However another way I've looked at it - perhaps it's somebody weighing up what he has been advised with his own experiences. He is advised to always welcome people into his life with open arms but he's finding it a struggle when he looks at how he's been treated when doing so in the past.
Or - maybe Tom is referring to society's refusal to accept people. He is talking about somebody that has been mistreated throughout their life and he is pleading to the listener to make the difference and 'open their arms and welcome'.
Pretty much agree with what's been said already.
However another way I've looked at it - perhaps it's somebody weighing up what he has been advised with his own experiences. He is advised to always welcome people into his life with open arms but he's finding it a struggle when he looks at how he's been treated when doing so in the past.
Or - maybe Tom is referring to society's refusal to accept people. He is talking about somebody that has been mistreated throughout their life and he is pleading to the listener to make the difference and 'open their arms and welcome'.