This was my song as a teen, growing up in an abusive household. When I hear it, it still takes me back to when I felt so small.
I think this song is pretty straightforward. It's told from the viewpoint of the child who has now moved out, and now realizes he can say all the things that he'd been holding back. He feels sorry that his relationship with his parents couldn't have been better and that he could never appease them, but realizes that their standards were warped. He's not sincerely apologizing. After living on the edge and never knowing which parents he'd come home to (abusive or normal), he's finally setting boundaries and realizing all their BS.
This was my song as a teen, growing up in an abusive household. When I hear it, it still takes me back to when I felt so small.
I think this song is pretty straightforward. It's told from the viewpoint of the child who has now moved out, and now realizes he can say all the things that he'd been holding back. He feels sorry that his relationship with his parents couldn't have been better and that he could never appease them, but realizes that their standards were warped. He's not sincerely apologizing. After living on the edge and never knowing which parents he'd come home to (abusive or normal), he's finally setting boundaries and realizing all their BS.