Teenage suicide is defiantly the message in this song. I think it's about understanding that you are not alone whenever you're feeling depressed. The chorus to me indicates this by:
"With arms wide open
The sky is always
A thousand shades of blue
Partly broken lost and lonley
We're all just shades of you"
I believe that part is talking directly to the male in the song. "We're all just shades of you," is the message that though the boy is depressed and feels like he's the only one who feels this way, Angel is telling him that everyone gets down sometimes and it's normal. Suicide doesn't have to be the answer.
"He let the water run too deep
Then he just slowly slipped on in
And when he finds the nerve to breathe
All they say is no one saw it coming
Hear the sirens
The cops arriving
A thousand shades of blue
But it's hopeless no one noticed
We're all just shades of you
With arms wide open
They found him floating
A thousand shades of blue
There's no escaping where he's going
We're all just shades of you"
I don't believe this part is about literally drowning. I think it's about drowning in his sorrows. "He let the water run too deep," as in he allowed his depression to take over his life and mind. Then - "When he found the nerve to breathe," indicated he finally release all of his pain and killed himself. "All they say is nobody saw it coming," meaning even though his dad was in his chair, mom was in the kitchen, and nobody saw him raise his hand to be king, - those people were so close to him but never noticed his sadness.
"They found him floating, a thousand shades of blue." - Whenever you die, your body becomes blue. I think that's what its about. It also made the world sad (and blue) so now everyone is "Shades of you," referring to the male.
Maybe my interruption is out there but that is what I get from the beautiful song.
Teenage suicide is defiantly the message in this song. I think it's about understanding that you are not alone whenever you're feeling depressed. The chorus to me indicates this by: "With arms wide open The sky is always A thousand shades of blue Partly broken lost and lonley We're all just shades of you"
I believe that part is talking directly to the male in the song. "We're all just shades of you," is the message that though the boy is depressed and feels like he's the only one who feels this way, Angel is telling him that everyone gets down sometimes and it's normal. Suicide doesn't have to be the answer.
"He let the water run too deep Then he just slowly slipped on in And when he finds the nerve to breathe All they say is no one saw it coming
Hear the sirens The cops arriving A thousand shades of blue But it's hopeless no one noticed We're all just shades of you With arms wide open They found him floating A thousand shades of blue There's no escaping where he's going We're all just shades of you"
I don't believe this part is about literally drowning. I think it's about drowning in his sorrows. "He let the water run too deep," as in he allowed his depression to take over his life and mind. Then - "When he found the nerve to breathe," indicated he finally release all of his pain and killed himself. "All they say is nobody saw it coming," meaning even though his dad was in his chair, mom was in the kitchen, and nobody saw him raise his hand to be king, - those people were so close to him but never noticed his sadness. "They found him floating, a thousand shades of blue." - Whenever you die, your body becomes blue. I think that's what its about. It also made the world sad (and blue) so now everyone is "Shades of you," referring to the male.
Maybe my interruption is out there but that is what I get from the beautiful song.