested you.) Either way, live it's definitely a very, very angry, emotionally charged song.
exactly and he is bleeding out on paper showing to the world that he lived through all that pain
exactly and he is bleeding out on paper showing to the world that he lived through all that pain