it seems to me to be about a boy who was very unhappy in his home and at first he hid away and ignored it.
As he got older he wasn't able to stand it any more (this is the part in the song where the music changes)
i think now he is saying that he is covered in all the wrong that his father has done so he peels it off and blends it into his own so that people won't see him for what his dad did .'I peeled them off and sure I bled it in'
now he is able to live his own life make his own decisions and mistakes and start afresh. 'But now I'm free to sink my own damn ship'
then he breaks away from his family and destroys all his memories.'I cut the bridge down from my family tree
To start a fire in the middle
Now the house is just ash this time, sink or swim'
Let the river in
If blood is thicker than water
Then let the river in
We might drift away, but we've got thick skin
the phrase is blood is thicker than water meaning family will always be closer then a friend.So i think this is him trying to dilute his family into any person he would meet on the street. i think the last line means they may be a bit upset not to be in contact with their son but they are strong so they would get over it.
it seems to me to be about a boy who was very unhappy in his home and at first he hid away and ignored it. As he got older he wasn't able to stand it any more (this is the part in the song where the music changes)
i think now he is saying that he is covered in all the wrong that his father has done so he peels it off and blends it into his own so that people won't see him for what his dad did .'I peeled them off and sure I bled it in' now he is able to live his own life make his own decisions and mistakes and start afresh. 'But now I'm free to sink my own damn ship'
then he breaks away from his family and destroys all his memories.'I cut the bridge down from my family tree To start a fire in the middle Now the house is just ash this time, sink or swim'
Let the river in If blood is thicker than water Then let the river in We might drift away, but we've got thick skin
the phrase is blood is thicker than water meaning family will always be closer then a friend.So i think this is him trying to dilute his family into any person he would meet on the street. i think the last line means they may be a bit upset not to be in contact with their son but they are strong so they would get over it.