I always connected it to the video, I think it could be interpreted as a conflict between either the inner child x the person one has become (It was someone else's idea and made sense), or the singer x an idol, or especially a father. It doesn't relate to a love or friendship, if you ask me - there's a loss of idolisation and love for someone that's supposed to protect and guide you.
Things like addictions (especially for this song; "your needle and your damage done"), a family going dysfunctional etc. changes both of the parts that are involved;
I'm well aware of how it aches.
And you still won't let me in.
And the child loses the love and respect he had once felt for him, along with his innocence which he left behind after learning how cruel the world can be and that even his primary source of love and trust can act like this, and growing way too fast to help his father and himself (remember in the video how he drives the car, picks the man from a hospital-rehab centerlike place etc?)
Now I'm breaking down your door,
To try and save your swollen face.
..
Before our innocence was lost
You were always one of those blessed with lucky sevens,
And the voice that made me cry.
(The last line can also be connected to the drunken, or high periods of a father).
And, well, being in a family sort of like that (change addictions to emotional abuse), I can relate.
Hope you like the interpretation.
I always connected it to the video, I think it could be interpreted as a conflict between either the inner child x the person one has become (It was someone else's idea and made sense), or the singer x an idol, or especially a father. It doesn't relate to a love or friendship, if you ask me - there's a loss of idolisation and love for someone that's supposed to protect and guide you.
Things like addictions (especially for this song; "your needle and your damage done"), a family going dysfunctional etc. changes both of the parts that are involved;
I'm well aware of how it aches. And you still won't let me in.
And the child loses the love and respect he had once felt for him, along with his innocence which he left behind after learning how cruel the world can be and that even his primary source of love and trust can act like this, and growing way too fast to help his father and himself (remember in the video how he drives the car, picks the man from a hospital-rehab centerlike place etc?)
Now I'm breaking down your door, To try and save your swollen face. .. Before our innocence was lost You were always one of those blessed with lucky sevens, And the voice that made me cry. (The last line can also be connected to the drunken, or high periods of a father).
And, well, being in a family sort of like that (change addictions to emotional abuse), I can relate. Hope you like the interpretation.