12 years later I listened to this song again and finally understood what it had meant.
This song is about the regret of leaving someone for nothing. I was in a long term relationship
through college and soon after we graduated, I let her go. I wanted to experience new things, new people. I cant help but sometimes think about what happen. She was very upset though she found resolution and moved on...I walked away without looking back but I look back now.. and I will always carry that burden. which is unresolved. "he who forgets is destined to remember"
"Once divided...nothing left to subtract"
-Once broken up there is nothing left
"Some words when spoken...can't be taken back
Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking"
-The regret
"Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking"
-The decision
"Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go"
-The mistake
"She once believed...in every story he had to tell"
-She admired him so
"One day she stiffened...took the other side
Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell
One just escapes...one's left inside the well"
-He left her without remorse, without even looking back. Left her there
"And he who forgets...will be destined to remember"
-But his actions now haunt him. The guilt and regret is eternal. The remorse is forever.
"Oh, she don't want him...
Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away"
-She wont come back. she has moved on.
And he realises it is he who is nothingman. Has nothing. Could have been something. Nothingman.
12 years later I listened to this song again and finally understood what it had meant.
This song is about the regret of leaving someone for nothing. I was in a long term relationship through college and soon after we graduated, I let her go. I wanted to experience new things, new people. I cant help but sometimes think about what happen. She was very upset though she found resolution and moved on...I walked away without looking back but I look back now.. and I will always carry that burden. which is unresolved. "he who forgets is destined to remember"
"Once divided...nothing left to subtract" -Once broken up there is nothing left
"Some words when spoken...can't be taken back Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking" -The regret
"Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking" -The decision
"Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go" -The mistake
"She once believed...in every story he had to tell" -She admired him so
"One day she stiffened...took the other side Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell One just escapes...one's left inside the well" -He left her without remorse, without even looking back. Left her there
"And he who forgets...will be destined to remember" -But his actions now haunt him. The guilt and regret is eternal. The remorse is forever.
"Oh, she don't want him... Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away" -She wont come back. she has moved on.
And he realises it is he who is nothingman. Has nothing. Could have been something. Nothingman.