"Could you imagine the final sound as a gun"
The sound of the impact of a car with a solid object would be very similar in volume and sharpness to a gunshot, hence the addition of the next line:
"Or the smashing windscreen of a car?"
"Did you ever imagine the last thing you'd hear as you're fading out
Was a song?"
As someone else said - a radio continuing to play after the car has crashed. It could also refer to this song playing out to the driver before they "[faded] out."
"All my designs, simplified"
Okay, I'll pull back for this one. I have an idea of what it means, but I have no idea how to articulate it. But it sounds as though the identity of the speaker becomes clear here - to me it sounds like the speaker is the person who was killed by the drunk driver.
"And all of my plans, compromised
And all of my dreams, sacrificed"
This part is what tells me the speaker is the victim of the driver. Rather than asking the accusing questions of the verses, the speaker begins to lament at the fact that their life as they know it is over. Their dreams have been 'sacrificed' due to the actions of somebody else.
"Ever had the feeling you've been here before?
Drinking down the poison the way you were taught?"
These two lines, as well as the two that follow, refer to the time the driver begins to drink. Alcohol is arguably a part of today's culture - people in this society tend to view it as a 'coming of age' drink, whereas this song positions us to see it as something toxic. The driver consumes this 'poison' because that is all he or she has known.
"Ever thought from here on in your life begins
And all you knew was wrong?"
I'm not sure about the first line here, but the second seems tinged with regret and sudden realisation. The speaker asks the driver if they have ever come to realise that doing what they have been taught (ie. "drinking down the poison") is not always the right thing to do. Considering the driver has just killed someone while under the influence... evidently not.
"Did you see the redness block your part?
Did the scissors cut a way to your heart?"
Post-accident surgery seems the most obvious one, though the scissors could be a representation of guilt.
"Did you feel the envy for the sons of mothers
Tearing you apart?"
The envy tearing the driver apart is envy coming from others, envy for a boy that still has his mother while someone else's has been violently taken away. Now the identity of the speaker and the driver become a little more obvious here - this line seems to suggest that the driver was a young man, possibly a boy in late teens, and the person he killed (the speaker) was a woman and mother.
I obviously can't say this interpretation is the correct one, this is just how the song sounds to me. Feel free to add to or challenge this theory if you want.
"Could you imagine the final sound as a gun" The sound of the impact of a car with a solid object would be very similar in volume and sharpness to a gunshot, hence the addition of the next line: "Or the smashing windscreen of a car?"
"Did you ever imagine the last thing you'd hear as you're fading out Was a song?" As someone else said - a radio continuing to play after the car has crashed. It could also refer to this song playing out to the driver before they "[faded] out."
"All my designs, simplified" Okay, I'll pull back for this one. I have an idea of what it means, but I have no idea how to articulate it. But it sounds as though the identity of the speaker becomes clear here - to me it sounds like the speaker is the person who was killed by the drunk driver.
"And all of my plans, compromised And all of my dreams, sacrificed" This part is what tells me the speaker is the victim of the driver. Rather than asking the accusing questions of the verses, the speaker begins to lament at the fact that their life as they know it is over. Their dreams have been 'sacrificed' due to the actions of somebody else.
"Ever had the feeling you've been here before? Drinking down the poison the way you were taught?" These two lines, as well as the two that follow, refer to the time the driver begins to drink. Alcohol is arguably a part of today's culture - people in this society tend to view it as a 'coming of age' drink, whereas this song positions us to see it as something toxic. The driver consumes this 'poison' because that is all he or she has known.
"Ever thought from here on in your life begins And all you knew was wrong?" I'm not sure about the first line here, but the second seems tinged with regret and sudden realisation. The speaker asks the driver if they have ever come to realise that doing what they have been taught (ie. "drinking down the poison") is not always the right thing to do. Considering the driver has just killed someone while under the influence... evidently not.
"Did you see the redness block your part? Did the scissors cut a way to your heart?" Post-accident surgery seems the most obvious one, though the scissors could be a representation of guilt.
"Did you feel the envy for the sons of mothers Tearing you apart?" The envy tearing the driver apart is envy coming from others, envy for a boy that still has his mother while someone else's has been violently taken away. Now the identity of the speaker and the driver become a little more obvious here - this line seems to suggest that the driver was a young man, possibly a boy in late teens, and the person he killed (the speaker) was a woman and mother.
I obviously can't say this interpretation is the correct one, this is just how the song sounds to me. Feel free to add to or challenge this theory if you want.