This was from an interview that Stephen did with absolutepunk.com in August:
I think, again in life, it’s not always perfect. Your friends and those you love are not always going to be perfect. At the end of the day we’re all just human, so for me it happened with a family member. “To the Wolves” is actually about a family member who completely took some of my beliefs and who I am at the very core and completely obliterated me. They trashed who I was, who I wanted to be, what I was doing with my life, and completely decimated me. For me, that song is about friends or family who turn their back and alienate and destroy you, using words or whatever means.
I didn’t make that really obvious in the song. I wanted to make it a little more broad so that other people can relate. Again, it’s going back to the coming-of-age book where people are going to hurt you. Your family is going to put you down. They’re going to torment you, make fun of you, abandon you. That’s what that song is and where that abandonment and betrayal comes from.
This was from an interview that Stephen did with absolutepunk.com in August:
I think, again in life, it’s not always perfect. Your friends and those you love are not always going to be perfect. At the end of the day we’re all just human, so for me it happened with a family member. “To the Wolves” is actually about a family member who completely took some of my beliefs and who I am at the very core and completely obliterated me. They trashed who I was, who I wanted to be, what I was doing with my life, and completely decimated me. For me, that song is about friends or family who turn their back and alienate and destroy you, using words or whatever means.
I didn’t make that really obvious in the song. I wanted to make it a little more broad so that other people can relate. Again, it’s going back to the coming-of-age book where people are going to hurt you. Your family is going to put you down. They’re going to torment you, make fun of you, abandon you. That’s what that song is and where that abandonment and betrayal comes from.
haha, i was just about to post this. for anyone who wants to read the full interview, it's here: http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1897532
haha, i was just about to post this. for anyone who wants to read the full interview, it's here: http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1897532