So the meaning of the word "Atone" is to amend something. So my first thought was the song is about regrets of some sort. Then I analyzed it closer and found that it could be about an untouched bystander. A bystander is witnessing their friends do something bad, like drugs. The reason I think this is because of the line, "Aren't both sides the wrong end of a gun." This could be referring to the one stepping in on the drug user or the one that does nothing."To be judged stand and deliver, Half-starved choke on the splinters
Have mercy, Could you be the giver." This was what really made me believe the meaning because, for one, the bystander is judged immensely. I'm not 100% sure about it because there is nothing to go off of, but that was my initial interpretation.
So the meaning of the word "Atone" is to amend something. So my first thought was the song is about regrets of some sort. Then I analyzed it closer and found that it could be about an untouched bystander. A bystander is witnessing their friends do something bad, like drugs. The reason I think this is because of the line, "Aren't both sides the wrong end of a gun." This could be referring to the one stepping in on the drug user or the one that does nothing."To be judged stand and deliver, Half-starved choke on the splinters Have mercy, Could you be the giver." This was what really made me believe the meaning because, for one, the bystander is judged immensely. I'm not 100% sure about it because there is nothing to go off of, but that was my initial interpretation.