i don't know i'm not sure if people really talk about the actual song meanings anymore or not but i really wanted to talk about my interpretation:
i look at it as someone who had a sibling and they were in some sort of accident and the narrator's sibling saved his/her life but died while doing it, so everyone is distraught over the loss of the one child but the one who lived feels horrible and resentful towards their sibling and wanted to die/commit suicide just to show everyone that he/she felt horrible too and just to be like "yeah i feel like shit" and and they would also act out and just be rude and stuff and when people would try to call them out of it they would casually exploit the dead sibling by being like "well my brother/sister died saving my life so i'm in a lot of pain and i can do whatever i want" but they just really resent the dead sibling for leaving him/her with so much guilt and while they were so resentful towards the sibling that died they would still just lay at the dead one's grave. i also see it as both of the children were born to a mother who never really wanted them/were accidents but as soon as the one died, that child was the only thing the mother ever wanted and idk it's just a beautiful song and it made me think a lot so
@wellok I think you're 90% correct. The lyrics here are somewhat off though so not your fault. I don't think he/she intentionally meant "they saved my life" as in they would have actually "died" without them there to literally save them. I just don't think they meant to convey an actual life or death situation. I think they meant that the lying on someone (dead sibling) for years to feel good as way of dealing with the grief. The song states in the correct verse:
Could I offer up the years I spent resenting you
For the nine years of my...
@wellok I think you're 90% correct. The lyrics here are somewhat off though so not your fault. I don't think he/she intentionally meant "they saved my life" as in they would have actually "died" without them there to literally save them. I just don't think they meant to convey an actual life or death situation. I think they meant that the lying on someone (dead sibling) for years to feel good as way of dealing with the grief. The song states in the correct verse:
Could I offer up the years I spent resenting you
For the nine years of my life that went away with you?
On the ground above you, I’d lie????????♂️
So solemnly contrite
And I could finally forgive you
For every time you saved my life
We may have both come unwanted
But you were all that she wanted
Most of the time
I think the "I'd lie" was literally about the narrator telling lies on/about the person/sibling that died after their death because they were resentful. This makes the rest of the song make most sense, and is quite complex, beautifully put, and TRUE. I"stolen Children" being about a sorrowful guilty narrator apologizing to a dead loved one (sibling) for their resentment, jealousy and deludedness they held for so long that born out of sheer grief. It's such a beautiful song!
i don't know i'm not sure if people really talk about the actual song meanings anymore or not but i really wanted to talk about my interpretation: i look at it as someone who had a sibling and they were in some sort of accident and the narrator's sibling saved his/her life but died while doing it, so everyone is distraught over the loss of the one child but the one who lived feels horrible and resentful towards their sibling and wanted to die/commit suicide just to show everyone that he/she felt horrible too and just to be like "yeah i feel like shit" and and they would also act out and just be rude and stuff and when people would try to call them out of it they would casually exploit the dead sibling by being like "well my brother/sister died saving my life so i'm in a lot of pain and i can do whatever i want" but they just really resent the dead sibling for leaving him/her with so much guilt and while they were so resentful towards the sibling that died they would still just lay at the dead one's grave. i also see it as both of the children were born to a mother who never really wanted them/were accidents but as soon as the one died, that child was the only thing the mother ever wanted and idk it's just a beautiful song and it made me think a lot so
@wellok I think you're 90% correct. The lyrics here are somewhat off though so not your fault. I don't think he/she intentionally meant "they saved my life" as in they would have actually "died" without them there to literally save them. I just don't think they meant to convey an actual life or death situation. I think they meant that the lying on someone (dead sibling) for years to feel good as way of dealing with the grief. The song states in the correct verse: Could I offer up the years I spent resenting you For the nine years of my...
@wellok I think you're 90% correct. The lyrics here are somewhat off though so not your fault. I don't think he/she intentionally meant "they saved my life" as in they would have actually "died" without them there to literally save them. I just don't think they meant to convey an actual life or death situation. I think they meant that the lying on someone (dead sibling) for years to feel good as way of dealing with the grief. The song states in the correct verse: Could I offer up the years I spent resenting you For the nine years of my life that went away with you? On the ground above you, I’d lie????????♂️ So solemnly contrite And I could finally forgive you For every time you saved my life We may have both come unwanted But you were all that she wanted Most of the time I think the "I'd lie" was literally about the narrator telling lies on/about the person/sibling that died after their death because they were resentful. This makes the rest of the song make most sense, and is quite complex, beautifully put, and TRUE. I"stolen Children" being about a sorrowful guilty narrator apologizing to a dead loved one (sibling) for their resentment, jealousy and deludedness they held for so long that born out of sheer grief. It's such a beautiful song!