I can't believe this song has no comments! Evidently (via various articles) the song is about the bandmates and their breakup as a band. But you can easily take the lyrics as fitting regarding an abusive relationship. In that respect, "Sleep little child, I forgive you, And for the tears I cost, I'm sorry, too," I can see this as the victim of abuse speaking to their younger self, forgiving themselves for "allowing" themselves to get into such a situation. It doesn't help that DV victims are often victim blamed and gaslighted and asked why they allowed themselves to be treated that way (and there can be a lot of confusion and asking themselves those questions). The lines, "Cause no one ever really has to know, Cause he was just another bloody so-and-so" strikes me as a milestone perspective to reach after transitioning from "victim" to "survivor" - I think we need to be in the victim phase in order to understand the reality of what happened and how wrong it was. But after doing healing work, graduating to survivor, I think we might get to the point of not needing to think about the abuser anymore. In order to work through things we need to focus on what happens and unfortunately that means we are still linked to the abuser as we process things. But eventually we will graduate from that and might just realize that they were JUST A PERSON and have no power over us anymore. Maybe people should know what that person has done, depends on the situation. Anyway, I feel this is not what this song is written about, but something it may lend itself to, which can be cathartic for a lot of people who've been through it.
I can't believe this song has no comments! Evidently (via various articles) the song is about the bandmates and their breakup as a band. But you can easily take the lyrics as fitting regarding an abusive relationship. In that respect, "Sleep little child, I forgive you, And for the tears I cost, I'm sorry, too," I can see this as the victim of abuse speaking to their younger self, forgiving themselves for "allowing" themselves to get into such a situation. It doesn't help that DV victims are often victim blamed and gaslighted and asked why they allowed themselves to be treated that way (and there can be a lot of confusion and asking themselves those questions). The lines, "Cause no one ever really has to know, Cause he was just another bloody so-and-so" strikes me as a milestone perspective to reach after transitioning from "victim" to "survivor" - I think we need to be in the victim phase in order to understand the reality of what happened and how wrong it was. But after doing healing work, graduating to survivor, I think we might get to the point of not needing to think about the abuser anymore. In order to work through things we need to focus on what happens and unfortunately that means we are still linked to the abuser as we process things. But eventually we will graduate from that and might just realize that they were JUST A PERSON and have no power over us anymore. Maybe people should know what that person has done, depends on the situation. Anyway, I feel this is not what this song is written about, but something it may lend itself to, which can be cathartic for a lot of people who've been through it.