the first verse seems to talk about how all teens feel in general
wanting to be free, rebellious, law breaking, and just wanting to have fun, but feeling like they're falling apart
i think the second verse is more about what teens are going through now-a-days
teens feel lots of pressure on them, and there have been so many school shootings and suicides these days with teens that its flooded the media and the song isn't just about the kids doing those things but the kids having to deal with a friend doing it or a kid just seeing it on the news. im a teen and i admit its scary hearing about kids my age or younger doing these things, i don't know what i would do if a someone i knew did something drastic like this
lines that make me think this: "kids are lining up on the wall..." "and the boy by the side of the road he had a gun in his hand" "i thought oh what could you say to make it ever make sense to his mother" "oh man he was excitable, we were just trying to make him a man" "you can only lie for so long before you get something drastic"
last thought, "the kids are lining up on the wall and they're ready to die" sounds like hes saying the kids have just given up and don't know what to do
i hate saying that there is one meaning to a song, because it can mean something different to everyone, this is just my interpretation based on hearing the song
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the first verse seems to talk about how all teens feel in general wanting to be free, rebellious, law breaking, and just wanting to have fun, but feeling like they're falling apart
i think the second verse is more about what teens are going through now-a-days teens feel lots of pressure on them, and there have been so many school shootings and suicides these days with teens that its flooded the media and the song isn't just about the kids doing those things but the kids having to deal with a friend doing it or a kid just seeing it on the news. im a teen and i admit its scary hearing about kids my age or younger doing these things, i don't know what i would do if a someone i knew did something drastic like this lines that make me think this: "kids are lining up on the wall..." "and the boy by the side of the road he had a gun in his hand" "i thought oh what could you say to make it ever make sense to his mother" "oh man he was excitable, we were just trying to make him a man" "you can only lie for so long before you get something drastic"
last thought, "the kids are lining up on the wall and they're ready to die" sounds like hes saying the kids have just given up and don't know what to do
i hate saying that there is one meaning to a song, because it can mean something different to everyone, this is just my interpretation based on hearing the song