It took me a while to get the lyrics. They are all about child abuse and how it marks you for life. People who've been abused in childhood get the lyrics best, I suppose - but probably only those who know and accept that they've been abused (most feel so guilty and ashamed that they don't even realise they're victims)
This bit: "Forfeit the game before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame and puts your name to shame
Cover up your face you can't run the race
The pace is too fast you just won't last" - is not about the parrent, it's about YOU, the abused teen/child, this is how abused children think and feel - incompetent and weak, unable to face life, wanting to give up.
"You love the way I look at you
While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through
You take away if I give in
My life, my pride is broken" - this is the frustrated teen talking to the parrent, the teen knows what the parrent's abuse is doing to him/her, taking away their pride and self-respect.
"You like to think you're never wrong
You want to act like you're someone
You want someone to hurt like you
You want to share what you've been through
You live what you learn" - this part switches back, it's about the abused again. You are YOU, he's not talking to the parent now, but to the abused. Abused children think and feel that way (that they're never wrong, acting like they're someone etc) and it's all explained by "YOU LIVE WHAT YOU LEARN". The abused are this way because of the abuse.
"You love the things I say I'll do
The way I'll hurt myself again just to get back at you
You take away when I give in
My life, my pride is broken!" - He's talking to the parents again. "You" are the parents in this part, and this bit is about how abused children later abuse themselves and engage in self-destructive behavior, due to a habbit they've developed of trying to hurt back their parents/abusers.
It took me a while to get the lyrics. They are all about child abuse and how it marks you for life. People who've been abused in childhood get the lyrics best, I suppose - but probably only those who know and accept that they've been abused (most feel so guilty and ashamed that they don't even realise they're victims) This bit: "Forfeit the game before somebody else Takes you out of the frame and puts your name to shame Cover up your face you can't run the race The pace is too fast you just won't last" - is not about the parrent, it's about YOU, the abused teen/child, this is how abused children think and feel - incompetent and weak, unable to face life, wanting to give up.
"You love the way I look at you While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through You take away if I give in My life, my pride is broken" - this is the frustrated teen talking to the parrent, the teen knows what the parrent's abuse is doing to him/her, taking away their pride and self-respect.
"You like to think you're never wrong You want to act like you're someone You want someone to hurt like you You want to share what you've been through You live what you learn" - this part switches back, it's about the abused again. You are YOU, he's not talking to the parent now, but to the abused. Abused children think and feel that way (that they're never wrong, acting like they're someone etc) and it's all explained by "YOU LIVE WHAT YOU LEARN". The abused are this way because of the abuse.
"You love the things I say I'll do The way I'll hurt myself again just to get back at you You take away when I give in My life, my pride is broken!" - He's talking to the parents again. "You" are the parents in this part, and this bit is about how abused children later abuse themselves and engage in self-destructive behavior, due to a habbit they've developed of trying to hurt back their parents/abusers.
@Mika42, yeah so true :(
@Mika42, yeah so true :(
@Mika42, I completely, absolutely, utterly agree
@Mika42, I completely, absolutely, utterly agree