Open Wounds Lyrics

Lyric discussion by driver8ball 

Cover art for Open Wounds lyrics by Skillet

First off ……. I DO consider myself a Believer. Yes, with a Capital B.

Now, having said that …….

How dare the idiotic community for coming in here and telling other Believers that this song is some sort of “UN-CHRISTIAN-LIKE” item.

Being a Christian Band does NOT mean every single song is required to be a praise and worship item.

This song is awesome, because it is allowing the writer (presumably John Cooper) an opportunity to deal with his painful feelings and memories about the way his biological father physically, mentally and emotionally abused him growing up, by getting it all out into the open.

BTW, the song is not about a girl or a woman. It is about a young child (boy or teenager) who was being abused by his father.

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Positive
Subjective
Anger
Belief
Misunderstood
Pain
Abuse
Emotional

@driver8ball I need to say this, and I know it has nothing to do with the song, I will comment on that right after this comment, but Jen Ledger is so hot! I mean have you seen her legs I stared at them while they were crossed and instantly got hard I want her to make out with me, go down on me, and then slap me. Those are all things that turn me on. I know this is probably wrong of me, and I continue to pray to God to remove these temptations, and sexual urges, and I have...

@driver8ball As, for the song itself, John Cooper, said it was about his dysfunctional relationship with his father, following the death of his mother, and his father's choice to remarry, he was never physically abused, but he was emotionally, and verbally. I relate to this song, because when I lived with my parents, I experienced the same thing, which caused lasting psychological damage for me, and My father remarried someone else, after my parents got divorced, but they ended up doing the same thing, my father was physically abusive to my stepmom, and I would often step in to protect...