A lot of placebo's songs deal with sexuality and gender identity. Maybe I'm biased by personal experiences, but to me this song is about coming out to your family. You can't prevent it, you know you've disappointed your family by being a fag, so eventually you just stop caring about the person you used to be. You can get lost in alcohol, drugs, clubs, new friends an entire new identity for yourself. In away, you become estranged from the very people you live with.
I think the song's point of view swings from the estranged child to the somewhat disappointed, but mostly concerned, family.
"Stuck between the do or die, I feel emaciated.
Hard to breathe I try and try, I'll get asphyxiated.
Swinging from the tallest height, with nothing left to hold on to."
~teen weighing his/her options, being crushed under the pressure.
"Every sky is blue, but not for me and you."
~teen feels angst and indignity, most kids never have to go through this, it isn't fair.
"Come home..."
~Parents just want him back the way he was: straight.
"Glass and petrol vodka gin, it feels like breathing methane.
Throw yourself from skin to skin, and still it doesn't dull the pain.
Vanish like a lipstick trace, it always blows me away."
~teen tries to invent an entirely new identity for himself, just vanish completely.
"Every cloud is grey, with dreams of yesterday."
~now the entire family has a completely new layer of dysfunction
"Come home..."
~Parents just want their son back to who he was before.
"Always goes against the grain, and I can try and deny it
Give a monkey half a brain, and still he's bound to fry it."
~Parents think he's making mistakes because he is young and rebellious
"Now the happening scene is dead, I used to want to be there too."
~Most teens who come out feel suicidal at one point, I know I did.
"Every sky is blue, but not for me and you.
come home..."
Acceptance on the parents part, now they just want their son back in the family. Come home...
A lot of placebo's songs deal with sexuality and gender identity. Maybe I'm biased by personal experiences, but to me this song is about coming out to your family. You can't prevent it, you know you've disappointed your family by being a fag, so eventually you just stop caring about the person you used to be. You can get lost in alcohol, drugs, clubs, new friends an entire new identity for yourself. In away, you become estranged from the very people you live with.
I think the song's point of view swings from the estranged child to the somewhat disappointed, but mostly concerned, family.
"Stuck between the do or die, I feel emaciated. Hard to breathe I try and try, I'll get asphyxiated. Swinging from the tallest height, with nothing left to hold on to." ~teen weighing his/her options, being crushed under the pressure.
"Every sky is blue, but not for me and you." ~teen feels angst and indignity, most kids never have to go through this, it isn't fair.
"Come home..." ~Parents just want him back the way he was: straight.
"Glass and petrol vodka gin, it feels like breathing methane. Throw yourself from skin to skin, and still it doesn't dull the pain. Vanish like a lipstick trace, it always blows me away." ~teen tries to invent an entirely new identity for himself, just vanish completely.
"Every cloud is grey, with dreams of yesterday." ~now the entire family has a completely new layer of dysfunction
"Come home..." ~Parents just want their son back to who he was before.
"Always goes against the grain, and I can try and deny it Give a monkey half a brain, and still he's bound to fry it." ~Parents think he's making mistakes because he is young and rebellious
"Now the happening scene is dead, I used to want to be there too." ~Most teens who come out feel suicidal at one point, I know I did.
"Every sky is blue, but not for me and you. come home..." Acceptance on the parents part, now they just want their son back in the family. Come home...