I think this song is not overtly about God or Christ, but it may be referencing accepting a family of people who can relate to what you feel which could definitely apply to a religious group.
Basically I feel like this song is the heart of the To Write Love on Her Arms movement (myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms).
The speaker is talking to someone who is struggling with depression, and thoughts of suicide (It's been a while since you've felt like you've been home/Your life's just flesh and bone ...The one thing that hurts more than your life/Is to wake up one more time alone/It's to wake up one more time alive).
Basically he's saying, "Yeah it hurts like hell to wake up and have to live through a day of this again, I know--I feel it too... But, at least we're suffering through this together" (I know the feeling of being alone/So let's drink to the fact that we're not).
The second part of the song is offering ways to cope (So take us in, we'll stop you dead/ We'll show you something you won't ever forget). This could be either talking about drugs, or a community. I think really it easily could be a good, wholesome community like a church of support group, or a drug culture. The reason I say that is because he follows is with (my heart's a hole that needs to constantly be filled with love). He doesn't offer a permanent solution, he just says, "I know the solution is love," but he leaves it up to the person to decide where to get that love.
He also offers artistic expression as an outlet for restless feelings of this nature
(This time it's all that I've got
Words hit the page like gunshots
My stomach's left in a knot
My pride is left here to rot
It's been a while since I've felt this restless
By definition it's depressing but I'm alright)
The overall message of this song I think is just to convince the person that they are not alone, and that someone understands how they feel--which are two of the main reasons people commit suicide: feeling alone and misunderstood in their depression. It has the feel of an intervention by someone just as confused as the listener, but asking the person to hold on at at least explore their options before making a final decision.
I think this song is not overtly about God or Christ, but it may be referencing accepting a family of people who can relate to what you feel which could definitely apply to a religious group.
Basically I feel like this song is the heart of the To Write Love on Her Arms movement (myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms).
The speaker is talking to someone who is struggling with depression, and thoughts of suicide (It's been a while since you've felt like you've been home/Your life's just flesh and bone ...The one thing that hurts more than your life/Is to wake up one more time alone/It's to wake up one more time alive). Basically he's saying, "Yeah it hurts like hell to wake up and have to live through a day of this again, I know--I feel it too... But, at least we're suffering through this together" (I know the feeling of being alone/So let's drink to the fact that we're not).
The second part of the song is offering ways to cope (So take us in, we'll stop you dead/ We'll show you something you won't ever forget). This could be either talking about drugs, or a community. I think really it easily could be a good, wholesome community like a church of support group, or a drug culture. The reason I say that is because he follows is with (my heart's a hole that needs to constantly be filled with love). He doesn't offer a permanent solution, he just says, "I know the solution is love," but he leaves it up to the person to decide where to get that love.
He also offers artistic expression as an outlet for restless feelings of this nature (This time it's all that I've got Words hit the page like gunshots My stomach's left in a knot My pride is left here to rot It's been a while since I've felt this restless By definition it's depressing but I'm alright)
The overall message of this song I think is just to convince the person that they are not alone, and that someone understands how they feel--which are two of the main reasons people commit suicide: feeling alone and misunderstood in their depression. It has the feel of an intervention by someone just as confused as the listener, but asking the person to hold on at at least explore their options before making a final decision.