One way I feel this song can be interpreted is that it’s about someone who has fallen in love with another who is married or in a relationship, someone they can’t have, and is struggling with their thoughts and feelings because they know it is wrong.
Pain come alive, I try to breathe, shade my eyes
(They are struggling with the pain their feelings are causing them.)
Follow the damned, I have lost the way again
(They have thoughts about the person they love who they cannot have, thoughts about if the marriage/relationship didn’t work out, thoughts about doing things with the person they want, even though it’s wrong. They’ve strayed from the right path, and gone down a sinners path, losing the way.)
Stay, trust in life, carried beneath, dead arise
Sorrow avenged, I will face the weak within
(Knowing the thoughts they have are wrong, they know they must face the weakness within them and deal with it.)
So I'll stay unforgiven
(They can’t help but covet what they can’t have.)
And I'll keep love together
(But they choose to not act on their feelings, no matter what situation would ever present itself. They choose to not do anything that would break apart the marriage/relationship.)
And I'll be yours forever
(They can’t move past their feelings for the one they can’t have but regardless of the situation they still vow to be theirs forever.)
I'll sleep close to Heaven
(They will stay as close to that person as they can, even if it’s only friendship, but not interfere with the marriage/relationship. Because something is better than nothing.)
Hate lost inside, I dare to dream, faithless lies
Caught in the web, I will face the weak within
(They are still struggling with their feelings, still dreaming about what they can’t have, thinking about the lies the one they can’t have would tell their significant other if anything intimate/wrong was to happen. They need to face this weakness and deal with it.)
So I'll stay unforgiven
And I'll keep love together
And I'll be yours forever
I'll sleep close to Heaven
(See above.)
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Release me, my love
(They are retreating to a safe space in attempt to remove themselves from the situation. They don’t want to feel the feelings anymore.)
So I'll stay unforgiven
And I'll keep love together
And I'll be yours forever
I'll sleep close to Heaven
(See above.)
I'll sleep close to Heaven
I'll sleep close to Heaven
(See above.)
One way I feel this song can be interpreted is that it’s about someone who has fallen in love with another who is married or in a relationship, someone they can’t have, and is struggling with their thoughts and feelings because they know it is wrong.
Pain come alive, I try to breathe, shade my eyes (They are struggling with the pain their feelings are causing them.) Follow the damned, I have lost the way again (They have thoughts about the person they love who they cannot have, thoughts about if the marriage/relationship didn’t work out, thoughts about doing things with the person they want, even though it’s wrong. They’ve strayed from the right path, and gone down a sinners path, losing the way.)
Stay, trust in life, carried beneath, dead arise Sorrow avenged, I will face the weak within (Knowing the thoughts they have are wrong, they know they must face the weakness within them and deal with it.)
So I'll stay unforgiven (They can’t help but covet what they can’t have.) And I'll keep love together (But they choose to not act on their feelings, no matter what situation would ever present itself. They choose to not do anything that would break apart the marriage/relationship.) And I'll be yours forever (They can’t move past their feelings for the one they can’t have but regardless of the situation they still vow to be theirs forever.) I'll sleep close to Heaven (They will stay as close to that person as they can, even if it’s only friendship, but not interfere with the marriage/relationship. Because something is better than nothing.)
Hate lost inside, I dare to dream, faithless lies Caught in the web, I will face the weak within (They are still struggling with their feelings, still dreaming about what they can’t have, thinking about the lies the one they can’t have would tell their significant other if anything intimate/wrong was to happen. They need to face this weakness and deal with it.)
So I'll stay unforgiven And I'll keep love together And I'll be yours forever I'll sleep close to Heaven (See above.)
I'm coming home I'm coming home I'm coming home Release me, my love (They are retreating to a safe space in attempt to remove themselves from the situation. They don’t want to feel the feelings anymore.)
So I'll stay unforgiven And I'll keep love together And I'll be yours forever I'll sleep close to Heaven (See above.)
I'll sleep close to Heaven I'll sleep close to Heaven (See above.)