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A summer drive away from dying
A broken heart, nothing to lose
I know it hurts so bad just trying
To please the ones you hate to love
And I wrote this note
About someone I used to know
So I'd remember how life can be so short
When your left alone to wonder
How it is someone opens and shuts the door
And I know you're cold but come home
It's a shame how short we all have come
You set your mind on cruise control
Knuckles grip the wheel in fear to let it go
Love is empty, love is cruel
Love, it blindly breaks the rules
How could you have been a fool?
It's something all of us go through
You choke back tears and swallow lies
But those wiper blades won't fix you eyes
Count on having clouded vision for at least a little while
And I know you're cold but come home
It's a shame how short we all have come
And I know you're cold but come home
Please don't face the headlights
Of the oncoming cars along
We won't forget the past
We won't forget the past
And I know you're cold
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I won't look back and I won't look back
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I will let you go and I will let you go
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I won't look back and I won't look back
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I will let you go and I will let you go
(Say all the answers and I will let you go)
You're gone
(I won't look back and I won't look back)
Please don't face the headlights
(Say all the answers and I will let you go)
Of the oncoming cars along
(I will let you go)
And I will let you go
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Based off of that I think it's about someone who has lost a loved one and driving is not only the action he is doing but it also has symbols for what is happening to him physically. Wiper blades wiping away tears, he'll be sad for a while so don't bother drying the tears, also about facing the headlights alone, they are like challenges on the road of life. The narrator wants the person to come back and face the problem with them
"i know you're cold" = the person he's referring to is dead...
"come home" = the person is (hopefully) in heaven but he wants them to come back...so they won't be "cold" anymore
"it's a shame how short we all have come" = maybe a reference to the verse romans 3:23...for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
"it's something all of us go through" = we all either experience losing a loved one (in his case) OR we all have moments of depression and suicidal thoughts (in the other person's case)
i could go on but the song is actually pretty self-explanatory. i think it's meant to evoke hope in the face of depression even though it does carry a suicidal tone.
This is an amazing song...
"When you're left alone to wonder
How it is someone opens and shuts the door"
Very beautifully written and sung.
So this is a revelation I haven't seen anyone piece together. This song is a song offering hope to people who are hopeless, and I feel that the person he wrote the song about did indeed kill themselves.
So the song is so emotional because he's lost someone, and he wants the world to know that you don't have to take it to that level when there's pain.
He also offers hope to someone who's going through this pain by saying "Please don't face the headlights of the oncoming cars alone."
It's like saying, "I'll be there for you and with you, no matter what." which is more of the religious aspect of the song I believe. Something present in most of their songs.
This is my first post here, btw, so I hope that analysis made sense.