I think this is about a person who's looking back.
Didn't put too much worth to people around him, cared about himself, thinking that 'never looking back' was the trick to live the life he wanted, but ended up alone and without anyone that loves him.
'There are words that never found my lips
There are words I'd soon forget
Thought the trick was never to look back
But it seems I've lost my grip, I slip'
'Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I've lost my own way home
Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago, I know
I struck all the matches stuck in the ashes
Forgive me, won't you simply speak my name'
It is quite obious in these particular verses actually.
It may also be about a person who gave up people he loved for ideologies and some political ideals, then realised what the hell he had done when all he had was loneliness, insecurity and darkness. That would fit the album's concept even more.
'Mother wash the devil from my hands
Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand
Mother, tell me was it all a lie?
Show me where the angels die'
Might mean that he realised that he sacrificed his loved ones for a lie, and now wants to at least make a stand for the right thing, asking help from the only person who'd not reject him.
I think this is about a person who's looking back.
Didn't put too much worth to people around him, cared about himself, thinking that 'never looking back' was the trick to live the life he wanted, but ended up alone and without anyone that loves him.
'There are words that never found my lips There are words I'd soon forget Thought the trick was never to look back But it seems I've lost my grip, I slip'
'Took the road but should have chased the stars Now I've lost my own way home Had a photo of the time we shared But I burned it long ago, I know I struck all the matches stuck in the ashes Forgive me, won't you simply speak my name'
It is quite obious in these particular verses actually.
It may also be about a person who gave up people he loved for ideologies and some political ideals, then realised what the hell he had done when all he had was loneliness, insecurity and darkness. That would fit the album's concept even more.
'Mother wash the devil from my hands Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand Mother, tell me was it all a lie? Show me where the angels die'
Might mean that he realised that he sacrificed his loved ones for a lie, and now wants to at least make a stand for the right thing, asking help from the only person who'd not reject him.