{Placing a smile at the perfect event,
Gracing your skin with the side of my hand.}
This is a memory of a special memory with the singer and his lover.
{If I ever leave I could learn to miss you
But "Sentimental Boy" is my nom de plume}
He has many reasons to leave her (perhaps he made a mistake that she doesn't know about, maybe an affair or something, if she found out she would surely break up with him), but whenever he thinks of telling her, he cannot because he is too sentimental and does not want to lose these memories.
{Let me save you, hold this rope}
He does not want to tell her about whatever he has done, so he decides to "save her" by hanging himself. He cannot live without her, but also cannot live with this secret that he is hiding hanging over him.
{I may never sleep tonight,
As long as you're still burning bright.}
He will always feel guilty about what he has done, and he can't sleep knowing that his lover is glowing so happily, so ignorant.
{If I could trade mistakes for sheep,
Count me away before you sleep.}
He has made so many mistakes, and he wants to comfort her and undo all the wrongs. He knows that he can't, so he is saying he wants to "trade his mistakes for sheep" so that at least she can sleep.
{I'll stay awake till I trade my mistakes
Or they fade away}
He won't kill himself until he knows his lover will be okay, or those mistakes can somehow be forgotten.
{I feel marooned in this body
Deserted, my organs can go on without me.}
He feels trapped in his body. He knows he can't run away from his mistakes, but if he leaves his body at least his organs can be donated.
{You can't fly these wings.
You can't sleep in this box with me.}
Here he is saying (as a thought to her) that she doesn't know what he's going through (you can't fly these wings), and she can't die with him (you can't sleep in this box with me).
{Let me save you, hold this rope}
{I may never sleep tonight,
As long as you're still burning bright.
If I could trade mistakes for sheep,
Count me away before you sleep.
I'll stay awake till I trade my mistakes
Or they fade away}
{So, let me save you
hold this rope and ill pull you in}
He wants to free her. Like an escape scene, he will hand her a rope and pull her back in to freedom-by killing himself.
{Cause I am an anchor
save her or Feel it sinking in}
He's saying that he is the thing weighing her down. If he kills himself and free's her, she will be saved. If he doesn't kill himself, everything will sink, fall apart, and she will leave him (which he does not want)
{Let me save you, hold this rope
I am an anchor, sinking her}
Again, he thinks he is weighing her down.
{I may never sleep tonight,
As long as you're still burning bright.
If I could trade mistakes for sheep,
Count me away before you sleep.
I'll stay awake till I trade my mistakes
Or they fade away}
{Placing a smile at the perfect event, Gracing your skin with the side of my hand.}
This is a memory of a special memory with the singer and his lover.
{If I ever leave I could learn to miss you But "Sentimental Boy" is my nom de plume}
He has many reasons to leave her (perhaps he made a mistake that she doesn't know about, maybe an affair or something, if she found out she would surely break up with him), but whenever he thinks of telling her, he cannot because he is too sentimental and does not want to lose these memories.
{Let me save you, hold this rope}
He does not want to tell her about whatever he has done, so he decides to "save her" by hanging himself. He cannot live without her, but also cannot live with this secret that he is hiding hanging over him.
{I may never sleep tonight, As long as you're still burning bright.}
He will always feel guilty about what he has done, and he can't sleep knowing that his lover is glowing so happily, so ignorant.
{If I could trade mistakes for sheep, Count me away before you sleep.}
He has made so many mistakes, and he wants to comfort her and undo all the wrongs. He knows that he can't, so he is saying he wants to "trade his mistakes for sheep" so that at least she can sleep.
{I'll stay awake till I trade my mistakes Or they fade away}
He won't kill himself until he knows his lover will be okay, or those mistakes can somehow be forgotten.
{I feel marooned in this body Deserted, my organs can go on without me.}
He feels trapped in his body. He knows he can't run away from his mistakes, but if he leaves his body at least his organs can be donated.
{You can't fly these wings. You can't sleep in this box with me.}
Here he is saying (as a thought to her) that she doesn't know what he's going through (you can't fly these wings), and she can't die with him (you can't sleep in this box with me).
{Let me save you, hold this rope}
{I may never sleep tonight, As long as you're still burning bright. If I could trade mistakes for sheep, Count me away before you sleep. I'll stay awake till I trade my mistakes Or they fade away}
{So, let me save you hold this rope and ill pull you in}
He wants to free her. Like an escape scene, he will hand her a rope and pull her back in to freedom-by killing himself.
{Cause I am an anchor save her or Feel it sinking in}
He's saying that he is the thing weighing her down. If he kills himself and free's her, she will be saved. If he doesn't kill himself, everything will sink, fall apart, and she will leave him (which he does not want)
{Let me save you, hold this rope I am an anchor, sinking her}
Again, he thinks he is weighing her down.
{I may never sleep tonight, As long as you're still burning bright. If I could trade mistakes for sheep, Count me away before you sleep. I'll stay awake till I trade my mistakes Or they fade away}