This song has so many scenic moments and emotions--I love it.
He's been on the road with the band for years and he's realizing that all his friends and family are moving on and growing up--his cousins are getting married and are starting familys...so why isn't he? What did he do wrong? (that's how he feels)
"the highway won" because he's choosing to continue touring with the band instead of settling down
"i was born to run, ect....." he feels like he turns around every good opportunity that comes to him
"I've been looking for a tear in the screen door..."he's been looking for an escape or an answer to his problems?
the next verse is unbelievably amazing, "I'm terrified....." It shows how he's so scared he's never going to have stability in his life and that noone really cares about him too much.
"I keep a flashlight and a small knife
In the corner of my bed stand.
I keep a flashlight and the train times
But you wouldn’t understand" To me this sounds like he's referring to cutting to take the pain and unknowing away and no one could understand what goes through his head and why he does it.
"esus Christ
I'm 26
All the people I graduated with
All have kids
All have wives
All have people who care if they come home at night
Well Jesus Christ, did I fuck up?" restates a point made in the beginning of the song that everyone is creating families and moving on and he's being left behind and wants to know what he did to deserve this.
"I was kind of hoping you’d stay" Someone (referring to a girlfriend or just a best friend that he thought was always going to be there for him) has left his life and he thought that person was mean't to stay with him but even they left him.
This song has so many scenic moments and emotions--I love it. He's been on the road with the band for years and he's realizing that all his friends and family are moving on and growing up--his cousins are getting married and are starting familys...so why isn't he? What did he do wrong? (that's how he feels)
"the highway won" because he's choosing to continue touring with the band instead of settling down "i was born to run, ect....." he feels like he turns around every good opportunity that comes to him "I've been looking for a tear in the screen door..."he's been looking for an escape or an answer to his problems? the next verse is unbelievably amazing, "I'm terrified....." It shows how he's so scared he's never going to have stability in his life and that noone really cares about him too much. "I keep a flashlight and a small knife In the corner of my bed stand. I keep a flashlight and the train times But you wouldn’t understand" To me this sounds like he's referring to cutting to take the pain and unknowing away and no one could understand what goes through his head and why he does it. "esus Christ I'm 26 All the people I graduated with All have kids All have wives All have people who care if they come home at night Well Jesus Christ, did I fuck up?" restates a point made in the beginning of the song that everyone is creating families and moving on and he's being left behind and wants to know what he did to deserve this. "I was kind of hoping you’d stay" Someone (referring to a girlfriend or just a best friend that he thought was always going to be there for him) has left his life and he thought that person was mean't to stay with him but even they left him.
I always thought the small knife and the train times was him talking about running away from it all because both of those are methods to runaway
I always thought the small knife and the train times was him talking about running away from it all because both of those are methods to runaway