For me, this song is about someone (person A) grieving someone who killed themselves (person B). It makes sense, as the 5 stages of grieve are in order.
"Do you see the world in different colors?
Do you see the world in black and gray?
Alone in your thoughts
How many others have stood where you stand
Where you stand today?
I've stood where you stand
But all, can you"
Person B is going through a depression, and Person A is telling them to hold on, that they are not alone.
"Wait for me now?
Take off this crown
To break all your vows
Don't you know?
Wait for me now
The end's robbed me now
Wait for me, wait for me
Wait for me, wait for me now"
This first chorus for me is Person A begging Person B not to kill themselves. I believe that "take of this crown" perhaps refers to a noose (?) and "to break all your vows" is asking Person B not to forget everything they promised (ex: they are going better")
"The promise of safe return undelivered
The ocean is wider than I first guessed
When roads disappeared, I followed the rivers
But somehow got in over my head
So deep I felt taken"
Person B committed suicide. At first, Person A couldn't believe it, and the shock is even worst ("The promise of safe return undelivered, The ocean is wider than I first guessed"= First stage, denial) The second part is about how he came, when he was overwhelmed with the evidence, that his loved one is dead, and that trying to hide it (following the rivers) was useless.
"Wait for me now
Take off this crown
To break all your vows
Don't you know?
Wait for me now
The end's robbed me now
Wait for me, wait for me
Wait for me, wait for me now"
I just feel so much anger aimed at person B in this chorus, even when Tim sings it. Anger is the second stage of loss. "the end's robbed me now" seems powerful. "wait for me" also is asking the person to stay alive longer, which is bargaining, the third stage.
"A lost dream of what could have been
A house on fire, a tangled web
The key turns to find the locks have changed
In time to hear the back door slam
A sound that to this day I can't forget
The colors drained to black and gray
Oh"
The first part of the bridge is confusing, I am still not sure of what it means. Perhaps Person A is saying that their mind is in chaos. "A sound that to this day I can't forget, The colors drained to black and gray" is sadness, the fourth stage.
In my interpretation, there is no fifth stage (acceptance) because the grief is not over.
The song ends with a chorus because of the power it had in this song.
"Wait for me now
Take off this crown
To break all your vows
Don't you know?
Wait for me now
The end's robbed me now
Wait for me, wait for me
Wait for me, wait for me now"
For me, this song is about someone (person A) grieving someone who killed themselves (person B). It makes sense, as the 5 stages of grieve are in order.
"Do you see the world in different colors? Do you see the world in black and gray? Alone in your thoughts How many others have stood where you stand Where you stand today? I've stood where you stand But all, can you"
Person B is going through a depression, and Person A is telling them to hold on, that they are not alone.
"Wait for me now? Take off this crown To break all your vows Don't you know? Wait for me now The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now"
This first chorus for me is Person A begging Person B not to kill themselves. I believe that "take of this crown" perhaps refers to a noose (?) and "to break all your vows" is asking Person B not to forget everything they promised (ex: they are going better")
"The promise of safe return undelivered The ocean is wider than I first guessed When roads disappeared, I followed the rivers But somehow got in over my head So deep I felt taken"
Person B committed suicide. At first, Person A couldn't believe it, and the shock is even worst ("The promise of safe return undelivered, The ocean is wider than I first guessed"= First stage, denial) The second part is about how he came, when he was overwhelmed with the evidence, that his loved one is dead, and that trying to hide it (following the rivers) was useless.
"Wait for me now Take off this crown To break all your vows Don't you know? Wait for me now The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now"
I just feel so much anger aimed at person B in this chorus, even when Tim sings it. Anger is the second stage of loss. "the end's robbed me now" seems powerful. "wait for me" also is asking the person to stay alive longer, which is bargaining, the third stage.
"A lost dream of what could have been A house on fire, a tangled web The key turns to find the locks have changed In time to hear the back door slam A sound that to this day I can't forget The colors drained to black and gray Oh"
The first part of the bridge is confusing, I am still not sure of what it means. Perhaps Person A is saying that their mind is in chaos. "A sound that to this day I can't forget, The colors drained to black and gray" is sadness, the fourth stage.
In my interpretation, there is no fifth stage (acceptance) because the grief is not over.
The song ends with a chorus because of the power it had in this song.
"Wait for me now Take off this crown To break all your vows Don't you know? Wait for me now The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now"
Anyways that's my interpretation :P