To me this song is about depression and regret. He says he should have waited, but not what he should have waited for. Obviously it could be any number of things. Personally, I was in a situation where I tried to force a relationship and I ended up in a hole because of it. I was very depressed and it felt like time was indeed pushing me around because I needed to wait and I didn't know how to. My own inability to control my desire to be with this girl was more or less what led to me losing her, and I lost my head over it. If you've ever been depressed, you'd identify with the following line:
"And I know I'm dead on the surface
But I am screaming underneath"
It's so unbelievably true for me, at least. I don't show my troubles or make them obvious, and no one knew what I was going through. On the inside I was so miserable, and I hated myself. I'm not in any way suicidal, but on a figurative level I can understand the part about being on the edge tied to the noose. Unfortunately for me, she left me hanging and I had to learn to cut myself down. But that's how life goes. It's still a beautiful song. You never think that you'd swerve out of control over someone like that, but then you do and it's like you really do need someone to cut you down. It took a long time for me to realize that I was the one who put myself in that position and that only I could get myself out. If only I'd waited
To me this song is about depression and regret. He says he should have waited, but not what he should have waited for. Obviously it could be any number of things. Personally, I was in a situation where I tried to force a relationship and I ended up in a hole because of it. I was very depressed and it felt like time was indeed pushing me around because I needed to wait and I didn't know how to. My own inability to control my desire to be with this girl was more or less what led to me losing her, and I lost my head over it. If you've ever been depressed, you'd identify with the following line: "And I know I'm dead on the surface But I am screaming underneath"
It's so unbelievably true for me, at least. I don't show my troubles or make them obvious, and no one knew what I was going through. On the inside I was so miserable, and I hated myself. I'm not in any way suicidal, but on a figurative level I can understand the part about being on the edge tied to the noose. Unfortunately for me, she left me hanging and I had to learn to cut myself down. But that's how life goes. It's still a beautiful song. You never think that you'd swerve out of control over someone like that, but then you do and it's like you really do need someone to cut you down. It took a long time for me to realize that I was the one who put myself in that position and that only I could get myself out. If only I'd waited