I feel like the lyrics (in some parts atleast) tell us that he's seen a girl like no other (the "angel") and he feels like he can't ever have her (much like many other songs)...
But then he talks about his punishment fitting his crime and that's where I'm not so sure...
I'm thinking maybe his punishment is that he'll never see the girl again and maybe he wants to do something so he can...and maybe whatever he wants to do is bad (the "crime")...
I'm really not so sure...Anyone else? It's a great song without knowing any meaning whatsoever, but there's a lot to this song, I think.
I think it just means that he feels like he's completely inadequate, for a girl specifically, and maybe also in life in general, especially for this:
And all of my dreams are only dreams
And all of my schemes are only schemes
And if this is my punishment
Then I want my crime to fit
I think the lyrics are meaning that he just feels like he's not good enough for anything/is incapable of doing anything, especially in that part. When it says "and if this is my punishment/then I want my crime to fit" I think it means that he feels like he's been...
I think it just means that he feels like he's completely inadequate, for a girl specifically, and maybe also in life in general, especially for this:
And all of my dreams are only dreams
And all of my schemes are only schemes
And if this is my punishment
Then I want my crime to fit
I think the lyrics are meaning that he just feels like he's not good enough for anything/is incapable of doing anything, especially in that part. When it says "and if this is my punishment/then I want my crime to fit" I think it means that he feels like he's been doomed or punished to a life like he's having, but if that's what his punishment's going to be, then he wants his crime to fit (he wants to have done something or do something to provoke this "punishment").
I feel like the lyrics (in some parts atleast) tell us that he's seen a girl like no other (the "angel") and he feels like he can't ever have her (much like many other songs)...
But then he talks about his punishment fitting his crime and that's where I'm not so sure...
I'm thinking maybe his punishment is that he'll never see the girl again and maybe he wants to do something so he can...and maybe whatever he wants to do is bad (the "crime")...
I'm really not so sure...Anyone else? It's a great song without knowing any meaning whatsoever, but there's a lot to this song, I think.
I think it just means that he feels like he's completely inadequate, for a girl specifically, and maybe also in life in general, especially for this: And all of my dreams are only dreams And all of my schemes are only schemes And if this is my punishment Then I want my crime to fit I think the lyrics are meaning that he just feels like he's not good enough for anything/is incapable of doing anything, especially in that part. When it says "and if this is my punishment/then I want my crime to fit" I think it means that he feels like he's been...
I think it just means that he feels like he's completely inadequate, for a girl specifically, and maybe also in life in general, especially for this: And all of my dreams are only dreams And all of my schemes are only schemes And if this is my punishment Then I want my crime to fit I think the lyrics are meaning that he just feels like he's not good enough for anything/is incapable of doing anything, especially in that part. When it says "and if this is my punishment/then I want my crime to fit" I think it means that he feels like he's been doomed or punished to a life like he's having, but if that's what his punishment's going to be, then he wants his crime to fit (he wants to have done something or do something to provoke this "punishment").