This song to me sounds like it was written from the point of view of a drug addict newly in recovery. His love is an inspiration to him and his sobriety. He is telling her that she can save the tears, that he is changed... now that he is free of his addiction (outside the undertow) he is going to live his life for her.
More references to recovery in the chorus... I can feel like I have a soul that has been saved... I put away my early grave... better now than too late.
Consider these lines:
Remember back the early days when you were young and thus amazed--A user in the early days/stages of addiction, justt having fun and being curious
Suddenly the channel changed the first time you saw blood--A reference to the blood drawn into the syringe before shooting up. Almost any addict will tell you that once they started that, their addiction took a turn for the worst. The addiction becomes not only one to a drug but also the needle.
This song to me sounds like it was written from the point of view of a drug addict newly in recovery. His love is an inspiration to him and his sobriety. He is telling her that she can save the tears, that he is changed... now that he is free of his addiction (outside the undertow) he is going to live his life for her.
More references to recovery in the chorus... I can feel like I have a soul that has been saved... I put away my early grave... better now than too late.
Consider these lines: Remember back the early days when you were young and thus amazed--A user in the early days/stages of addiction, justt having fun and being curious Suddenly the channel changed the first time you saw blood--A reference to the blood drawn into the syringe before shooting up. Almost any addict will tell you that once they started that, their addiction took a turn for the worst. The addiction becomes not only one to a drug but also the needle.