I could be completely off here, since I haven't heard any explanation from Vienna at any of her shows I've been to on this one yet, but everyone so far is going by the interpretation that it's the narrator/singer who made all the mistakes and left the relationship and is coming back asking for forgiveness. To me, though, much of the song makes it seem like it was the other party who broke things off, perhaps with an "it's not you, it's me" kind of reason, that something in his life was keeping him from being with or being happy with her ("you were not mine to save, you could not change"; "the chains in the night that had you pulled apart"). Now, though, the narrator still isn't over her love, and is coming back, begging to give it another try, trying to explain that she will accept and try to help with whatever problems he had ("I'll carry the weight of you"), hoping that love will be enough to make things work out. Even knowing that he likely won't be happy to see her, and that he's already given up, but wanting to make him try once again anyway (I'm wanting your anger, I only want to see if I can shake you out of sleep).
I could be completely off here, since I haven't heard any explanation from Vienna at any of her shows I've been to on this one yet, but everyone so far is going by the interpretation that it's the narrator/singer who made all the mistakes and left the relationship and is coming back asking for forgiveness. To me, though, much of the song makes it seem like it was the other party who broke things off, perhaps with an "it's not you, it's me" kind of reason, that something in his life was keeping him from being with or being happy with her ("you were not mine to save, you could not change"; "the chains in the night that had you pulled apart"). Now, though, the narrator still isn't over her love, and is coming back, begging to give it another try, trying to explain that she will accept and try to help with whatever problems he had ("I'll carry the weight of you"), hoping that love will be enough to make things work out. Even knowing that he likely won't be happy to see her, and that he's already given up, but wanting to make him try once again anyway (I'm wanting your anger, I only want to see if I can shake you out of sleep).
Just my take on it, though!
that's an interesting perspective, and it makes total sense.
that's an interesting perspective, and it makes total sense.