I guess we all have different interpretations of this song.. I am a little puzzled about the video & song together, but I'm not too sure that he shot Mary and Greg. Brian shot himself and Mary found him in the bathroom stall. He's now noticed and "everybody knows his name". People were bullies towards him, so now everyone is all sorry and guilty for whatever they did to him. He's no longer invisible. Sometimes people do things like this to get noticed. It's crazy, but I know a few people who committed suicide to finally get noticed. It happens. As for Mary.. Her life was stole, because she got pregnant. Her dreams of becoming a movie star is sort of broken, because getting pregnant was a setback for her. Although having a baby isn't a negative thing, for her age and time, it was. I'm not sure if the baby she had was Brian's like some said. But if you watch the video carefully, she was the only one that didn't make fun of him at the lunch tables while the white dude and Asian chick were pointing at Brian. At the courts, Greg got shot by the guys that walked by. Why? Hatred and jealousy of course. Competition turns into anger and anger turns into hate in most cases. And Greg had a tryout with The Sixers, so there's going to be some jealousy going on there, because maybe the other guy didn't get the spot that Greg did. They had potential, but Life "stole" it from them. Sooo many different interpretations of this song, but this is what I came up with. Nonetheless, this song hits and makes me teary-eyed 'cause this actually really does happen in our world.
I guess we all have different interpretations of this song.. I am a little puzzled about the video & song together, but I'm not too sure that he shot Mary and Greg. Brian shot himself and Mary found him in the bathroom stall. He's now noticed and "everybody knows his name". People were bullies towards him, so now everyone is all sorry and guilty for whatever they did to him. He's no longer invisible. Sometimes people do things like this to get noticed. It's crazy, but I know a few people who committed suicide to finally get noticed. It happens. As for Mary.. Her life was stole, because she got pregnant. Her dreams of becoming a movie star is sort of broken, because getting pregnant was a setback for her. Although having a baby isn't a negative thing, for her age and time, it was. I'm not sure if the baby she had was Brian's like some said. But if you watch the video carefully, she was the only one that didn't make fun of him at the lunch tables while the white dude and Asian chick were pointing at Brian. At the courts, Greg got shot by the guys that walked by. Why? Hatred and jealousy of course. Competition turns into anger and anger turns into hate in most cases. And Greg had a tryout with The Sixers, so there's going to be some jealousy going on there, because maybe the other guy didn't get the spot that Greg did. They had potential, but Life "stole" it from them. Sooo many different interpretations of this song, but this is what I came up with. Nonetheless, this song hits and makes me teary-eyed 'cause this actually really does happen in our world.