Am I the only person that thinks this song is about why his relationship with Chantelle DuPree ended? They were just about to get married and then the wedding was called off. It would make sense that she didn't want to have a child at the height of her success.
"What about your plans?
Well they'd all get fucked up?
There ain't no way in Hell
That this is gonna work"
I can understand why she would feel that it wouldn't work - two busy, touring parents and she felt that she would get the raw end of the deal and he would go off and tour and she would do it all alone. Obviously he tried to convince her otherwise.
I don't believe it is about his wife and child now as I feel that it is pretty obvious that the end result was an abortion. When you listen to the song, you can hear the pain in his voice. I doubt he would sound like that if there was a happy outcome. Also, I don't believe that he would have written a song about his now-wife considering having an abortion whilst pregnant with his now very alive son. How much would that screw up his son? It may also explain why he and his wife decided to have their son and how happy he seemed to be after this had happened not too long beforehand.
I may be completely off the mark, but I don't think I am.
@RG1989 If this song is autobiographical it may be unfair to speculate on the identity of the pregnant girlfriend (assuming that is indeed what it's about). My own opinion is that it's more likely to be about an earlier relationship and not about Chauntelle who, like Adam, was in her mid-twenties when they got engaged then split up. The line "for Christ's sakes we're just kids" suggests to me a teenage couple. As you mentioned, the pain in his voice does sound very real so I get the feeling this song is personal to him, but that's just conjecture: it...
@RG1989 If this song is autobiographical it may be unfair to speculate on the identity of the pregnant girlfriend (assuming that is indeed what it's about). My own opinion is that it's more likely to be about an earlier relationship and not about Chauntelle who, like Adam, was in her mid-twenties when they got engaged then split up. The line "for Christ's sakes we're just kids" suggests to me a teenage couple. As you mentioned, the pain in his voice does sound very real so I get the feeling this song is personal to him, but that's just conjecture: it could be fictional.
Am I the only person that thinks this song is about why his relationship with Chantelle DuPree ended? They were just about to get married and then the wedding was called off. It would make sense that she didn't want to have a child at the height of her success. "What about your plans? Well they'd all get fucked up? There ain't no way in Hell That this is gonna work" I can understand why she would feel that it wouldn't work - two busy, touring parents and she felt that she would get the raw end of the deal and he would go off and tour and she would do it all alone. Obviously he tried to convince her otherwise.
I don't believe it is about his wife and child now as I feel that it is pretty obvious that the end result was an abortion. When you listen to the song, you can hear the pain in his voice. I doubt he would sound like that if there was a happy outcome. Also, I don't believe that he would have written a song about his now-wife considering having an abortion whilst pregnant with his now very alive son. How much would that screw up his son? It may also explain why he and his wife decided to have their son and how happy he seemed to be after this had happened not too long beforehand.
I may be completely off the mark, but I don't think I am.
@RG1989 If this song is autobiographical it may be unfair to speculate on the identity of the pregnant girlfriend (assuming that is indeed what it's about). My own opinion is that it's more likely to be about an earlier relationship and not about Chauntelle who, like Adam, was in her mid-twenties when they got engaged then split up. The line "for Christ's sakes we're just kids" suggests to me a teenage couple. As you mentioned, the pain in his voice does sound very real so I get the feeling this song is personal to him, but that's just conjecture: it...
@RG1989 If this song is autobiographical it may be unfair to speculate on the identity of the pregnant girlfriend (assuming that is indeed what it's about). My own opinion is that it's more likely to be about an earlier relationship and not about Chauntelle who, like Adam, was in her mid-twenties when they got engaged then split up. The line "for Christ's sakes we're just kids" suggests to me a teenage couple. As you mentioned, the pain in his voice does sound very real so I get the feeling this song is personal to him, but that's just conjecture: it could be fictional.