In my opinion, it's about mentoring a kid, maybe in the Big Brother/Sister program or maybe a niece or nephew or your own kid who is on drugs or having problems and doesn't know how to make the right decision. In this situation, you know there's a problem, but this kid maybe doesn't, and he will defend his actions to the death because it's the first real decision he's ever made on his own.
It's a tough situation, because if you cross the line and come across as too controlling, they will want to stay their course even more, but if you aren't stern enough, they won't respect you. The lines
"Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you"
show the very real and tragic fact that honestly, you cannot do anything about it even though you can see him making the wrong choice and you know how he is going to hurt himself. All you can do is pray that he realises his own mistakes, that he has listened to the things you've been saying to him his whole life to prepare him for this moment.
"As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed"
Things are not going as planned, and the speaker is afraid of what will happen, but he knows it's absolutely crucial that he keep his cool or else drive the kid further into his problems. After this, the kid will make his own choice ("He will do one of two things He will admit to everything Or he'll say he's just not the same")
The next line, "And you'll begin to wonder why you came", further alludes to this futility.
The one thing I got from this song that I didn't see in your interpretation was that I think the person is still alive but might as well be dead. He/she is so far gone that death will be soon and that the song is a last ditch effort to reach the person. The narator is saying, "I did what I could. I did everything I was supposed to do. I was there for you. Please come back."
The one thing I got from this song that I didn't see in your interpretation was that I think the person is still alive but might as well be dead. He/she is so far gone that death will be soon and that the song is a last ditch effort to reach the person. The narator is saying, "I did what I could. I did everything I was supposed to do. I was there for you. Please come back."
You know, that is exactly what the song is about. Isaac Slade wrote it because he knew this kid who was a drug addict and he was trying to help the kid through it. I don't really know the whole story, but that is what it's about.
You know, that is exactly what the song is about. Isaac Slade wrote it because he knew this kid who was a drug addict and he was trying to help the kid through it. I don't really know the whole story, but that is what it's about.
In my opinion, it's about mentoring a kid, maybe in the Big Brother/Sister program or maybe a niece or nephew or your own kid who is on drugs or having problems and doesn't know how to make the right decision. In this situation, you know there's a problem, but this kid maybe doesn't, and he will defend his actions to the death because it's the first real decision he's ever made on his own.
It's a tough situation, because if you cross the line and come across as too controlling, they will want to stay their course even more, but if you aren't stern enough, they won't respect you. The lines
"Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you"
show the very real and tragic fact that honestly, you cannot do anything about it even though you can see him making the wrong choice and you know how he is going to hurt himself. All you can do is pray that he realises his own mistakes, that he has listened to the things you've been saying to him his whole life to prepare him for this moment.
"As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed"
Things are not going as planned, and the speaker is afraid of what will happen, but he knows it's absolutely crucial that he keep his cool or else drive the kid further into his problems. After this, the kid will make his own choice ("He will do one of two things He will admit to everything Or he'll say he's just not the same")
The next line, "And you'll begin to wonder why you came", further alludes to this futility.
The one thing I got from this song that I didn't see in your interpretation was that I think the person is still alive but might as well be dead. He/she is so far gone that death will be soon and that the song is a last ditch effort to reach the person. The narator is saying, "I did what I could. I did everything I was supposed to do. I was there for you. Please come back."
The one thing I got from this song that I didn't see in your interpretation was that I think the person is still alive but might as well be dead. He/she is so far gone that death will be soon and that the song is a last ditch effort to reach the person. The narator is saying, "I did what I could. I did everything I was supposed to do. I was there for you. Please come back."
You know, that is exactly what the song is about. Isaac Slade wrote it because he knew this kid who was a drug addict and he was trying to help the kid through it. I don't really know the whole story, but that is what it's about.
You know, that is exactly what the song is about. Isaac Slade wrote it because he knew this kid who was a drug addict and he was trying to help the kid through it. I don't really know the whole story, but that is what it's about.