"I don't know you but I know what you did to her
She told me and I happen to believe her too"
--I think Isaac is talking about someone he knew that abused someone else, he knows that person, but he no longer knows who they actually are, especially after what they did.
"They will be 3 steps behind
You will not know what's got you
Oh so you're sorry now
All is not well, its not ended"
-- I think this could mean two things:
If it was physical abuse it could be law enforcement coming to get the person, and he suddenly is sorry to do a guily plea and get less punishment or...
It's the abusers feelings/conscience getting to him. He didn't expect to have these feelings and the 'old' him is coming back and he is suddenly sorry and sees all the wrongs he commited.
"Hold your breath til its over
There's something left underwater"
-- I think this is something the abusee thought while it was happening, and now it starts to also come into play for the abuser. Just hold your breat till its over, then try to make something of what is left of you.
"You've been quiet, there are things that you do not speak of
But if you stay gone a little longer your keys won't work"
-- I think Isaac is talking to the abuser nonconfrontational at first but is getting nowhere; the abuser isn't literally gone, but just not himself and the keys are an allusion to only the abuser can unlock the truth and if he doesn't soon he will never get redemption.
"Cause I will be 2 steps behind
You will not know what's got you
Oh so you're sorry now
All is not well, its not ended
Hold your breath til its over
There's something left underwater"
-- The abuser never expected Isaac to confront him and is startled , I think it's very deep that Isaac is one step ahead of the other person, whoever it may be. The ending is the same as above."
This is my interpretation of the song:
"I don't know you but I know what you did to her She told me and I happen to believe her too"
--I think Isaac is talking about someone he knew that abused someone else, he knows that person, but he no longer knows who they actually are, especially after what they did.
"They will be 3 steps behind You will not know what's got you Oh so you're sorry now All is not well, its not ended"
-- I think this could mean two things: If it was physical abuse it could be law enforcement coming to get the person, and he suddenly is sorry to do a guily plea and get less punishment or... It's the abusers feelings/conscience getting to him. He didn't expect to have these feelings and the 'old' him is coming back and he is suddenly sorry and sees all the wrongs he commited.
"Hold your breath til its over There's something left underwater"
-- I think this is something the abusee thought while it was happening, and now it starts to also come into play for the abuser. Just hold your breat till its over, then try to make something of what is left of you.
"You've been quiet, there are things that you do not speak of But if you stay gone a little longer your keys won't work"
-- I think Isaac is talking to the abuser nonconfrontational at first but is getting nowhere; the abuser isn't literally gone, but just not himself and the keys are an allusion to only the abuser can unlock the truth and if he doesn't soon he will never get redemption.
"Cause I will be 2 steps behind You will not know what's got you Oh so you're sorry now All is not well, its not ended
Hold your breath til its over There's something left underwater"
-- The abuser never expected Isaac to confront him and is startled , I think it's very deep that Isaac is one step ahead of the other person, whoever it may be. The ending is the same as above."