I love this song. I wasn't too impressed with it the first time I heard it, but I've listened to it several times since, and it's really grown on me.
To me, this is a song about forgiveness. It's a song that's asking forgiveness for past mistakes, and it's a song that shows forgiveness to someone who has been unforgiving of those past mistakes.
"You spared no time in lashing out
But I knew your pain, and the effect of my shame
But you cut me down."
The writer has done something to offend someone else, a friend or perhaps someone he's in love with, and he humbly endures their harsh treatment of him. Although he may be struggling with bad thoughts against the person, he doesn't voice them. With his heart like a stone, he puts up no fight, as his friend cuts him down out of bitterness. But even when he's at his lowest point, he still wishes them well.
"So I hit my low
And little did I know, that would not be the end
...
And I wished you well as you cut me down"
And even though the other person has hurt him and brought him to the end of his rope, he's on his knees begging their forgiveness and asking them to believe in him.
Again, at its heart, this is a song about forgiveness. The writer is asking forgiveness, and he's showing great humility and forgiveness towards the other person for their harsh treatment of him.
"When I'm on my knees I'll still believe
And when I've hit the ground
Neither lost nor found
If you'll believe in me I'll still believe"
I agree. Shame implies something the writer regrets morally or ethically that brougt him to his "low," such as a drug or love addiction that effected the one he loved.
I agree. Shame implies something the writer regrets morally or ethically that brougt him to his "low," such as a drug or love addiction that effected the one he loved.
I love this song. I wasn't too impressed with it the first time I heard it, but I've listened to it several times since, and it's really grown on me.
To me, this is a song about forgiveness. It's a song that's asking forgiveness for past mistakes, and it's a song that shows forgiveness to someone who has been unforgiving of those past mistakes.
"You spared no time in lashing out But I knew your pain, and the effect of my shame But you cut me down."
The writer has done something to offend someone else, a friend or perhaps someone he's in love with, and he humbly endures their harsh treatment of him. Although he may be struggling with bad thoughts against the person, he doesn't voice them. With his heart like a stone, he puts up no fight, as his friend cuts him down out of bitterness. But even when he's at his lowest point, he still wishes them well.
"So I hit my low And little did I know, that would not be the end ... And I wished you well as you cut me down"
And even though the other person has hurt him and brought him to the end of his rope, he's on his knees begging their forgiveness and asking them to believe in him.
Again, at its heart, this is a song about forgiveness. The writer is asking forgiveness, and he's showing great humility and forgiveness towards the other person for their harsh treatment of him.
"When I'm on my knees I'll still believe And when I've hit the ground Neither lost nor found If you'll believe in me I'll still believe"
I agree. Shame implies something the writer regrets morally or ethically that brougt him to his "low," such as a drug or love addiction that effected the one he loved.
I agree. Shame implies something the writer regrets morally or ethically that brougt him to his "low," such as a drug or love addiction that effected the one he loved.
Is there something I said that is offensive? I don't quite understand why this was flagged.
Is there something I said that is offensive? I don't quite understand why this was flagged.