This song is about witnessing a person you love slipping into madness. And ultimately losing them to physical or psychic (cationic) suicide. I don\'t know if it was written for the film, K-PAX, with that very theme, or was used. \n“If only you could hang on through the night” - the hours left unobserved, whether in hospital, or the watcher sleeps. \nThe witness empathizes|- I don’t blame you for quitting, a sense of beauty in release (pain is over, expectations gone). \nThe rest of the lyrics are a plea and bargain to the person, and talking to themselves (guilt). \nWhat\'s beautiful about this song is it applies to any type of relationship with a suicidal person, not just a lover. \nWhether Familial, parental, friend, or relationship dynamic the process is the same. “Why didn\'t I know? What could I have done/changed? Why can\'t I reach you? If only I loved you more”.... \n\nI\'ve traveled to the edge of madness myself in the past. I understand the lyrics on a profound level. The pressure, the pain, sadness, existential loneliness, and the exhaustion of fighting, over & over & over eventually sending one to the precipice. The tipping point goes, and a release happens. All sanity, rational thought, fall over the edge, and break down. \nNot all make their way back
This song is about witnessing a person you love slipping into madness. And ultimately losing them to physical or psychic (cationic) suicide. I don\'t know if it was written for the film, K-PAX, with that very theme, or was used. \n“If only you could hang on through the night” - the hours left unobserved, whether in hospital, or the watcher sleeps. \nThe witness empathizes|- I don’t blame you for quitting, a sense of beauty in release (pain is over, expectations gone). \nThe rest of the lyrics are a plea and bargain to the person, and talking to themselves (guilt). \nWhat\'s beautiful about this song is it applies to any type of relationship with a suicidal person, not just a lover. \nWhether Familial, parental, friend, or relationship dynamic the process is the same. “Why didn\'t I know? What could I have done/changed? Why can\'t I reach you? If only I loved you more”.... \n\nI\'ve traveled to the edge of madness myself in the past. I understand the lyrics on a profound level. The pressure, the pain, sadness, existential loneliness, and the exhaustion of fighting, over & over & over eventually sending one to the precipice. The tipping point goes, and a release happens. All sanity, rational thought, fall over the edge, and break down. \nNot all make their way back