To me, this song is talking about a victim of domestic or child abuse. The singer is trying to all he can to survive the hell he's going through, trying to make sure the abuser can't catch him and break him.
He is doing the best he can, holding strong, while the situation is getting worse. He knows the situation is getting worse, the night getting darker and darker. All he can do is wait for the dawn, maybe his escape from the abusive situation or maybe he'll be an adult soon and can leave.
Stood up strong in spite of that hate
Night gets darkest right before dawn
What don't kill you makes you more strong
And I been waiting for it so long
It's in the chorus that he realize that no matter how strong he is, he'll never live through the abuse he's forced to endure. There will be no dawn for him, only a trip into eternal darkness.
The nights go on
Waiting for a light that never comes
I chase the sun
Waiting for a light that never comes
He remembers when he was smaller that a king only rules until it's "off with his head". His abusers have made their bed, now it's their turn to lie in it. He decides that that is what he'll do. If he's to die, he'll take his abusers with him. So I think it changes in the next verses. This time he's telling his abusers that THEIR night will always last and THEIR light will never come.
The night gets darkest right before dawn
What don't kill you makes you more strong
You'll have my mercy then when you're gone
He'll never find his light in this life and he'll make sure his abusers won't be alive to be able to do so either.
To me, this song is talking about a victim of domestic or child abuse. The singer is trying to all he can to survive the hell he's going through, trying to make sure the abuser can't catch him and break him.
He is doing the best he can, holding strong, while the situation is getting worse. He knows the situation is getting worse, the night getting darker and darker. All he can do is wait for the dawn, maybe his escape from the abusive situation or maybe he'll be an adult soon and can leave.
Stood up strong in spite of that hate Night gets darkest right before dawn What don't kill you makes you more strong And I been waiting for it so long
It's in the chorus that he realize that no matter how strong he is, he'll never live through the abuse he's forced to endure. There will be no dawn for him, only a trip into eternal darkness.
The nights go on Waiting for a light that never comes I chase the sun Waiting for a light that never comes
He remembers when he was smaller that a king only rules until it's "off with his head". His abusers have made their bed, now it's their turn to lie in it. He decides that that is what he'll do. If he's to die, he'll take his abusers with him. So I think it changes in the next verses. This time he's telling his abusers that THEIR night will always last and THEIR light will never come.
The night gets darkest right before dawn What don't kill you makes you more strong You'll have my mercy then when you're gone
He'll never find his light in this life and he'll make sure his abusers won't be alive to be able to do so either.