This song is an account on the loss of innocence and the detriment of bad decisions. The "I've done some bad things and they get easier to do" verse shows that it is a slippery descent into evil. The "...sent it to the Lord..." verse discusses loss of religion as a way to cope with your choices, because you don't want to believe in something that would personally damn you. The third verse discusses how hard it is to care for others once you don't care for yourself. The fourth verse discusses the teetering that occurs when you are given the ultimatum to quit the bad habits/evil deeds, and the difficult choice it can pose. The fifth verse discusses that once you decide you can't quit your actions because you have lost yourself in them, you will push the world you knew and everyone you cared about away. The final verse signifies the full division between the sinful and the innocent and how the sins consume and eventually define you, as the singer can no longer look at those with more pure souls.
This song is an account on the loss of innocence and the detriment of bad decisions. The "I've done some bad things and they get easier to do" verse shows that it is a slippery descent into evil. The "...sent it to the Lord..." verse discusses loss of religion as a way to cope with your choices, because you don't want to believe in something that would personally damn you. The third verse discusses how hard it is to care for others once you don't care for yourself. The fourth verse discusses the teetering that occurs when you are given the ultimatum to quit the bad habits/evil deeds, and the difficult choice it can pose. The fifth verse discusses that once you decide you can't quit your actions because you have lost yourself in them, you will push the world you knew and everyone you cared about away. The final verse signifies the full division between the sinful and the innocent and how the sins consume and eventually define you, as the singer can no longer look at those with more pure souls.