This is a very beautiful song, I did literature at school so I'll try my best to explain the meaning, here goes:
It starts of with the line "written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain":- Figuratively, he built a wall to protect his emotions but it wasn't just there because he wanted to guard himself it was because of a past relationship that went wrong.
In the relationship before, he "left his heart open":-He confessed his love but now "it stays right here empty for days":-It's hollow since she left.
"She told me in the morning
She don't feel the same about us in her bones
It seems to me that when I die
These words will be written on my stone" :-In the morning she broke up with him and he will always remember the words that hurt him before she left. And that hurt was one of the reasons he is restrained now.
"And I'll be gone, gone tonight
The ground beneath my feet is open wide
The way that I've been holding on too tight
But nothing in between.":- He left the house that night but he was hesitant to leave because he was holding on to the relationship that doesn't exist anymore.
"The story of my life I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and time...
Is frozen":- This is the current relationship and how he shows he cares but it reminds him of his past love hence "time is frozen". It's also an example of a pun, being he keeps her "warm" but time is "frozen".
"The story of my life I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke inside":-The things he does to show that he cares gives her hope he'll let his guard down but he doesn't and she's broken. This also a play on words with spending love till she's broke.
"Written on these walls
Are the colors I can't change":- "colors" represents feelings that he can't change an is used because in writing you can use different colors. So it's a nice example of symbolism.
"Leave my heart open
But it stays right here in its cage":-He wants to express his feelings but it stays caged up behind his walls.
"I know that in the morning now
I see us in the light upon the hill
Although I am broken
My heart is untamed still":- Remember in the morning she broke up with him, this either the same day or another but either way his heart is broken but he still loves her uncontrollably.
"And I'll be waiting for this time
To come around
But baby running after you
Is like chasing the clouds":-He's waiting for his love to come back even though he realizes she won't be his.
I think this might be a stretch. Isn't much simplier to believe that he's committing suicide? He was an obsessive lover, who was overly attached until she couldn't be with him anymore, broke up with him, and then writes a suicide note that's the "story of his life" that they hope will be on his tombstone.
I think this might be a stretch. Isn't much simplier to believe that he's committing suicide? He was an obsessive lover, who was overly attached until she couldn't be with him anymore, broke up with him, and then writes a suicide note that's the "story of his life" that they hope will be on his tombstone.
@Maribelle I disagree. The chorus are one night stands. Take her home, sex all night, keep her warm, repeat all over next and next days, he is living one day, not moving, time is frozen. Charm her, give her hope of love and relationship and fuck but no, the next days. Spend her chances of finding love and relationship she looks for. She gets used till shes broke inside. That is his story.
@Maribelle I disagree. The chorus are one night stands. Take her home, sex all night, keep her warm, repeat all over next and next days, he is living one day, not moving, time is frozen. Charm her, give her hope of love and relationship and fuck but no, the next days. Spend her chances of finding love and relationship she looks for. She gets used till shes broke inside. That is his story.
This is a very beautiful song, I did literature at school so I'll try my best to explain the meaning, here goes:
It starts of with the line "written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain":- Figuratively, he built a wall to protect his emotions but it wasn't just there because he wanted to guard himself it was because of a past relationship that went wrong. In the relationship before, he "left his heart open":-He confessed his love but now "it stays right here empty for days":-It's hollow since she left.
"She told me in the morning She don't feel the same about us in her bones It seems to me that when I die These words will be written on my stone" :-In the morning she broke up with him and he will always remember the words that hurt him before she left. And that hurt was one of the reasons he is restrained now.
"And I'll be gone, gone tonight The ground beneath my feet is open wide The way that I've been holding on too tight But nothing in between.":- He left the house that night but he was hesitant to leave because he was holding on to the relationship that doesn't exist anymore.
"The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep her warm and time... Is frozen":- This is the current relationship and how he shows he cares but it reminds him of his past love hence "time is frozen". It's also an example of a pun, being he keeps her "warm" but time is "frozen".
"The story of my life I give her hope I spend her love until she's broke inside":-The things he does to show that he cares gives her hope he'll let his guard down but he doesn't and she's broken. This also a play on words with spending love till she's broke. "Written on these walls Are the colors I can't change":- "colors" represents feelings that he can't change an is used because in writing you can use different colors. So it's a nice example of symbolism. "Leave my heart open But it stays right here in its cage":-He wants to express his feelings but it stays caged up behind his walls.
"I know that in the morning now I see us in the light upon the hill Although I am broken My heart is untamed still":- Remember in the morning she broke up with him, this either the same day or another but either way his heart is broken but he still loves her uncontrollably.
"And I'll be waiting for this time To come around But baby running after you Is like chasing the clouds":-He's waiting for his love to come back even though he realizes she won't be his.
Loved your meaning! :)
Loved your meaning! :)
Your meaning is pretty much what i think bout the song :3
Your meaning is pretty much what i think bout the song :3
I think this might be a stretch. Isn't much simplier to believe that he's committing suicide? He was an obsessive lover, who was overly attached until she couldn't be with him anymore, broke up with him, and then writes a suicide note that's the "story of his life" that they hope will be on his tombstone.
I think this might be a stretch. Isn't much simplier to believe that he's committing suicide? He was an obsessive lover, who was overly attached until she couldn't be with him anymore, broke up with him, and then writes a suicide note that's the "story of his life" that they hope will be on his tombstone.
@Maribelle I disagree. The chorus are one night stands. Take her home, sex all night, keep her warm, repeat all over next and next days, he is living one day, not moving, time is frozen. Charm her, give her hope of love and relationship and fuck but no, the next days. Spend her chances of finding love and relationship she looks for. She gets used till shes broke inside. That is his story.
@Maribelle I disagree. The chorus are one night stands. Take her home, sex all night, keep her warm, repeat all over next and next days, he is living one day, not moving, time is frozen. Charm her, give her hope of love and relationship and fuck but no, the next days. Spend her chances of finding love and relationship she looks for. She gets used till shes broke inside. That is his story.